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    • Platform work: Has flexibility become a cover story?

      The platform work economy comes with great strengths. The ability to work where you want and how you want is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career path.

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    • Are you ready to take #3StepsForward for gender equality?

      Achieving equality between women and men makes everyone better off. We have come a long way, but there’s still more to do. Let’s shape an economy where gender equality, social fairness and prosperity go hand in hand. #3StepsForward is how policymakers, business leaders and individuals can unite to build a fairer future. We all have a role to play. Join our #3StepsForward campaign and do your part!

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      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.

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    • Sexism at work: How can we stop it?

      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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      24 Nov 2020
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    • 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?

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      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.

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    • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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  • Study and work in the EU: set apart by gender

    … economy has a major weakness: the uneven concentration of women and men in studies and at work. This makes the labour … career aspirations. Women make up less than 20 % of ICT graduates in the EU, a figure that has been declining …

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  • Work-life balance in the ICT sector: The argument for work-life balance measures

    … and retain female talent. Making workplaces inclusive for women is in the best interest of the ICT sector. It enables them to tap into a larger … key metrics does it become possible to measure the impact of gender diversity (among other types of diversity) on the …

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    • Digital agenda
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  • Opening speech of the Gender Equality Index 2021 conference

    … for the next few hours. Today we release the sixth edition of our Gender Equality Index. Since we started measuring … or indeed re gressed -- when it comes to equality between women and men in recent history.     With all this data, we … disorders because they are surrounded by unachievable images of what a woman’s body should look like.  When it …

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    • Health
  • Why change must be structural

    … by gender and marked by considerable gender gaps. Women and men tend to concentrate in certain scientific … research funding are not equally accessible to researchers of all genders. ACT on Gender Gaps in Science from ACT … be disregarded in the approach to and content and analysis of research and teaching. The result is that the viewpoints, …

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  • Intimate partner violence and witness intervention

    … The EU has long recognised that violence against women is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based discrimination that has a major negative …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2017: Progress at a snail’s pace

    … just four points higher than ten years ago, now 66.2 out of 100. The top performing country is Sweden with a score of 82.6, while Greece moved to the bottom with 50 points. The … government policies are matching the specific needs of women and men and whether they are working or not’ said …

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  • Games & Gender Workshop in EHU (Vilnius)

    … been acknowledged for quite a while. This is a story of three denials: games being ignored by academics, marginal … to discuss the following questions: ⦁ Representation of women in video games: feminist criticism. ⦁ LGBTQ+ in games: … potential players who are not satisfied with stereotypical images and motifs offered by conventional video games. This …

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    03 Nov 2017, 9:30 EET - 04 Nov 2017, 13:00 EET Europe/Vilnius
  • Female genital mutilation is illegal in Malta but girls are not safe

    … Between 39 % to 57 % of girls originating from FGM-practising countries who live in Malta are at risk of female genital mutilation. The European Institute for … a gender-sensitive way. This can include the provision of women interpreters and specialised referral and care upon …

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  • The final seminar of the Gender Matters? project: Gender Matters!

    … The international final seminar of the Gender matters? project is organised as part of the … Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament Nudging Women to Power – What Can Journalists Do? Mari-Liis Sepper, … Journalist and co-initiator of The Periscope Project Images that change the world: challenging gender stereotypes …

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    07 Oct 2020, 10:00 EEST - 07 Oct 2020, 16:00 EEST Europe/Helsinki
  • EIGE takes an in-depth look at gender equality in the classroom

    … EIGE is delving into the classroom to unearth some of the gender related challenges in education. “Education and … reinforce them. For example, through textbooks which show women working in traditional roles, such as nurses and … senior researcher at EIGE. A better understanding of these challenges, including higher dropout rates for boys …

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  • Using web 2.0 to promote debate on the relationship between men and women

    … ONLUS association was created in 2008 to make the way women are presented in the media a matter of public debate, and to give media publishers direct … to conclude that the revival of public debate on women and images in the media which has been engaged many Italian …

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  • Girls in Cyprus are at risk of female genital mutilation

    … does not mean that girls are safe. Between 12 % and 17 % of girls living in Cyprus from FGM-practising countries are at risk of female genital mutilation. These are the findings released … because of integration efforts and laws. In Cyprus, both women and men from FGM-practising countries reported that …

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  • Council election strategy for Siuliai University Council election

    … Enabling women to run for the elections for the university's council … take place. Considering the striking underrepresentation of women in the university’s Council, the SU Council Election … in order to encourage a gender-balanced representation of the Council. Several activities were undertaken in order …

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    Lithuania
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  • The proposed EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence is a critical step forward

    … What are the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed EU directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence? EIGE Director Carlien Scheele … which includes non-consensual sharing of intimate images; cyber stalking; cyber harassment; and cyber …

  • Cooperative builds a women’s economy

    … in 2006 in Berlin in order to strengthen networking among women who want to set up their own businesses, women … starters and every woman, who thinks about it, a project of the association WeiberWirtschaft e.V. and supported by … and the website receives 30,000 visits a year. Around 80% of women who contact the centre go on to set up their own …

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    Germany
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  • Girls in Greece are at risk of female genital mutilation

    … does not mean that girls are safe. Between 25 % to 42 % of girls from FGM-practising countries living in Greece are at risk of female genital mutilation. These are the findings released … because of integration efforts and laws. In Greece, young women from second generations, especially from Egypt, …

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  • Employment prospects in the ICT sector and platform work

    … to replace human work, digitalisation offers a range of new opportunities, either by transforming existing jobs or … This section analyses the differences in participation of women and men in two quite different types of job … cleaning or plumbing); and (4) micro tasks (e.g. tagging images online). Full potential of the ICT sector cannot be …

  • Legal framework cross-references gender equality and public procurement

    … Public procurement and the promotion of gender equality are often seen as two separate issues. … reference to GRPP. Laws that specifically mention the use of GRPP as a tool to promote gender equality not only provide … Public spending can have different impacts on women and men so, by using data broken down for women and …

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  • Motivation model

    … with an ageing society as well as long term financing of social security systems are related to gender equality. … (ibid. 2). Gender equality also can tackle the challenges of demographic changes: Myrskylä and others (2011) analysing … it will therefore be necessary to fully integrate women into the labour force, not subjecting them to …

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