At the conference “ Eliminating Violence Against Women in Europe – Intersectoral Approaches and Actions” organised by EIGE, WHO Europe and the City of Vienna that started on this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 217 participants from a large variety of sectors and countries discussed approaches towards gender-based violence (GBV). During highly informative presentations and...
Copenhagen, Vienna and Vilnius, 25 November 2013 A quarter of all women in the WHO European Region experience physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner. Today, on the first day of the 16-day global campaign of Activism Against Gender Violence, the City of Vienna, with the European Institute for Gender Equality and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, will...
How can we move forward when half of us are being held back? The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is launching the first Gender Equality Index for the European Union. ‘ The Gender Equality Index shows differences in outcomes between women and men at the individual level in EU Member States,’ says Virginija Langbakk, the Director of EIGE. ‘This...
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding and Commissioner Cecilia Malmström have today joined human rights campaigners to call for zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM). The Commission organised a high-level roundtable event to discuss how the European Union can help Member States to eradicate the practice – thought to have affected several...
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 6 February 2013 The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding will launch and present a new EU-wide study on female genital mutilation (FGM) on 6 March in Brussels. The study will provide an overview of the situation concerning female genital mutilation in the...
Mapping the current status and potential of administrative sources of data on gender-based violence in the EU and Croatia” EIGE has recently launched a study on “Mapping the current status and potential of administrative sources of data on gender-based violence in the EU and Croatia”. The final results of the study will be available in August 2013. Why do we...
Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union and is recognised as vital to economic growth, prosperity and competitiveness. The effectiveness of the policies developed to achieve this needs to be evaluated. The development and dissemination of EU-wide, comparable and reliable gender statistics and indicators have greatly contributed to this better monitoring and assessment of...
On 6 December 2012 the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) adopted Conclusions on “ Combating violence against women, and the provision of support services for victims of domestic violence” (.pdf) , prepared by the Cyprus Presidency on the basis of EIGE's report “ Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU...
Download the press release in .pdf format: es, de, el , en, fr, it, lt, pl New report: In connection to The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign (25 November-10 December –Human Rights Day) R esearch recently conducted by the European Institute for Gender Equality...
The European Institute for Gender Equality cooperated with 5 national gender equality documentation centres and libraries in Europe to build the best available European on-line resources on gender-based violence. These resources on gender-based violence are accessible via a portal on the Institute’s website which is being officially launched and made available today, 6 November 2012. The online resources are part...
EIGE is bringing experts and policy makers from the EU Member States together in London to discuss Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In June 2012 EIGE completed the first phase of the “Study to map the current situation and trends of female genital mutilation in 27 EU Member States (MS) and Croatia”. The participants will contribute to the ongoing discussion on...
updated on 07 November 2012 Female genital mutilation (FGM) continues to be one of the most brutal and at the same time most tabooed forms of gender-based violence. During recent years FGM has gained considerable attention in the EU. In June 2012, the European Parliament adopted the Resolution on ending female genital mutilation. EIGE launched a “S tudy to map...