Congratulations to Albania for their first national Gender Equality Index! This EU candidate country achieved a score of 60.4 out of 100 - just 7 points below the 2019 EU average of 67.4. "Now that Albania has its own Gender Equality Index, it will be able to monitor progress. With a detailed analysis of remaining gender equality challenges, politicians can...
Il CPO del Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati di Firenze, l’associazione AGI Avvocati Giuslavoristi Italiani, la Fondazione per la Formazione Forense di Firenze, in collaborazione con Mediateca della Regione Toscana, promuovono una rassegna cinematografica dedicata ai temi dei diritti della persona costituzionalmente garantiti, con particolare attenzione ai principi d’eguaglianza e di pari opportunità, nel mondo del lavoro e nella società tutta...
EU gender equality leaders celebrate 10 years of EIGE On 23 January, in Vilnius, Lithuania, EU leaders on gender equality are marking a decade since the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) opened its doors. Senior EU figures such as Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality, and Evelyn Regner, Chair of the European Parliament's gender equality committee, will join EIGE...
Concept: A one-day conference in which we want to give guidance on how to deal with gender-stereotyped behaviour among young people online. It will target a wide range of professionals who come into contact with young people in one way or another (social workers, teachers, NGOs, etc.) and it will lead to concrete recommendations to (Belgian and European) politicians and...
In the framework of WE EMPOWER, a program promoting economic empowerment of women at work in G7 and EU countries, funded by the European Union and implemented by UN Women in partnership with the International Labour Organization, UN Women will be conducting a webinar on The Impact of Trade Agreements on Women’s Economic Empowerment on December 12, 2019 at 16:00...
Why: This important training gives a unique opportunity to familiarise with basic concepts and sensitise about key problems at stake regarding gender in R&I and unconscious bias. It aims at raising awareness about the importance of institutional change for Gender Equality and familiarising with the concept of a Gender Equality Plan and its main stages of measures aimed at tackling...
In the context of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) will be held in Brussels on December 09 - 10, 2019. The event will begin in the morning of December 9, when the Council will hold the public debate entitled "Economy of Wellbeing - next steps in...
Why: This important training gives a unique opportunity to sensitise about unconsious bias, challenging allegedly objective and gender-neutral career enhancement criteria guided by one of the leading gender experts in Europe, Dr Maxime Forest. The training will provide an overview of the main imbalances and bias with regard to HR management in research and the academia (vertical and horizontal segregation...
Who doesn't know at least one person that has been or is a victim of domestic violence? Because domestic violence never stays just at home and it has an impact on work, the CEASEproject aims to implicate companies against this plague by creating a supportive and secure workplace for victims of domestic violence. On the 20th november, come and discover...
Description: WHY: This webinar is part of the GE Academy capacity building program. It aims at informing attendees about ERA priorities on gender equality and related facts and figures. In addition, it wants to sensitise on how gender is relevant in the entire research and innovation cycle as well as in innovation policies, presenting relevant studies and projects carried out...
Course Description: Gender-based violence (GBV) has been recognized as a cross-cutting issue affecting the lives of victims from a diversity of dimensions including culture, education, health, economy, psychology, livelihoods and political participation. In fact, violence against women and girls was chosen as one of the critical areas of action following the Beijing Conference. This presents a key opportunity for different...