Under the patronage of Romanian Prime Minister Mrs Viorica Dăncilă, the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council organised the High-Level International Conference "The Situation of Modern Women - Between Empowerment, Leadership and Gender Discrimination". The event will be held in Bucharest, on 29-30 May 2019 The main objective of the conference is to bring together policy makers and relevant stakeholders...
PRESENTAZIONE Con l’entrata in vigore della legge 29 maggio 2017 n. 71, il Parlamento italiano ha dato il via libera alle nuove disposizioni contro il fenomeno del c.d. cyberbullismo. Le principali novità introdotte dal provvedimento hanno inteso contrastare il fenomeno del cyberbullismo in tutte le sue manifestazioni, con azioni a carattere preventivo e con una strategia di attenzione, tutela ed...
Registration link, click here(link is external). Abstract ERA objectives have stressed the importance of gender equality in research, at the three levels of fostering equality in scientific careers, achieving gender balance in decision making and integrating a gender dimension in research content. Gender balance in research organizations is considered as a key step for ensuring research excellence and quality and...
The Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) organised a round-table discussion on two topics of high political relevance for economic growth and prosperity in the EU. The event will take place in Brussels, on 14 May 2019 Women on boards Company boards in the EU are characterised by persistent gender...
Within the framework of EIGE’s cooperation with the Western Balkans and Turkey and the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) of the European Union, the 9th Regional Coordination Meeting of EU candidate countries and potential candidates is organised in Istanbul on 13-14 May 2019. The aim of the meeting is to gather stakeholders from the region to discuss ways to cooperate...
The European Women Rectors Association is happy to announce the " 6th European Women Rectors Conference” which will take place a t Malmö University on 13-14 May, 2019. The special focus of the conference will be on “ Responding to Evolving Challenges: Best Practices for Women Leadership in Academia”. EWORA cordially invites women in leadership positions at universities and research...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) supports the Presidencies of the Council of the EU in preparing reports to monitor the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) in the EU . For the forthcoming Finnish Presidency (2nd semester, 2019), EIGE will develop a report to review the implementation of the BPfA in the EU since its adoption 25 years ago...
In the context of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the informal meeting of ministers for Employment and Social Policies will be held in Bucharest on April 10-11, 2019 The event will begin in the morning of April 10th 2019, when the Employment and Social Policy Ministers of the Member States will meet at the Palace...
Within the negotiations on the regulatory framework for Cohesion Policy after 2020, the Conference "ESF+, a PLUS for our Future!" will be held in Bucharest on April 11th, 2019 EIGE will be presenting findings from the gender assessment of ESIF 2014-2020 programmes in 11 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden. The assessment analysed...
The project focuses on effective integration of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in the European Structural Investment (ESI) Funds, with the aim of closing of the gaps between commitments to gender equality and the policies and programmes funded by EU and national budgets. The one-day meeting will provide an occasion to: Obtain feedback on the proposed step-by-step module for gender...
From 11 to 22 March 2019, the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) takes place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. On 14 March, EIGE will present its work on mainstreaming gender into the budgetary cycle during the side event "Gender Budgeting: Smart Spending for Social Protection, Public Services and Sustainable Infrastructures", organised...
Gender equality is a cross-cutting priority of the R omanian Presidency of the Council of the EU which covers diverse domains, from employment aspects, health, fundamental rights, to digitalization and commerce. In order to discuss concrete ways in which the EU can contribute to the advancement of gender equality and how to better support women's careers, the Permanent Representation of...