EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, participates at the International Women’s Day Nordic Breakfast Discussion, held by the Nordic diplomatic representations and the Finnish Cultural institute for the Benelux. The discussion addresses gender equality in sports, and the presence of women in football.
On the occasion of the IWD, EIGE’s GBV Second National Expert, Janine Mc Ginn, joins the roundtable discussion on the role of digital health technologies in women’s health, empowerment and gender equality, held by WHO. The EU Agency SNE highlights the adverse impact of digital technologies on women’s health, with a specific focus on the four forms of Cyberviolence criminalized...
Communications and Media Officer, Georgie Bradley, participates in an online inter-agency event with EMCDDA, EMSA, EFCA, EIGE on the occasion of International Women's Day speaking on women's empowerement in the workplace - why it's everybody's interest.
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the DG CLIMA’s Acting Deputy Director, Yvon Slingenberg, in Brussels. In the meeting, they discuss EIGE’s work in the context of Climate Action and Gender Equality and the employment of Gender Mainstreaming as a strategy to advance gender-equal green transition for current and future generations.
EIGE’s Outreach and Engagement Head of Unit, Dennis van der Veur, joins the Women in Border Management Roundtable, held by Frontex. The discussion aims to promote the representation of female leaders in border management as well as to raise awareness of gender-related considerations at the border. EIGE underlines the importance of sex-disaggregated data and the different impact that crossing borders...
To celebrate the International Woman’s Day 2024, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, joins the Interparliamentary Committee Meeting held by the Committee on Women-s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament in Brussels. EIGE’s Director addresses the topic of “Women in Sport”. She emphasizes on the different ways in which women can contribute to combating inequalities and empowering future generations, in...
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the FEMM Committee’s Chair, Robert Biedron, in Brussels to discuss their collaboration after the European Elections.
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the DG Budget’s General Director, Stephanie Riso, in Brussels. The meeting debates EIGE’s closer cooperation with DG Budget and other EU institutions approaching gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming.
On the occasion of the International Women-s Day 2024, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, addresses the internal event hosted by the Equality, Inclusion, and Diversity Unit (part of the DG PERS) in Brussels. The discussion lies on the significance of gender in the context of the future European elections, highlighting the relevance and the importance of “ why gender matters”.
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the Equinet’s management team, including Patrick Charlier, Chair of Executive Board, Anne Gaspard and Tamas Kadar, Co-Directors, and Moana Genevery, Senior Officer on gender equality, to discuss areas of common concern, such as climate change or AI’s impact on equality. The meeting highlights the need for closer cooperation between EIGE and Equinet to address...
EIGE, in collaboration with Eurofound, starts an informal exchange program among several EU agencies, focusing on research on the critical topic of care. The initiative attracts other agencies and brings together CEDEFOP, EIGE, ELA, ETF, Eurofound, EU-OSHA and FRA at one discussion table to engage in collaborative undertakings and comprehensive dialogue on the subject.
EIGE Director attends the Informal meeting of gender equality ministers organised by Belgium Presidency of the Council of the EU. At this informal meeting the ministers will debate how EU Member States can better work to bring a new and stronger dynamic to the future of gender equality in the EU, to safeguard the progress made so far and to...