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
Women on the Move (WEMov) Network of researchers … researchers from 52 countries funded by the EU Cooperation in Science and Technology agency (COST). The … Type Event
Meeting with DG Budget … Riso, in Brussels. The meeting debates EIGE’s closer cooperation with DG Budget and other EU institutions … Type Event
European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) Meeting … on equality. The meeting highlights the need for closer cooperation between EIGE and Equinet to address challenges … Type Event
Country visit to the Netherlands … of Eurojust (the European Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation). … Type Event
CoE delegation visits EIGE … with EIGE experts to discuss further opportunities for cooperation in the area of gender equality in the EU. … Type Event
Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies‘ network briefing 2023 … the added value of the JHA agencies (including their close cooperation within the JHA agencies’ network). … Type Event
EIGE's Director meets with Irish MoS Browne … of Justice, James Browne, as to discuss EIGE's work and cooperation with Ireland. … Type Event
Informal Meeting of the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) - Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU Type Event
Montenegro Gender Equality Index 2023 launch … by the Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT, in cooperation with EIGE, under the Instrument of Pre-Accession … Type Event
23rd meeting of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission (GEC) … information on relevant projects and possibilities for cooperation, particularly in the areas of GBV and political … Type Event
Regional Coordination Meeting of EU candidate countries and potential candidates … the region. EIGE also marked the 10+ years anniversary of cooperation with EU pre-accession countries, thus partners … international organisations, including UN WOMEN, Regional Cooperation Council and UNFPA. The meeting was organised … Type Event
Socialists & Democrats hearing on 'A methodology for Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget' … by the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) Committee on Budget in cooperation with S&D FEMM committee in the European … Type Event
14th Regional Coordination Meeting of EU candidate countries and potential candidates … including UN Development Programme, UN WOMEN, Regional Cooperation Council and OSCE Office for Democratic … Type Event
20 OCT: Mainstreaming gender equality into academic and research organisations … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in cooperation with the European Commission’s … Type Event
24 MAY: Regional Workshop for EU Accession Countries on EIGE's Gender Equality Index and Gender Statistics Database … to EIGE's Gender Statistics Database. The event is a cooperation of the Statistics Sweden Balkan Project Office … Type Event
Meeting of representatives of online resource platforms on gender mainstreaming/gender equality … and to discuss the possible and feasible ways for cooperation. Presentations made during the event are … Type Event
Event "A Europe free from Gender-based Violence" … Sylvia Walby and Philippa Olive (Lancaster University) in cooperation with EIGE clearly shows that the impact of … Type Event