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
CSW68 newsfeed – Director Carlien Scheele shares reflections from New York Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs Poverty Violence
EIGE stresses the need for gender dimension in DSA transparency reporting … rights, and creates a fair and open online platform environment. More information on the public consultation on … Type News article Topics Digital agenda Violence
Presenting EIGE’s 2023 Work Programme: Ongoing conversations with bold and new commitments Type News article Topics Digital agenda Environment and climate change Health Justice Migration Youth Violence
Speech to the European Parliament FEMM committee … some countries. Rights have been rolled back and a hostile environment created for those who defend women’s rights, and … Type News article Topics Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Employment Health Justice Violence
Beyond the Beijing Declaration: Assessment and main challenges Type News article Topics Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Employment Environment and climate change Justice Violence
Intimate partner violence and witness intervention: what are the deciding factors? … evidence on when witnesses intervene and in which types of environment. Further reading Press release: Covid-19 wave of … Type Publication Topics Health Justice Violence
Factors that facilitate witness reporting of intimate partner violence … report intimate partner violence, as well as the types of environment that are most likely to facilitate reporting. The … Type Project Topics Violence
EIGE has a great recipe for gender mainstreaming 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
EU agencies take a stand against harassment … Vocational Training (Cedefop) Hans Bruyninckx European Environment Agency (EEA) Pascal Savouret European Fisheries … Type News article Topics Violence Justice
Gender Equality Index 2017: Progress at a snail’s pace … about making women more like men, but about creating an environment where both sexes can have equal choices and fully … Type News article Topics Employment Poverty Economic and financial affairs Education Health Violence Sport
Towards a gender equal organisation: EIGE’s toolkits help get you started 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
Nationwide registration in women shelters … Foreign researchers affiliated to a Danish authorised environment are also given access to Danish microdata. The … Type Good practice Country Denmark Topics Health Violence
Bulgaria - Sexual Harassment … creating a hostile, offensive, humiliating or impending environment and, in particular, where the refusal or … Type Legal definition Country Bulgaria Topics Violence Justice
Bulgaria - Stalking … creating a hostile, degrading, humiliating or intimidating environment, attitude or practice." … Type Legal definition Country Bulgaria Topics Violence Justice
Croatia - Sexual Harassment … a person, causing fear, hostile, humiliating or offensive environment. … Type Legal definition Country Croatia Topics Violence Justice
Czech Republic - Sexual Harassment … hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment, or b. which could be legitimately perceived as a … Type Legal definition Country Czechia Topics Violence Justice
Estonia - Sexual Harassment … intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. … Type Legal definition Country Estonia Topics Violence Justice
Finland - Sexual Harassment … a threatening, hostile, intimidating or oppressive environment … Type Legal definition Country Finland Topics Violence Justice
Germany - Sexual Harassment … intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.” … Type Legal definition Country Germany Topics Violence Justice