In connection to the International Women's Day on the 8 March 2013 EIGE will organise a meeting on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the frame of EIGE’s study to map the current situation and trends of FGM in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia. It is focusing on: good practices identified in the prevention, protection, prosecution, provision of services...
This side event will present the European Union's framework for addressing trafficking of women and girls as a form of violence against women. It will bring together EU Member States, EU Institutions, other countries, international organisations and civil society to exchange practices and approaches. The EU wants to underline that a gender-specific, human-rights approach is needed in tackling this complex...
One in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. One billion women violated is an atrocity. One billion women dancing is a revolution. On 14.02.2013, V-Day invites one billion women and those who love them to walk out, dance, rise up, and demand an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the...
The European Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming (Gender-CoP), would like to invite you to the release conference of the European Standard on Gender Mainstreaming in the European Social Fund. You will also learn more about how the standard will be piloted in three pioneering Member States. The European Commission’s learning network on Gender Mainstreaming within the ESF, Gender-CoP, invites...
The Forum is part of the initiative "Inspiring Woman of the Year & Top Company for Gender Equality" Awards placed under the patronage of Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and of Xavier Bettel, Deputy - Mayor of the City of Luxembourg. The Top Company for Gender Equity award process is meant to be about more than finding a...
The consultation meeting on good practices in the area of Women and the Media, which will take place on 16 and 17 January 2013 in Vilnius. This meeting is organised in the frame of EIGE’s study Collection of methods, tools and good practices in the field of women and the media (as described by area D of Beijing Platform for...
The High Level Group Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming is a meeting of senior officials with responsibilities for gender mainstreaming at national level. It is chaired by the European Commission in close collaboration with the Presidency. EIGE’s representatives Virginija Langbakk (Director) and Jolanta Reingarde (Acting Head of Operations & Senior Researcher/Analyst) will attend the meeting to discuss the “Women and the...
The goal of the event, to take place in the European Parliament, is to raise awareness on the issue of prostitution and engage a dialogue at EU level. A first session will address the outcomes of the Swedish and Dutch models, referred to as the two main legislative options to deal with prostitution, based on opposing views of the system...
The European Parliament will host the 2nd European Gender Summit on 29-30 November in Brussels. You can see the programme and speakers' details on http://www.gender-summit.eu The Summit brings together top-level science and policy leadership to discuss the latest gender research evidence and gender equality actions taken by leading science institutions, and to introduce consultation on the creation of a Joint...
The objectives of the second WG meeting on the EU Gender Equality Index (EU GEI) are to: Support EIGE to develop a theoretical framework of the EU GEI by the EU 27 Member States Present and discuss the proposal of the Statistical Information System for the construction of the EU GEI