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
Unpaid care: Around one third of women and men struggle to strike a work-life balance in the EU … and our economies . But this ideal scenario remains in theory. Now we need to see women and men being given an equal … Type News article Topics Employment
Gender balance in leadership and decision making … in academic decision-making bodies. Through a practice theory approach, this paper provides original insights into … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan … the logic model you identified in step 3 (embedded in a theory of change): the impact pathway of the measures … the steps of the evaluation process and defining a theory of change adapted to the project’s purpose; they also … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
What is a Gender Equality Plan … Ideally, a GEP should be anchored in a change model or a theory of change that links the identified issues and causes … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan … the logic model you identified in step 3 (embedded in a theory of change): the impact pathway of the measures … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Step 3: Setting up a Gender Equality Plan … in the framework of a logic model with the ‘programme theory generator’. Achieving structural and cultural change … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Early childhood, when everything begins … about flexible forms of work, including telework. In theory, flexible working gives women and men the opportunity … Type News article Topics Employment Youth
Step 7: Actively participate in the design of the gender competence development initiative, keeping in mind the mandate of the organisation Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
Step 5: Select a trainer with competencies, skills and knowledge relevant to your organisation … with individual and group resistance to gender-equality theory and changes. Trainers should demonstrate empathy, … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
How to attract women to the workplace and keep them there? Type Good practice Country Austria Topics Digital agenda Employment
Girls as Engineers and Girls Go Science! Motivation and support for girls in IT and STEM … medical degrees to learn the practicalities as well as the theory behind creating a start-up business. Aside from … Type Good practice Country Poland Topics Digital agenda Employment
Training in gender impact assessments … This ensured that the employees do not only learn the theory but also how to apply it in their actual jobs. It has … Type Good practice Country Finland Topics Education Employment
Training ministries in gender mainstreaming … as broader issues about translating gender mainstreaming theory into practice in all spheres of policy and … Type Good practice Country Finland Topics Education Employment
Fulfilling a commitment to gender mainstreaming Type Good practice Country Sweden Topics Education Employment