In 2013, EIGE launched the Gender Equality Index - a unique measurement tool that synthesises the complexity of gender equality as a multi-dimensional concept into a user-friendly and easily interpretable measure. The results obtained show that the domain of power highlights the biggest gender gaps, with an average score of only 38.0 at EU level. The wide differences in the...
On 5 March the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will launch the results of the world’s biggest ever violence against women survey. A launch conference will be hosted under the auspices of the Greek Presidency and will take place in the Council of the European Union in Brussels. The survey findings are based on interviews with 42,000 women...
EIGE is organising a consultation meeting on “good practices in the area of Female Entrepreneurship“ which will take place on 27th and 28th February 2014 in Athens. This meeting is organised within the framework of EIGE’s study framework of EIGE’s work on good practices on gender mainstreaming. The event represents a key step in EIGE’s approach to the assessment of...
On 26 February EIGE invites members of Stakeholders/Communication teams of EU Agencies to join online discussion. Tentative agenda: 10.00-10.30 Introductions 10.30-11.30 Position and strategy of Stakeholders Teams in your institutions 11.30-12.30 Nurturing our relationships with Stakeholders: challenges and best practices 12.30-13.00 Planning physical meeting of Stakeholders Teams In order to join discussion, click on the JOIN button on the left...
EIGE will meet with representatives from Academic institutions on 24-25 February 2014. The objectives of the meeting are: To explore and decide how to collaborate further in the area of quality of research. To explore and decide how to strengthen the dissemination of each other working results. Meeting agenda (.pdf) View the meeting's image gallery
The 4th meeting of the Working Group on the Gender Equality Index will take place in Vilnius on 20-21 February 2014. The following topics will be discussed: Update of the Gender Equality Index 2012: reflection on the lesson learned from the first edition; Introduction of deeper analysis on the subdomain of quality of work; Challenge of filling the gaps in...
The European Women’s Lobby is pleased to announce its next event in the framework of the 50/50 campaign and the European Political Mentoring Programme at the European Parliament in Brussels, on 18 February (16.15 – 18.15). The seminar, hosted by MEP Claude Moraes (S&D), moderated by 3 members of the Core Group, aims at promoting the active participation of women...
Wikigender, the UN Foundation, Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC), the EU-LAC Foundation, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), ECLAC and PARIS21 would like to hear your views on where are the data gaps and engage in a discussion on pioneering initiatives that generate new data and new methodological approaches to address complex areas (e.g. unpaid care, time use, social...
This meeting is organized every semester by the Presidency of the Council of the EU with the participation of the governmental authorities in charge of gender equality at the 28 Member States, the European Commission, the Secretariat of the Council and EIGE. The aim of the meeting is the coordination of actions of the Trio Presidency in the field of...
In April 2013, EIGE launched a new project on the Benefits of Gender Equality (BGE). By introducing a focus on benefits, EIGE seeks to promote gender equality across the EU. The BGE project included an online discussion and two expert group meetings among renowned experts and relevant networks working on evidence-based advocacy for gender equality in the EU. Preliminary ideas...
The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania is hosting a conference “Gender equality and non-discrimination: experiences and opportunities from the implementation of EU structural funds investments” to present the results of the Evaluation of the impact of EU structural assistance on the implementation of the horizontal priority “gender equality and non-discrimination”. PPMI Group carried out this evaluation, commissioned...
On 20 December 2013, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aiming at reforming the current law on sexual and reproductive health and rights. If approved, this new bill would lead to a 30 years step backwards in the rights of women and the failure of the Government to fulfill its fundamental role to promote gender equality and...
