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
Two years on: women fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine need more support Type News article Topics Health Migration Youth Violence
Challenges and Changes: promoting women in law enforcement … EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, addresses a High-level International Conference on Women in Law Enforcement … in leadership in law enforcement. The other week, it was International Day of Women in multilateralism – a day to … Type News article Topics Justice Migration Violence
EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies present concrete actions in support of Ukraine … and ways to overcome them; Supporting investigation of international crimes allegedly committed in Ukraine; … Type News article Topics Justice Migration Violence
EIGE joins other EU Agencies in supporting Ukrainian victims in most vulnerable situations … as a member of the steering committee alongside other international and EU organisations, institutions and agencies. … Type News article Topics Health Migration Violence
FGM study: More girls at risk but community opposition growing … To mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital … Type News article Topics Health Justice Migration Youth Violence
Gender and Migration … deskilling and the informal economy, family reunification, international protection and gender-based violence. Read more … Type Publication Topics Migration
Policy brief: Gender & Migration … deskilling and the informal economy Family reunification International protection Gender-based violence Resources … Type Project Topics Migration
Tough laws discourage female genital mutilation … said Virginija Langbakk, Director of EIGE, ahead of the international day of zero tolerance for female genital … Type News article Topics Violence Health Migration
What is gender mainstreaming? Type Publication 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
EIGE’s study on female genital mutilation yields the first EU-wide map on the situation of FGM … September 2012. Experts from the Member States, NGOs and international organisations who work on FGM discussed and … Type News article Topics Health Migration Violence
A policy response to gender perceptions Type Publication 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