Call for youth participation at the EIGE Gender Equality Forum 2024: Make your voice heard! The countdown is on for the second edition of the Gender Equality Forum! Join us online or on-site in Brussels on 10-11 December 2024 to engage in discussions on the future of gender equality in the EU until 2030. We want your voices and ideas to be heard, contributing to a call to action for equality 24/7. To ensure a...
EIGE Director Carlien Scheele calls for greater gender equality in access to the labour market In a High-Level Conference on a future oriented European Pillar of Social Rights on 15 April 2024 in Brussels, Director Carlien Scheele gave a key note address on access to the labour market from a gender equal and intersectional approach. Publication date 15 Apr 2024
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... Topics Culture Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Energy Entrepreneurship Environment and climate change Health Justice Migration Poverty Regional policy Transport Youth Violence Publication date 24 Oct 2023 Available in: EN
Gender-sensitive communication 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. Section Publications
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? Publication date 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. Topics Economic and financial affairs Publication date 18 Oct 2022
Two years on: women fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine need more support How can essential healthcare services be strengthened for victims of conflict-related sexual violence? Topics Health Migration Youth Violence Publication date 20 Feb 2024
EIGE stresses the need for gender dimension in DSA transparency reporting EIGE, in its contribution to a public consultation on the design of transparency reports under the Digital Services Act (DSA), has highlighted the need to include gender-based measurement instruments. Topics Digital agenda Violence Publication date 01 Feb 2024
Apply to become our Seconded National Expert: Gender-based Violence! The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 1 invites applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications will begin on 5 April 2024 and will close on 13 May 2024 at 13:30 Eastern European Time (EET). The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE... Type Seconded national experts Ref. number EIGE/2024/SNE/GBV Published date 03 Apr 2024 Closing date 13 May 2024, 13:30 Europe/Vilnius
Gender Equality Index 2023: Far From The Finish Line? Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Energy Environment and climate change Health Poverty Transport
EU gender equality reaches new milestone: is progress accelerating? Type News article Topics Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Employment Energy Environment and climate change Transport
Unpaid care: Around one third of women and men struggle to strike a work-life balance in the EU … variations in the state of unpaid care across the EU. Malta, Portugal, Latvia, and Greece report the highest levels … Type News article Topics Employment
The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced gender inequalities as women took on more of the intensified informal care and housework demands … and more cases in bigger countries, ranging from 300 in Malta to 2.500 cases in more populated countries, such as … Type News article
GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs
Women at the forefront of decision-making in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic … and there were no women in the 4-member committee in Malta. Most EU Member States established or appointed one or … Type News article Topics Health
EIGE welcomes the election of Tanja Auvinen as the Chair of EIGE’s 6th Management Board … returning members from Bulgaria, Estonia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, and … Type News article
Opening speech of the Gender Equality Index 2020 press conference Type News article Topics Digital agenda Employment Health
Transport in the EU: Too few women in decision-making … members across all committees). In Romania, Czechia, and Malta, transport related committees have no women members at … Type News article Topics Environment and climate change Transport
Decision-making in environment and climate change: women woefully under-represented in the EU Member States … more of each gender, while those in Romania, Slovenia and Malta have at least 90 % men. In the national ministries that … Type News article Topics Environment and climate change
EU research shows COVID-19 poised to end progress on gender equality … catching up most with the EU average. In Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal, the Index increased by more than 7.5 … Type News article
Gender Equality Index 2020: Can we wait 60 more years? Type News article Topics Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Health Justice Migration Poverty Youth Violence
Quotas to remedy gender inequality can bring big change in politics and business … None of the major political parties in Czechia, Hungary, Malta or Slovakia has had a woman leader since the first data … Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs
The EU is inching towards comparable data on intimate partner violence Type News article Topics Health Justice Violence
What lies behind the gender pay gap? … EU countries, the gender pay gap is slowly reducing but in Malta, Portugal and Slovenia, the gap has increased by more … on cooking and housework than men. Women in Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Poland spent the most time: up to 3.2 hours per … Type News article
Legislative quotas can be strong drivers for gender balance in boardrooms Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs Entrepreneurship
Achieving gender-balance in national parliaments would take another 12 years … all Member States. In the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Hungary, fewer than 20 % of members are women. … Type News article Topics Regional policy
Female genital mutilation is illegal in Malta but girls are not safe Type News article Topics Health Youth Violence
EIGE’s new guide helps estimate the risk of female genital mutilation … mutilation in Belgium, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus and Malta. The results showed that communities are starting to … Type News article Topics Health Youth Violence
Girls in Cyprus are at risk of female genital mutilation … other countries include Belgium, Greece, France, Italy and Malta. Numbers of girls at risk range from 44,106 in France … Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration