… equality update. On 28 October 2021, EIGE will reveal the results of its Gender Equality Index during an online conference. This year, the topic of health is high on our agenda. We are taking a … was burn out among parents combining paid work, online home-schooling and household chores? What about loneliness …
… Lockdowns to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports. In two new studies, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) assesses … obliges governments to provide women facing violence at home with alternative accommodation. Estonian courts have …
… Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nine Justice and Home … operational support. At the same time, the Justice and Home Affairs agencies' network (JHAAN), under the chair of …
… The EU is facing a shortage of carers, and the demand is … said Carlien Scheele, EIGE’s director. The shortage of home-based long-term care services mean that women often pick up the burden of unpaid care at home. This limits their career opportunities and earning …
… This research note focuses on formal homebased care across the EU. In terms of the care recipient’s perspective, it looks at different … study focuses on the quality of employment in the formal home-based care sector. Read more Press release: Europe …
… The closure of many workplaces and schools during lockdowns … - is even more difficult. They have to juggle working from home and caring for children alone. If they get sick, their … shifted to telework. The rates of people working from home were higher in households with children and particularly …
… To contain the virus, millions of people were confined to their homes, … as cooking and cleaning. Most of the workers providing home-based professional care to older people and people with … cleaners and helpers. [4] This includes those working in home-based settings or in institutions [5] EIGE (2021) Gender …
… with specialised services equipped to identify and assess the risks to children to ensure their protection. Key … risk assessment processes, police leadership should ensure the following. Police responsible for conducting risk … of intimate partner violence include being exposed in thehome, directly or indirectly, to violent or threatening …
… live in Malta are at risk of female genital mutilation. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) highlights these findings ahead of the international day to eliminate female genital mutilation … forms of violence. When girls return to the family’s home country this risk becomes real because of the social …
… Female genital mutilation is against the law in Cyprus but this does not mean that girls are safe. … eyes to it. A major risk factor is girls returning to thehome country because social pressure from relatives to have … mutilation is done to girls when they go back to thehome country, the crime will be prosecuted here. In line with …
… Female genital mutilation is against the law in Greece but this does not mean that girls are safe. … Greece are at risk of female genital mutilation. These are the findings released today by the European Institute for … eyes to it. A major risk factor is girls returning to thehome country because social pressure from relatives to have …
… on VAW by collecting police and justice data on crime The overall objective of Swedish gender equality policy is … persecution (stalking) can be found on the council’s home page. Official crime statistics are based on 2 different … persecution (stalking) can be found on the council’s home page. Data can be found concerning: reported offences …
… The importance of networking and data linkage in enhancing women shelters efficacy in contrasting VAW: the Danish nationwide registration of contacts with women’s … – and information about children (minors) in thehome and their witnessing the violence. Information about …
… Institutional networking to increase knowledge and the use of administrative data on violence against women … for Women’s Rights Statistical Service of the Ministry of Home Affairs and of the Direction of Judicial Police (SSMSI / … de l'Intérieur) Direction of National Police (Ministry for Home Affairs) Direction of National Gendarmerie (Ministry for …
… for zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM). The Commission organised a high-level roundtable event to discuss how the European Union can help Member States to eradicate the … in Europe," said Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs. New reporton FGM Today's high-level roundtable …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Gender plays a specific role both in the incidence and the prevalence of specific pathologies, as … depression, eating disorders, disabilities related to home accidents and sexual violence, as well as diseases and …