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    • Join us for the second  Gender Equality Forum 10-11 December 2024!

      The countdown is on for the second edition of the Gender Equality Forum! As EU’s gender equality agency, we are looking forward to working with the current and future leaders of Europe. Together, backed by our strong evidence, we will explore new ways to make gender equality a reality - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At work...

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    • Celebrate men and boys as allies for gender equality!

      Today is International Men’s Day, raising awareness of often-overlooked issues. It's a call for action to address the unique gender equality challenges men and boys face worldwide. And this year the focus is on men’s health. It coincides with Movember. This month of moustache growing raises cash and awareness for prostate and testicular cancers, and male suicide. Beyond this, International...

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      Publication date
      19 Nov 2024
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    • Gender balance in business and finance

      A decade after it was first proposed, the EU’s directive on improving gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures was adopted by EU co-legislators in November 2022, coming into force in December 2022. The directive requires at least 40 % of the non-executive members of the boards of listed companies, or at least 33 % of all...

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      Publication date
      30 Jul 2024
      Gender balance in business and finance

    • Financial Independence and Gender Equality: Joining the dots between income, wealth, and power

      This report presents evidence on gender inequalities in financial independence in the EU, with a particular focus on how financial independence has been defined and measured. It also presents evidence on the impact of tax–benefit systems in EU Member States on gender inequalities in financial independence and explores consequences associated with financial dependence, including economic violence. The report finds that...

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      Publication date
      06 May 2024
      Financial Independence and Gender Equality: Joining the dots between income, wealth, and power
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    • Good practices on gender mainstreaming in the European Green Deal: Towards a more gender-equal and greener Europe

      Climate change is one of the greatest environmental and development challenges facing the world today, and it has critical impacts on human rights and inequalities, including gender equality. To overcome these challenges, in 2019 the EU launched the European Green Deal (EGD) strategy, which sets out targets of no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 and economic growth decoupled...

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      Publication date
      18 Oct 2024
      Good practices on gender mainstreaming in the European Green Deal: Towards a more gender-equal and greener Europe

    • Gender-responsive evaluation for a sustainable future for all

      The GREENA step-by-step toolkit provides practical know-how to assess gender impacts and the implementation of gender-responsive evaluation of EU policies and programmes. The toolkit has been contextualised to support the evaluation of the European Green Deal policies with a gender perspective, given its relevance as a current EU priority and the urgency to ensure a gender-responsive green transition.

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    • Two years on: women fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine need more support

      How can essential healthcare services be strengthened for victims of conflict-related sexual violence?

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      Publication date
      20 Feb 2024
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    • EIGE stresses the need for gender dimension in DSA transparency reporting

      EIGE, in its contribution to a public consultation on the design of transparency reports under the Digital Services Act (DSA), has highlighted the need to include gender-based measurement instruments.

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      Publication date
      01 Feb 2024
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Gender roles and relations

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    • economic violenceRelated Term
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    • gender equityRelated Term
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    • gender studiesRelated Term
    • intra-household resource distributionRelated Term
    • pay gapRelated Term
    • power relationsRelated Term
    • sexual harassmentRelated Term
    • structural adjustmentRelated Term
    • structural inequalityRelated Term
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      • disadvantaged groupsRelated Term
  • gender relations
    • double standardsRelated Term
    • empowerment of womenRelated Term
    • equality of outcomeRelated Term
    • gender equalityRelated Term
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      • gender analysisRelated Term
      • gender mainstreamingRelated Term
      • gender perspectiveRelated Term
      • parity democracyRelated Term
      • positive actionRelated Term
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      • care economyRelated Term
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      • structural inequalityRelated Term
    • public/private dichotomyNarrow Term
  • patriarchy
    • the ‘Other gender’Related Term
    • democratic deficitNarrow Term
    • gender division of labourNarrow Term
    • gender systemNarrow Term
      • double standardsRelated Term
      • gender rolesRelated Term
      • parity democracyRelated Term
  • gender-based violence
    • crimes committed in the name of so-called honourRelated Term
    • harmful practicesRelated Term
    • power relationsRelated Term
    • rape cultureRelated Term
    • survivor of gender-based violenceRelated Term
    • victimRelated Term
    • violence at workRelated Term
    • national women’s helplinesRelated Term
    • cyber violence against women and girlsNarrow Term
      • doxingRelated Term
    • domestic violenceNarrow Term
      • economic violenceRelated Term
      • gender power relationsRelated Term
      • intimate partner violenceRelated Term
      • physical violenceRelated Term
      • sexual violenceRelated Term
      • family violenceRelated Term
    • economic violenceNarrow Term
      • domestic violenceRelated Term
      • gender power relationsRelated Term
      • intra-household resource distributionRelated Term
    • female genital mutilationNarrow Term
    • femicideNarrow Term
    • forced marriageNarrow Term
      • crimes committed in the name of so-called honourRelated Term
      • gender power relationsRelated Term
      • marital statusRelated Term
      • violence against women and girls in armed conflictRelated Term
    • forced sterilisationNarrow Term
      • gender power relationsRelated Term
      • reproductive healthRelated Term
      • violence against women and girls in armed conflictRelated Term
    • gender-based violence against womenNarrow Term
      • sexual violence referral centreRelated Term
      • violence against womenRelated Term
    • indirect violence against womenNarrow Term
      • direct violence against womenRelated Term
      • gender normsRelated Term
      • gender stereotypesRelated Term
    • intimate partner violenceNarrow Term
      • domestic violenceRelated Term
      • sexual healthRelated Term
      • reassaultRelated Term
      • specialised services for womenRelated Term
    • physical violenceNarrow Term
      • domestic violenceRelated Term
    • psychological violenceNarrow Term
    • sexual harassmentNarrow Term
      • cyber harassmentRelated Term
      • dignity at workRelated Term
      • gender power relationsRelated Term
      • sexual violenceRelated Term
      • violence at workRelated Term
    • sexual violenceNarrow Term
      • domestic violenceRelated Term
      • sexual assault on womenRelated Term
      • sexual harassmentRelated Term
      • sexual identityRelated Term
      • sexual violence referral centreRelated Term
      • violence against women and girls in armed conflictRelated Term
    • violence against womenNarrow Term
      • gender-based violence against womenRelated Term
      • victimRelated Term
  • gender roles
    • care ethicsRelated Term
    • female-headed householdsRelated Term
    • gender normsRelated Term
    • gender socialisationRelated Term
    • gender systemRelated Term
    • gender positionNarrow Term
      • gender gapRelated Term

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