… of Outreach and Engagement, delivered a keynote speech at the Women7 Summit (W7) in Rome on 9 May 2024 on the cost of … not have a price. But it imposes a significant cost on thestate, our communities and individuals – and is still … detail the scope and scale of the problem in each Member State and the EU at large. Anyone familiar with gender-based …
… girls. This ‘shadow pandemic’ has a devastating effect on the rights of women and girls across Europe. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) call on the …
… Director Carlien Scheele delivered a keynote address at the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union Conference in Stockholm, providing an …
… The freshly launched Gender Equality Index 2022 reveals that … 0.6-point increase since last year's edition. As a result, the EU average score now stands at 68.6 out of 100 points, only 5.5 points higher than in 2010. Given that the Gender Equality Index 2022 focuses for the first time …
… on 28 May 2021. Covid-19 has woken us up – woken us up to the realities of everyday gender inequalities that our … Never before have I seen such frequent reports in the media about domestic violence. The effect of lockdown measures has reminded us just how …
… Femicide is the killing of women and girls because of their gender. It can include intentional homicides, such as the killing of women by their current or former partners, as … dimension’ of a female homicide. While no EU Member State currently has a legal definition of femicide, some …
… To mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released estimations of the number of girls at risk of FGM in Denmark, Spain, …