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
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...
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 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
Definition of female genital mutilation All procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Content type Glossary & Thesaurus
How we can resolutely combat all forms of gender-based violence Type News article Topics Health Justice Violence
View all focus areas … understand the different types of gender-based violence. Female genital mutilation Cyber violence against women Femicide … Type Page
Developing EU-wide terminology and indicators for data collection on violence against women … can be downloaded here . An analysis of data collection on female genital mutilation, which includes an overview of definitions and … Type Page
The proposed EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence is a critical step forward … the Directive criminalising rape based on lack of consent, female genital mutilation and cyber violence, which includes non-consensual … Type News article
Public … English asking them for sex, urging them to undergo FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), and even calling for them to be stoned. All … Type Art Project
EIGE Consultation Meeting - "From Practices with Potential to Good Practices on Women and Political Decision Making" Type Event
Consultation meeting on FGM risk estimation in the EU Member States … The consultation meeting on Female Genital Mutilation risk estimation in the EU Member States will take … Type Event
13 OCT: International Conference FGM – a matter of human rights and gender equality … The international conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) organized in Helsinki, Finland on the 13th … Type Event
FGM in the EU: Raising the voice of communities … the launch of the report 'Estimation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the EU: Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg and … Type Event
How can we improve asylum procedures and ensure that reporting obligations protect girls at risk of FGM? Exchange of challenges and good practices … To help Member States end female genital mutilation (FGM), the European Institute for Gender Equality … Type Event
Engaging with communities and actors on female genital mutilation: exchange of challenges and good practice … To support Member States in ending female genital mutilation (FGM), the European Institute for Gender Equality … Type Event
Female genital mutilation: estimating girls at risk in the EU – focus on Malta … the study on estimating the numbers of girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Greece, Belgium, France, Italy, Malta and … Type Event
EIGE Delegation to France … as discuss the European exchanges on the fight against female genital mutilation and forced marriages. Agenda of the open event … Type Event
EIGE at II International Forum on FGM/C in the Gambia … and narrow down your selection for 'Area of Interest Female Genital Mutilation'. … Type Event
Female genital mutilation: estimating girls at risk in the EU – focus on Cyprus … the study on estimating the numbers of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in Cyprus, Belgium, Greece, France, Italy … Type Event
Female genital mutilation: estimating girls at risk in the EU – focus on Greece … the study on estimating the numbers of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in Greece, Belgium, France, Italy, Malta and … Type Event
Journalist Thematic Network Meeting - Madrid, Spain … exploitation, cyber violence against women and girls and female genital mutilation. EIGE’s expert, Jurgita Peciuriene, will be there … Type Event