Maruša Gortnar

Maruša Gortnar is the Head of Research and Policy Support Unit at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). She is responsible for managing, strategic planning and implementation of the institute’s work in the areas of research and data collection, gender mainstreaming and gender-based violence. Before joining EIGE, she worked for many years in the area of gender equality in the Slovenian Government and was a member of different EU and national bodies for gender equality (e.g. Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, High-Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming, EIGE’s Management Board, Government’s Expert Council on Gender Equality and the Working Group for Human Rights).  A graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, she holds an MA Degree in Gender Studies from the Central European University.