EIGE's publications
MigrationAround seven per cent of the total population living in the EU Member States are born outside of the EU, and half of them are women and girls. Work, study and reuniting with family members, as well as different forms of persecution, are common reasons motivating both women and men to migrate and live in other countries.
11 September 2020
Justice, ViolenceThe complex and evolving security threats the EU is facing, such as organised crime, terrorism, cyberviolence and hybrid threats, have placed security high on the political agenda of both the previous Commission (2014–2019) and the current Commission (2019–2024).
11 September 2020
Political assemblies and executives too often fail to reflect the gender diversity of the population they represent, with women significantly under-represented in many cases.
14 July 2020
Economic and financial affairsThe persistent gender imbalance amongst key decision-makers in large corporations remains a cause for concern and further targeted action.
14 July 2020
Gendering data for better decision-making This leaflet briefly presents EIGE's gender statistics database. Updated on 03/07/2020 Browse EIGE's gender statistics database
14 July 2020
Employment, HealthThis research note focuses on formal homebased care across the EU. In terms of the care recipient’s perspective, it looks at different aspects of long-term care that determine women’s and men’s opportunities to access long-term care services. Children with disabilities, adults with disabilities and older people are the three groups of (potential) care recipients covered in this study.
24 June 2020
EmploymentGender budgeting is a strategy and a process with the long-term aim of achieving gender equality goals. This step-by-step toolkit aims to assist managing authorities in the European Union to apply gender budgeting tools in the processes of the EU Funds under shared management.
13 May 2020
EmploymentEIGE has developed an online toolkit to apply gender budgeting as a gender mainstreaming tool in EU Funds processes. The first three sections introduce the concept of gender budgeting and examine its relevance for the EU Funds. Section 4 offers 11 practical tools on gender budgeting, related to: the EU regulatory framework; national/sub-national programming and projectlevel support;
13 May 2020
EmploymentThis report proposes a model to advance gender equality in Member States by transforming roles and responsibilities in care work. The model supports innovative practice and gender analysis to realise the potential of the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund in the promotion of work–life balance in the EU.
13 May 2020
EmploymentWhat is work–life balance and why does it matter? Work–life balance is about striking a balance between ‘work’ and ‘life’.
13 May 2020
Although the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) was established 25 years ago, many of the challenges identified in 1995 remain relevant today (such as the gender pay gap, unequal distribution of unpaid work or experiences of gender-based violence, to name just a few).
05 March 2020
PovertyThe Europe 2020 strategy aims to lift at least 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion. However, this target does not directly acknowledge the gender dimension of poverty and looks unlikely to be met; 23.3 % of women and 21.6 % of men in the EU remain at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
05 March 2020