EIGE's publications
You can also use our Sexism at Work Handbook to combat sexism at the workplace or our Gender-sensitive Communication Toolkit to help you create language and images which are modern and treat people with respect.
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Health, Justice, ViolenceData collection systems vary widely across EU Member States, as they draw on various sources. To improve the collection of administrative data on femicide, EIGE has been working to establish indicators that can harmonise data collection processes across Member States’ jurisdictions.
22 November 2021 -
Health, Justice, ViolenceData collection systems vary widely across EU Member States, as they draw on various sources. To improve the collection of administrative data on femicide, EIGE has been working to establish indicators that can harmonise data collection processes across Member States’ jurisdictions.
22 November 2021 -
With 71.4 out of 100 points, Belgium ranks 9th in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Belgium’s score is 3.5 points above the EU’s score. Since 2010, its score has increased by only 2.1 points. Belgium’s score has increased only slightly (0.3 points) since 2017. The country’s ranking has dropped by four places since 2010. Further information Explore the Gender Equality Index 2020
28 October 2020 -
With 74.1 out of 100 points, the Netherlands ranks 5th in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. The Netherlands’ score is 6.2 points above the EU’s score. Since 2010, its score has increased by only 0.1 points. There has been a bigger increase since 2017, with an extra 2.0 points gained. The Netherlands’ ranking has dropped by two places since 2010. Further information
28 October 2020 -
Gendering data for better decision-making This leaflet briefly presents EIGE's gender statistics database. Updated on 06/01/2021 Browse EIGE's gender statistics database
14 July 2020 -
EmploymentThis re-edition of the original toolkit was published on 23/03/2022 Gender budgeting is a strategy and a process with the long-term aim of achieving gender equality goals. A tool to track resource allocation for gender equality in the EU cohesion policy funds (Tool 8) has been added to this step-by-step toolkit.
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 project-level support;
13 May 2020 -
With 72.1 out of 100 points, the Netherlands ranks sixth in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Its score is 4.7 points higher than the EU’s score. Between 2005 and 2017, the Netherlands’ score increased by 4.3 points (- 0.8 points since 2015). The Netherlands is progressing towards gender equality at a slower pace than other EU Member States. Its ranking has dropped by one position since 2005.
07 October 2019 -
With 71.1 out of 100 points, Belgium ranks 8th in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Its score is 3.7 points higher than the EU’s score. Between 2005 and 2017, Belgium’s score increased by 5.1 points (+ 0.6 points since 2015). Despite this progress, Belgium is progressing towards gender equality at a slower pace than other EU Member States. Its ranking has dropped by two places since 2005.
07 October 2019 -
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is an autonomous body of the European Union established to strengthen gender equality across the EU. Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the EU and EIGE’s task is to make this a reality in Europe and beyond.
17 September 2019 -
This factsheet presents the results of the study ‘Estimation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the European Union — Belgium, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus and Malta’ for Belgium.
09 November 2018 -
The Gender Equality Index 2017 examines the progress and challenges in achieving gender equality across the European Union from 2005 to 2015. Using a scale from 1 (full inequality) to 100 (full equality), it measures the differences between women and men in key domains of the EU policy framework (work, money, knowledge, time, power and health).
26 September 2018