EIGE's gender-based violence SNE, Janine Mc Ginn, sits in the first Council of Europe Committee of Experts on combating technology-facilitated violence against women. The Committee stands under the Directorate of Equal Rights and Dignity, which works to promote and protect equality for all, including gender equality, and respect for diversity.
EIGE’s Gender-based violence researcher, Monica Barbovschi, attends the Equinet Gender Equality Working Group meeting to present the key findings on cyberviolence against women and girls. During the session, EIGE provides an overview of its research on developing a comparable measurement framework for cyberviolence and it showcases the role and the impact social media platforms have in cyberviolence against women and...
EIGE Director Carlien Scheele and EIGE's Stakeholders Relations Team Leader, Zivile Macijauskiene, meet with Sari Rautio, Member of the Commitee of the Regions Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) to discuss gender mainstreaming in the work of the Committee.
The Nordic Baltic Youth Summit 2024 will take place in Vilnius, welcoming representatives of Youth Councils and NGOs from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Åland, and the Faroe Islands. The Summit aims to enhance network and collaboration among young people in the region by hosting the first ever meeting of such format and scope. During the...
EIGE's gender mainstreaming experts, Helena Morais Maceira, Elena Anchevska and Katja Tiilikainen, hold an experts' meeting its data collection on Institutional Mechanisms for gender equality and gender mainstreaming in the EU (Area H of the BPfA). During the meeting, EIGE presents its draft policy recommendations for the post-2025 period for the development of institutional mechanisms in the EU. Both key...
EIGE is pleased to host the Gender Statistics Database experts' meeting, a half-day event focusing on the most recent statistics related to the priorities of the EU gender policy agenda. The Gender Statistics Database, launched in 2016, aims to address the growing demand for gender sensitive data at both the EU and international levels. With a unique approach, the database...
EIGE's gender mainstreaming experts, Helena Morais Maceira and Katja Tiilikainen, and Research and Policy Support Head of Unit, Marusa Gortnar, host the 8th meeting of the Thematic Network on Gender Mainstreaming. The meeting is an occasion to discuss the latest updates and needs on EIGE and members’ work on gender mainstreaming, including EIGE’s proposal for a helpdesk on Technical Assistance...
EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, with Italian colleagues at EIGE, meets the Italian Ambassador of Lithuania, Emanuele de Maigret, at the Italian Embassy in Vilnius. The Ambassador and the Director continue their conversation started in June, on national initiatives that Member States can turn into action to combat violence against women and actively support EIGE's work. On that occasion, a picture...