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
New forms of work and flexible working practices in the context of the ICT sector and platform work Type Toolkit page
Ageing societies, migration and climate change bring new challenges for gender equality … equality, with chilling effects in some Member States: resistance to ratification of the Istanbul Convention, … Type News article
Principle 1. Adopting a gender-specific approach … gain, depriving them of the means needed for independence, resistance and escape, and regulating their everyday … Type Toolkit page
Backlash against gender equality undermines legal efforts to end violence against women … opposition from political and religious groups. Similar resistance has hindered the process of EU ratification of the … Type Toolkit page
Violence for 2019 … opposition from political and religious groups. Similar resistance has hindered the process of EU ratification of the … Type Page
Toolbox for planning work-life balance measures in ICT companies … for organisations is to start with an area of least resistance: identify easily attained objectives.. This can … Type Toolkit page Topics Digital agenda Employment
Work–life balance checklist … identified and approached. Yes No 2. Identify potential resistance and develop solutions Yes No Risk assessment has … Type Toolkit page Topics Digital agenda Employment
Step 5: Carefully measure progress … and sifting through data can be discouraging and create resistance in organisations. Yet collecting … Type Toolkit page Topics Digital agenda Employment
Step 4: Design a solid implementation plan … pilot. This will enable programme organisers to identify resistance to change and measure progress. Piloting an … Type Toolkit page Topics Digital agenda Employment
Step 2: Identify potential resistance and find solutions Type Toolkit page Topics Digital agenda Employment
Step 1: Assess the needs for (regular) gender competence development initiatives in the organisation … serve to identify potential organisational challenges and resistance among staff. The gender organisation assessment is … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
Step 2: Integrate gender competence development initiatives into a broader strategy for gender equality … of the organisation might also be useful to reduce staff’s resistance to gender-equality training. … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
Step 6: Engage in the gender-learning needs assessment … focus on assessing the ‘problems’, such as individual resistance or organisational weaknesses , and on developing … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
Step 7: Actively participate in the design of the gender competence development initiative, keeping in mind the mandate of the organisation … seen as distant from their daily work and, in some cases, resistance to mainstreaming gender might increase. Thus, … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
Step 8: Encourage people to attend the activity … gender organisational assessment should aim at identifying resistance among staff and obstacles to the effective … work together to implement a strategy to target this resistance. They should look for the appropriate rationale to … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
Finland … made in the Gender Equality Unit in order to minimise the resistance of civil servants. For the same reason, the … Type Toolkit page Country Finland Topics Economic and financial affairs Employment Justice
Step 1: Creating accountability and strengthening commitment … is why particular attention should be paid to dealing with resistance. On the other hand, the implementation of gender … Type Toolkit page