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
Opening speech of the Gender Equality Index 2020 press conference … and in ICT jobs, with women making up only 18 % of ICT students and holding just 20 % of ICT jobs in the EU. Our … Type News article Topics Digital agenda Employment Health
Opening speech of the Gender Equality Index 2020 conference … workers, delivery drivers, artists, tour operators and students have all experienced the fallout from the pandemic … Type News article Topics Digital agenda Health
Gender equality needs to reach everyone … with disabilities (22.5 %), which is double the rate of students without disabilities (11 %). Dropping out of school … Type News article
Education is key for breaking gender stereotypes … promote STEM subjects to girls and women and encourage all students to break down gender expectations when it comes to … Type News article Topics Education
European research needs both women and men … in the European Union represent more than half of graduate students in 2012, but account for only 33 % of all … Type News article Topics Research
Looking for gender statistics you can count on and compare? … aimed to help statisticians, policy makers, researchers, students, journalists and anyone who is interested in … Type News article
100th International Women’s Day - 100 Inequalities remain … and engineering [8]. 28. The proportion of female students (55%) and graduates (59%) exceeds that of male students, but is lower among PhD students (48%) and PhD graduates (45%) [8]. 29. The fields of … Type News article
Gender equality and climate change - we need equal participation, nothing less … report, EIGE suggests that while there are more female students than male, too few women enter scientific areas … Type News article Topics Environment and climate change