Female genital mutilation (FGM) continues to be one of the most brutal and at the same time most tabooed forms of gender-based violence. On 10May 2012 experts from the EU Member States met in Vilnius to discuss the findings of the first phase of EIGE’s project on mapping the current situation and trends of female genital mutilation in the EU...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Comfort Momoh in the month of November. „Groundbreaking could be a word to describe Comfort’s work“, is one of many quotes one gets when asking about the role of Comfort Momoh in British society. And eventhough she decribes her achievements with much more humility – saying she feels “well placed” – nobody really...
Experts from across Europe have visited EIGE for the first International Organisations' Experts' Meeting on the new EU Gender Equality Index. Christopher Garroway (OECD), Andres Vikat (UNECE) and Ligia Nobrega (EIGE) The European Commission has started a concrete process toward the construction of a European Union Gender Equality Index. EIGE is leading the process by carrying out research on the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Reflections from the online discussion This document reflects the process and the views expressed by a wide range of participants in an online discussion on quality assurance mechanisms for gender training in the European Union, held on 18 and 19 September 2013.
