EIGE regularly produces reports reviewing different areas of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) or other EU policy priorities, as requested by the presidencies of the Council of the European Union. This factsheet is based on the report Beijing + 25: The fifth review of the implementation of ...
What is grey literature? It is literature produced by non-commercial publishers, such as public institutions, universities, research institutes and civil society. It contains a lot of useful content, but is often hard to find as it is scattered across different locations. EIGE has collected grey...
A fresh term for the European Parliament has begun. EIGE wants to help new or returning members speed up gender equality progress, which has been moving at a snail’s pace over the past decade. That’s why we have put together a package of EIGE’s resources and information on gender equality that c...
This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Although it provides tips and examples for the English language, the underlying prin¬ciples for gender-sensitive writing are universal and remain relevant when using other languages. The key objectives of this ...
Gender analysis provides the necessary data and information to integrate a gender perspective into policies, programmes and projects. As a starting point for gender mainstreaming, gender analysis identifies the differences between and among women and men in terms of their relative position in so...
With 65.3 out of 100 points, Austria ranks 13th in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Its score is 2.1 points lower than the EU’s score. Between 2005 and 2017, Austria’s score increased by 5.8 points (+ 2 points since 2015). The country’s ranking has remained the same since 2005....
It is estimated that 12 % to 21 % of girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM, or ‘cutting’) in France, out of a total population of 205 683 girls aged 0-18 originating from countries where female genital mutilation is practised. Girls at risk of female genital mutilation in France mo...
The Gender Equality Index 2017 examines the progress and challenges in achieving gender equality across the European Union from 2005 to 2015. Using a scale from 1 (full inequality) to 100 (full equality), it measures the differences between women and men in key domains of the EU policy framework...
Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailab...
