What’s gender equality got to do with financial independence? EIGE’s latest report joins the dots on income, wealth and power, highlighting the crucial role of financial independence for women. Topics Economic and financial affairs Employment Migration Poverty Violence Publication date 07 May 2024
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
Financial Independence and Gender Equality: Joining the dots between income, wealth, and power This report presents evidence on gender inequalities in financial independence in the EU, with a particular focus on how financial independence has been defined and measured. It also presents evidence on the impact of tax–benefit systems in EU Member States on gender inequalities in financial independence and explores consequences associated with financial dependence, including economic violence. The report finds that... Topics Economic and financial affairs Employment Poverty Violence Publication date 06 May 2024 Available in: EN
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
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
6. Domain of power … bodies (European Parliament, 2019). A century later, the composition of parliamentary assemblies and executive … Type Toolkit page
Step 2: Checking gender relevance … or affecting people’s access to resources (grants, jobs, composition of committees, etc.). As a result, it has a … Type Toolkit page Topics Economic and financial affairs Employment Justice
Dimensions of gender mainstreaming in institutions: The SPO model … Secondly, the organisation should have a balanced composition of women and men at all organisational levels and … Type Toolkit page
Step 9: Developing gender equality competence … gender mainstreaming strategy the participants and group composition the course content, tailored to suit the gender … Type Toolkit page
Domain 2 – Gender equality in external communication and representation … activities and outcomes (IPU: 2012). Gender parity of the composition of parliamentary delegations is always ensured. … Type Toolkit page
Domain 3 – Staff organisation and procedures … from a gender perspective. Analyses of parliamentary staff composition alongside organisational policies can highlight a … Type Toolkit page
Area 2 – Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedure … capacity, by assessing gender balance in the parliament’s composition. The second domain refers to the parliament’s … Type Toolkit page
Self-assessment, scoring and interpretation of parliament gender-sensitivity … An elected parliamentary assembly should mirror the composition of society through corresponding numbers of … women’s interests and needs, irrespective of their composition. The definition of ‘women’s interests’ is … Type Toolkit page
Glossary of terms … quotas : Legislated candidate quotas regulate the gender composition of the candidate lists and are binding by law for … Type Toolkit page
What is the tool for? … to the needs and interests of both men and women in its composition, structures, operations, methods and work. … Type Toolkit page