EIGE is closely following the European Commission’s response to support Ukraine, mainly in the areas of gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming, in view of offering support and solutions.
It is our great pleasure to congratulate Tanja Auvinen, Finland, on being elected as Chair of the Board, and Kira Appel, Denmark, on being elected as Vice-Chair of the Board following the first meeting of EIGE’s Management Board, held on 16-17 of June 2022.
EIGE’s Resources and Documentation Centre (RDC) is undergoing a transformation to better address the needs of its users. After more than eleven successful years, the Resource and Documentation Centre will further develop its knowledge management dimensions. For EIGE’s library, this transformation means that EIGE will donate a large number of books from its collection to…
Improving gender equality is one of the key ways to improve a country’s economy. This message resonated during the recent meetings between the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Irene Montero, Spain’s Minister for Equality.
It is our great pleasure to thank Lenita Freidenvall – on behalf of the whole Institute – for her hard work and commitment to EIGE’s mission.
To fight crimes of femicide – when a woman is killed because of her gender – it is key to identify and count cases accurately.
Join as gender equality champions discuss how to build an economy that works for women, men, girls and boys in all their diversity by taking #3StepsForward.
Over the last 20 years, gender balance (quota of at least 40 % of each gender) has improved in EU Member States’ parliaments. And the application of legislative quotas that aims to ensure a minimum proportion of each gender among candidates has played a key role.
Efforts to achieve gender balance in business and finance are losing momentum as governments continue to waver on introducing hard quotas to boardrooms, according to EIGE’s latest data.
In April 2022, EIGE launches an enhanced Gender Equality in Academia and Research (GEAR) tool, offering more tailored advice to research and innovation organisations. This update extends guidance beyond universities and research-performing organisations to give wider audiences access to a simple way of making gender equality plans part of their institutional strategies.
