The freshly launched Gender Equality Index 2022 reveals that progress continues at a snails' pace, with a mere 0.6-point increase since last year's edition. As a result, the EU average score now stands at 68.6 out of 100 points, only 5.5 points higher than in 2010.EIGE Director, Carlien Scheele said
EIGE, the European Institute for gender equality, took part in Orange the World, the campaign against violence toward women and girls promoted by ONU since 2008.Orange The World consists in 16-days of activism against gender-based violence established by the United Nations Secretary General. Every
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, international and regional experts on violence against women and women's rights have issued a joint statement calling on States to bridge the gap of impunity for violence against women and girls across the world. Read more here.
16.11.2022
The scientific community of the GENDER-NET Plus project gathered on November 16-17, 2022 to discuss approaches to best incorporate sex, gender and intersectional analysis. Health, social sciences and humanities researchers, from across Europe, Canada and Israel, addressed the issue in 6 thematic
The Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence against Women (EDVAW Platform) launched its first thematic paper on the digital dimension of violence against women as addressed by its seven mechanisms, adopted at its 14th meeting held online on 17 November 2022, under
