… 2030 – if we already put ourselves there. Dear Ministers and colleagues, Thank you for this invitation. I’m … results. By 2030 everyone will have equal pay for work of equal value . And violence against women and … employment, with the partner being a single earner in the family. Whereas only 6% of men were in the respective …
… on Violence against Women in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Potential Solutions under the Swedish Presidency of the … The Lithuanian CSO Center for Equality Advancement and The European Institute for Gender Equality. Dear … - Women’s specialist services have done remarkable work in protecting victims of gender-based violence and …
… grapple with a new wave of Covid-19, police, media and NGOs continue to report on increasing rates of violence … Michael O'Flaherty. "Authorities at all levels need to work better together to effectively protect women and put an … ‘ Crime, safety and victims’ rights ’ report highlights. Family members or relatives (32%) are most often responsible …
… of the European Union Conference Dear honourable members and guests, Thank you for inviting me here today to provide … data and research to help end gender-based violence. The work won’t stop until it stops. I will be sharing some of … be ready in the spring of 2024. We have many plans in our work programme to address this persisting issue. But, if …
… economic hardships leading to increased risks of poverty and job insecurity. Still, today in Spain women also assume most of the domestic workand 70% of all care tasks. We're a long way from an … between women and men when it comes to care and domestic work. Spain’s Instituto de las Mujeres welcomes the launch of …
… is killed because of her gender – it is key to identify and count cases accurately. Recent meetings between EIGE, … on femicide across the EU. Federal Minister for Women, Family, Integration and Media, Susanne Raab stated: The fight … Intervention Centre Vienna) to learn more about the work of this important service for victims of domestic …
… delivered this speech at an event on gender equality and the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hosted … most gender equal places in the world is a result of hard work. It is the result of laws, of campaigns, of individual … who are killed die at the hands of an intimate partner or family member. In the EU, more than a fifth of women have …
… on 25 January 2022. Good afternoon honourable members, and everybody else who is joining us today. It’s great to be here to speak about EIGE’s work programme in 2022. We have three priority topics for the … first is that we are now even more explicitly aligning our work programme with the political priorities of the European …
… delivered this speech at an event organised by EIGE and UN Women Germany on 15 October 2020. In March this year, … persist in the EU. Women are less likely to be in paid work than men, with 67 % of working age women in employment, … telework were frequently used by women to combine workandfamily life, with little impact on men’s contribution to …
… of lockdown measures has reminded us just how difficult and dangerous it is for the women who live with a violent … important matter of care and who takes on this essential work, whether it’s paid or unpaid has also received a lot … are also heavily involved in other forms of essential care work, such as informal caring for people with a disability or …
… we mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) – a milestone in the worldwide … the gender pay gap, the unequal distribution of unpaid work, and gender-based violence, to name just a few. Some new … contrast, often work flexibly when there is an increase in family responsibilities that creates challenges for work-life …
… point each year. Among the Member States, Sweden, Denmark and France keep their top spots. The awards for most improved … sets out key actions for the next 5 years, to step up the work towards equality and we need to see it through and fully … disability, age, level of education, country of birth andfamily type, intersect with gender to create different …
… missing. To properly measure the extent of violence and predict what will happen in a crisis, we need to know … and coordinated. Police, health and social services should work together to identify women at particularly high risk, … approach to ensure no one falls through the cracks. Family, friends and neighbours should check in with those at …
… one woman was killed every day by an intimate partner or family member in the EU on average in 2016 [1] . To help … police prevent repeated acts of intimate partner violence and save lives, the European Institute for Gender Equality … a risk assessment guide for police. “With proper training, and allocation of resources where they are most needed, our …
… genital mutilation on 6 February. “It is hard to imagine and to accept that today some girls in the EU are still … most horrible forms of violence. When girls return to the family’s home country this risk becomes real because of the … female genital mutilation in the EU Read more about EIGE’s work on estimating the number of girls at risk of female …
… EIGE has developed a new guide as part of its ongoing work to help Member States monitor the risk of FGM in their country and check if policies to combat the practice are working. We … on prosecution are powerful deterrents, especially when family members know about the legal consequences. Awareness …
… You can see how your country has progressed over time and learn about the greatest improvements and challenges in each of the six domains: health, power, money, work, knowledge and time. The EU’s score for gender equality … person’s age, education, country of birth, disability andfamily type, their life can be completely different to the …
… Strong laws and prosecution are powerful deterrent factors when it comes to female genital mutilation (FGM) in the EU. Family members fear the consequences of the law more than the … of not having it done. However, in order for the laws to work, police and justice must enforce them and prosecute …
… most improved country goes to Italy, which made a big leap and gained 12.9 points to place itself at rank 14 on the … can have equal choices and fully participate in social, workandfamily life’, said Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, …
… EU but we still do not know its full extent. More reliable and comparable data are urgently needed to ensure that policy … administrative data takes the Institute’s previous work on the topic one step further. It aims to improve the … States, the word ‘domestic violence’ is used and the term ‘family violence or ‘violence in the family’ is used in …