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
Today’s choices are tomorrow’s consequences Type News article Topics Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Employment Energy Environment and climate change Poverty Violence
Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality … also present a crucial opportunity to address mindsets and attitudes that are allowing violence to exist in the first … Type News article Topics Health Justice Violence
We need to think about care differently. Right now, it’s not working for anyone. … has told us, is that the time to revolutionise deep-seated attitudes on unpaid care and allocate resources more … Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs Health
European Care Strategy: Adapting to the demands of the world … everything. But it’s a start on dismantling ingrained attitudes towards who is in charge of care. And creating … Type News article
FGM study: More girls at risk but community opposition growing … and integration have an impact on risk by changing attitudes to FGM. As part of the study, focus groups were … Type News article Topics Health Justice Migration Youth Violence
EIGE’s new guide helps estimate the risk of female genital mutilation … showed that communities are starting to change their attitudes and turn away from female genital mutilation. … reproductive health also play a role in changing people’s attitudes towards the practice. By offering a common … Type News article Topics Health Youth Violence
Girls in Cyprus are at risk of female genital mutilation … and men from FGM-practising countries reported that their attitudes towards the practice changed after they migrated to … Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration
Lighting the way: violence against women must stop … to severe consequences”, Langbakk stressed. In Lithuania, attitudes towards violence against women is also a concern. … Type News article Topics Violence Justice
Towards a gender equal organisation: EIGE’s toolkits help get you started … systematically, it facilitates a positive change in attitudes and improves employees’ ability to take account of … Type News article Topics Agriculture and rural development Culture Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Energy Entrepreneurship Environment and climate change Health Justice Maritime affairs and fisheries Migration Poverty Regional policy Research Sport Tourism Transport Youth Violence
Men and gender equality need each other … and act as role models, with the potential to change attitudes and create a culture in which violence against … Type News article
EIGE launches Gender Equality Index 2015: Marginal improvements in gender equality … in which violence against women takes place, societal attitudes towards violence and trust in institutions, matter … Type News article Topics Employment Poverty Economic and financial affairs Education Health Violence Sport
Female role models to inspire women cross Europe … who was born in Denmark. She is working hard to change the attitudes of the companies to take women serious when they do … Type News article
The Council adopts conclusions on violence against women based on EIGE’s report … To combat domestic violence effectively, we need to fight attitudes of complacency and acceptance of this phenomenon … Type News article Topics Violence
Estimating the number of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the EU … focus group discussions aimed at assessing migrants’ attitudes and behaviours towards FGM and how these may be … Type News article Topics Health Migration Youth Violence