Are You Ready for the European Parliament Elections 2024? Take the Gender Equality Quiz! From 6 to 9 June 2024, people in the EU will vote for the 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing 480 million Europeans. But before you vote, have you considered gender equality? Publication date 01 May 2024
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...
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 can parliaments do to advance gender equality? Discover our step-by-step toolkit Section Gender mainstreaming
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
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
What lies behind the gender pay gap? … up to 3.2 hours per day. Women in France, Finland and Sweden spent the least time: 1.9 hours per day. … Type News article
Gender Equality Index 2019: Still far from the finish line … is up just one point to 67.4, since the 2017 edition. Sweden continues to top the EU scoreboard, with 83.6 points, … 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 Type News article Topics Regional policy
Female genital mutilation is illegal in Malta but girls are not safe … of female genital mutilation in Ireland, Portugal and Sweden. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is … Type News article Topics Health Youth Violence
Girls in Cyprus are at risk of female genital mutilation Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration
Girls in Greece are at risk of female genital mutilation … of female genital mutilation in Ireland, Portugal and Sweden. Further information For more information, please … Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration
Tough laws discourage female genital mutilation … previously conducted risk estimations (Ireland, Portugal, Sweden and Germany). To gain a better understanding about … Type News article Topics Violence Health Migration
Gender Equality Index 2017: Progress at a snail’s pace … ago, now 66.2 out of 100. The top performing country is Sweden with a score of 82.6, while Greece moved to the bottom … Type News article Topics Employment Poverty Economic and financial affairs Education Health Violence Sport
Is female genital mutilation a problem for the EU? … methodology to estimate the risk in Ireland, Portugal and Sweden. The new study will further strengthen the methodology … Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration
Tackling violence requires more comparable data … some administrative data sources count only solved cases (Sweden), while others count each incident (Germany). More … Type News article Topics Violence Justice
Where to find the latest data on women and men in decision-making? … varies considerably across Member States, from 46.1% in Sweden to 9.5% in Hungary. A look behind the numbers shows … Type News article
Will three quarters of equality suffice for Finland? … included in the index. The highest score was achieved by Sweden, with 74 points. However, this also still falls far … Type News article
International Women’s Day in the year of the Olympics: Men are still making all the rules Type News article Topics Sport
Men control the money in the EU … are only two women finance ministers – from Romania and Sweden. Of the biggest companies publicly listed in the EU … Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs
Representatives of Swedish NGOs visit EIGE … Birgitta Lindh Johansson (Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Sweden) visited the Institute on 08 October 2010, to learn … material about the achievements of these NGOs in Sweden. … Type News article
EIGE welcomes the Swedish Ambassador … and on 27 September she paid here first visit to EIGE. Sweden was the first Country to push for the establishment of … Type News article
Journalists meet to discuss reconciliation … Scandic Copenhagen Hotel with participants from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. … Type News article Topics Employment
European Parliament Committee for Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) visit to EIGE … policies and are looking to emulate the successes of Sweden, Denmark and Finland - where fathers’ participation in … Type News article
Work-life balance for men and women remains unequal … as they are less likely to incur replacement costs. In Sweden, Denmark and Finland – where paternity leave is … Type News article Topics Employment