On 21 July, EIGE is in Italy at the "Strong women for a strong Europe - European road map agenda 2030" conference, organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Dimitrios Tsoutsias, EIGE´s knowledge management officer, will present EIGE´s work on Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the EU. Among the participants are the vice minister of Italy, Teresa Bellanova, representatives from the government...
On 19 -20 July, Christian Veske, EIGE Stakeholder Relations Officer, will be moderating the Informal Meeting of Ministers of Employment, Social Affairs, Family and Gender Equality taking place in Talinn, Estonia. At the EPSCO meeting, participants will be discussing gender equality from a male perspective. The meetings will include various panels, discussions and workshops on e.g. "do men care?" or...
The UN Women Training Centre is proud to announce registration is now open for the training course Transformative Leadership for Gender Equality and Women's Rights, which will be held from 03-07 July 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland (register before 19 May 2017). The objective of this course is to strengthen capacity and knowledge of leaders and managers to advance gender equality...
The Center for Gender Studies at the University of Latvia is pleased to open a call for participation in the interdisciplinary workshop for interested scholars and postgraduate (M,, PhD) students Digital Diaspora: Gender, Identity, Belonging which will be held on June 20-21, 2017, at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia (Visvalža 4a, Riga). The rise of digital...
To raise awareness of human trafficking and children’s rights, the United Nations and Time for Equality present a debate and screening of Sold ,a film by Jeffrey D. Brown Synopsis SOLD is a feature film adaptation of the globally acclaimed novel by Patricia McCormick. Based on true stories, SOLD is the story of Lakshmi who journeys from a pastoral, rural...
Gender equality policies have a strong impact on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - which reflects the living standards within the EU. By 2050, improving gender equality would lead to an increase in EU GDP per capita of 9.6%. This increase is mainly the result of improved employment rates of women and more STEM jobs. On 8 - 9 June 2017...
On 8 - 9 June, EIGE meets Greek representatives in Athens to support the advancement of gender equality. EIGE uses this opportunity to present its monitoring tools such as the Gender Equality Index and the Gender Statistics Database. Furthermore, we discuss our work on gender-based violence and provide policy-makers with good practices towards a progressive improvement of gender equality in...
The meeting is organised within the framework of EIGE’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance project Involvement of EU candidate countries and potential candidates in work of the European Institute for Gender Equality and deepening of cooperation in common priority areas. It is open to invited representatives from the Western Balkan countries and Turkey. The meeting aims to update all participants about...
The European Women Rectors Association is happy to announce the "V. European Women Rectors Conference” which will take place at Solvay Library, Brussels on 29-30 May, 2017. The special focus of the conference will be on PIVOTING ON GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH THE LENS OF LEADERSHIP: POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS. The first four of the Women Academics Beyond the Glass Ceiling...
The first ASEM conference on "Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work’, will be held on 25-26 May, 2017 in Vilnius, at Mykolas Romeris University. The Conference is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (together with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Mykolo Riomerio University), with patronage of H.E. President of the Republic of Lithuania, Ms...
EIGE has taken part in the OECD meeting on Gender Budgeting and presented its study on Economic benefits of gender equality in the EU. The study proves that progressing gender equality has a positive impact on people and on the economy. Find out more about the study here - http://europa.eu/!Vc93xb - and follow more Twitter updates under #EIGEeconomicBenefits. The programme...
Happy Europe Day! This year, Europe Day is special to the EU institutions since the European Union celebrates its 60th anniversary. Many EU institutions and agencies across Europe open their doors and invite citizens to learn more about how the EU works. On the 5th of May, EIGE and the European Parliament Information Office in Lithuania will host a joint-event...