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  • 28 April: Online Discussion on EIGE's tool for developing & implementing gender equality plans in research institutions

    The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) invites you to participate to an online discussion taking place on EuroGender, the 28 th of April, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm CEST. The consultation aims at collecting insights on the test version of EIGE's online step-by-step guide for developing and implementing gender equality plans in Research and Higher Education Institutions. EIGE has...

  • 21 APR: ATGENDER Spring Conference 2016 - Spaces of Feminist Learning and Teaching: Queering Movements, Translations and Dynamics

    Co-organised by ATGENDER and the Graduate Gender Programme at Utrecht University, the 2016 edition of the ATGENDER Spring Conference is dedicated to spaces of feminist learning & teaching. The focus of the conference is on teaching and learning in queer and gender studies’ classrooms, broadly understood as spaces inside and outside the university, traversed by multiple urgencies and agendas, as...

  • Working Visit - Autonomous Province of Trento

    Working Visit - Autonomous Province of Trento - Programme: 09:30 Opening speech 09:45 - 11:30 Presentation of EIGE's work 11:30 - 12:30 Presentation of the Autonomous province of Trento policy framework on gender equality questions and answers 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 Conclusion and assessment of cooperation and mutual exchange If you need more information about this event...

  • EIGE Delegation visits Finland

    EIGE experts are visiting Finland - the first EU Member State EIGE is planning to present its knowledge tools to. Although Finland's progress in the area of gender equality - as calculated by EIGE's Gender Equality Index - is more pronounced than the EU average, still, there are areas where challenges persist. You can find more about gender equality in...

  • Fotoparoda "Moterys migrantės ir prieglobsčio prašytojos Europos Sąjungoje" / Photo exhibition ''Women Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the EU''

    Europos Parlamento Informacijos biuras Lietuvoje kviečia į fotoparodos "Moterys migrantės ir prieglobsčio prašytojos Europos Sąjungoje" atidarymą, kuris vyks š.m. kovo 4 d. 12 val. Europos namuose (Gedimino pr. 16). 2016-ųjų sausį daugiau nei 55 % atvykstančiųjų į Europą buvo moterys ir vaikai, kai 2015-ųjų birželį jie sudarė tik 27 %. Moterys ir vaikai yra viena pažeidžiamiausių grupių, susiduriančių su diskriminacija...

  • Seminar on women’s entrepreneurship: effective policies to empower and support women in business

    On average, women entrepreneurs represent only one third of entrepreneurs in Europe. While there are increasingly more policies supporting female entrepreneurship at regional, national and local levels, women’s entrepreneurship and business creativity remain an untapped resource for jobs and economic growth. A number of challenges, from difficult reconciliation of business and family, limited access to business networks, lack of funding...

  • Mainstreaming gender equality: concepts and instruments

    The course aims at promoting gender equality in the world of work, by introducing participants to gender concepts, and providing basic tools to promote gender equality (gender analysis, gender planning, etc) The deadline to apply is January 25, 2016 Ce cours est aussi offert en français.

  • Consultation meeting "From Practices with Potential to Good Practices on Women and Poverty. Non-monetary measures to tackle women’s poverty and social exclusion"

    This meeting is organised within the framework of EIGE’s work on good practices. The event represents a key step in EIGE’s approach to the assessment of good practices in gender mainstreaming, and the involvement of relevant stakeholders is a pillar of such an approach. The aim of the study is to assess practices with potential that have been collected in...

  • Conference "Gender Equality and Sport: towards a level playing field for women"

    On the occasion of the International Women’s Day and in the run up to Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) invites you to the conference “Gender equality and sport: towards a level playing field for women”. The event is held in cooperation with the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, the Nordic Embassies and the Nordic...

  • Workshop: Sex and Gender in Medicines Regulation and Medical Education

    Part 1: Sex and Gender in Medicines Regulation Will focus on current medical regulation, clinical trials, legislation, GCP guidelines, healthcare and research policies and how these must be changed to implement sex and gender aspects. The policy briefs on 5 major disease areas will be used as background information providing practical examples of sex and gender differences. Part 2: Sex...