• Journalists meet to discuss reconciliation

    Reconciliation is a topic that from time to time is picked up by the media. At the Journalists' Consultations Meeting (JCM) in Marseille, an introduction on promoting a balance between working, personal and family life for both women and men in the EU and a presentation of EIGE’s working areas was on the agenda. Barbara Wurster, EIGE Head of Operations...

  • Promoting women’s economic independence and entrepreneurship - Good Practices

    This report was prepared for the European Institute for Gender Equality by by IRS as part of the study on ‘Women and economy — Collection of good practices in the area of female entrepreneurship’. It has identified effective gender mainstreaming tools to support and promote women’s economic independence through entrepreneurship. It has focused on training, funding and networking. Read more...

  • Factsheet - Good practices in women's entrepreneurship

    Factsheet from EIGE's study on area F of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the economy Read more: Report: Gender equality and economic independence: part-time work and self-employment Good practices database EU Indicators for the Beijing Platform for Action area F. Women and the economy

  • Institutional capacity and effective methods for gender equality: Online discussion report

    The online discussion reports published below present the views expressed by participants of several online discussion held in September and October 2013 via the EuroGender online platform. The reports were prepared in the framework of the ‘Animation online discussions within EuroGender’ EIGE/2012/OPER/23 service contract, delivered by Cultura Lavoro srl in partnership with the European Service Network (ESN). The online discussions...

  • Benefits of gender equality - Online discussion report

    The online discussion reports published below present the views expressed by participants of several online discussion held in September and October 2013 via our online platform. The reports were prepared in the framework of the ‘Animation online discussions within EuroGender’ EIGE/2012/OPER/23 service contract, delivered by Cultura Lavoro srl in partnership with the European Service Network (ESN). The online discussions covered...

  • Gender Equality Index the way forward: Online discussion report

    The online discussion reports published below present the views expressed by participants of several online discussion held in September and October 2013 via the EuroGender online platform. The reports were prepared in the framework of the ‘Animation online discussions within EuroGender’ EIGE/2012/OPER/23 service contract, delivered by Cultura Lavoro srl in partnership with the European Service Network (ESN). The online discussions...

  • Gender Equality Index A new driver for social change? Online discussion report

    The online discussion reports published below present the views expressed by participants of several online discussion held in September and October 2013 via the EuroGender online platform ( http://eurogender.eige.europa.eu/). The reports were prepared in the framework of the ‘Animation online discussions within EuroGender’ EIGE/2012/OPER/23 service contract, delivered by Cultura Lavoro srl in partnership with the European Service Network (ESN). The...

  • Effectiveness of Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Gender Equality: Main findings

    Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States This publication compares and presents the progress of Member States in the area of institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming since 2006, when the first report on institutional mechanisms was developed by the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The main findings show that...