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    • Why Lawmakers and Business Leaders Need to Look at Green Behaviour

      As someone who cares for the environment, you know that recycling, turning down the heating and walking to work is good for the planet. Those individual acts are important on our journey to net zero. But to have a lasting impact, we need to have bigger and bolder ideas about behaviour change. “In the Gender Equality Index , we see...

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      16 Nov 2023
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    • Gender Equality Index 2023: Towards a green transition in transport and energy

      The Gender Equality Index 2023 presents the EU in relation to gender equality amid crises and uncertainties. In recent years, the world has been hit by repeated shocks and multiple crises. What remains constant is the fact that when crisis strikes, women and girls suffer disproportionally. The crises and shocks continuously threaten to create new challenges and reverse years of...

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      24 Oct 2023
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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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    • What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment

      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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      27 Feb 2023
    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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      18 Oct 2022
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    • Hidden in plain sight: improving legal responses for ‘invisible’ victims of femicide

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      07 Feb 2023
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    • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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      Publication date
      03 Mar 2023
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      We look back on the key achievements and reflections from our decade of cooperation with EU pre-accession countries.

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