EIGE’s Brussels Liaison Officer Sarah Cooke O’Dowd attends the European Commission’s Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities between Women and Men on 8 December in Brussels. Through her participation, EIGE contributes expert knowledge on gender equality, supports discussions on recent EU developments, and provides guidance on Gender Mainstreaming in the post-2027 MFF. Sarah also presents EIGE’s insights on the feminisation of...
EIGE’s Director ,Carlien Scheele, takes part in the Heads of EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies meeting in Vienna, where agency leaders review their joint achievements and look at ways to strengthen future cooperation. The thematic discussions form part of a wider effort to ensure that the work of the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies’ Network (JHAAN) aligns more...
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, presents the results of the 2025 Gender Equality Index to the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.
EIGE is set to unveil the latest insights and trends on gender equality across the EU – but this year, it’s not just an update. It’s a turning point with a refreshed methodology to set a more powerful benchmark for tracking progress on gender equality. Plus: fresh findings on how gender stereotypes continue to shape our daily lives, choices and opportunities.
EIGE’s Gender Mainstreaming Team Leader, Helena Morais Maceira, participates in an Exchange of Views with members of the European Parliament’s Gender Mainstreaming Network on gender equality as a key principle in the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). During this exchange, Helena presents EIGE’s expertise and insights to support informed discussion and to strengthen the integration of gender equality across EU...
EIGE’s Brussels Liaison Officer, Sarah Cooke O'Dowd, presents EIGE’s work on the EU-GBV survey, the thematic focus on GBV, and the ongoing campaign on tackling sexual harassment in the workplace at the Committee of the Regions' Committee for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research & Culture, which meets to discuss gender-based violence.
EIGE’s Gender-Based Violence Team Leader, Cristina Fabre, attends the WHO event “I Believe You” – Building Survivor-Centred Health Systems for Women and Girls. The event marks Beijing+30 and recognises that violence against women and girls remains a crisis, and that health systems must be part of the solution. It discusses priorities for implementing the Call to Action made by Ministers...
EIGE’s gender-based violence trainee, Krisitna Gorthardova, presents the main findings of EIGE’s recent report “Responding to gender-based violence in the context of migration: Mapping EU Member States' policies and actions” at EUAA’s Annual Conference of its Network of Vulnerability Experts (20–21 November). Krisitna Gorthardova also presents an upcoming project in the area of gender-based violence in migration and forced displacement.
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), in partnership with the European Parliament Office in Lithuania, the Women’s Information Center, and media partner LRytas, is organising the event “Storm Before the Silence: Violence Against Women in Lithuania,” which will take place on 21 November 2025 in Vilnius. This event is part of the United Nations’ “Orange the World” initiative to...
EIGE undertakes a country visit to Dublin in view of the upcoming Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2026. The visit provides an opportunity to meet officials from key national institutions to discuss gender equality in Ireland, including attending the launch of the National Strategy for Women and Girls. EIGE discusses how its tools and resources best...
EIGE hosts the second Comms Lab workshop, “Messages Matter: Communicating Effectively to Help End Violence Against Women.” The workshop focuses on exchanging practical advice on message building and on making the best use of the recently published Communications Lab workbook “How to Communicate for Change?”. The workbook explores how every message matters when communicating about a future free from violence...
EIGE’s Research & Statistics Team Leader, Jolanta Reingarde, participates in the Futures Cluster, one of the thematic sub-networks of EU-ANSA. The cluster focuses on strategic foresight, identifying emerging issues, trends, risks, and opportunities that EU agencies may need to anticipate in their scientific and technical advice roles, using methods such as horizon scanning, scenario-building, early-warning, and modelling.