What's up at EIGE? March 2016.
Date: 2017-10-27
Institutions: European Institute for Gender Equality
Subjects: anti-discriminatory measure, gender equality, serial publication, social inequality

Gender equality in focus 

March 

2016 

Spotlight on women in sport 

Stories from the sports field 

To mark International Women’s Day in the year of the Olympics, EIGE hosted a conference on “Gender 
equality and sport: towards a level playing field for women.’’ Women athletes, coaches and referees 
talked about their own experiences in the sporting world, where men still make most of the decisions. 
Rikke Rønholt, a former athlete who spoke at the event, gave her personal take on what it was like to be 
a woman athlete in the field. This is the first in a series of five interviews with women in sport. Stay tuned 
to EIGE’s YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss the others coming soon! Watch the video. 

Latest news 

How can improved data collection help end violence 
against women? 

To reduce violence against women, first we need to 
understand the scope of the phenomenon, and for that we 
need quality data. To support Member States improve the 
quality of information on violence against women, EIGE has 
identified a range of good practices on administrative data 
collection. Read more. 

EIGE goes global at CSW 

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Commission on 
the Status of Women (CSW), held at the UN headquarters in 
New York. EIGE was there and caught up with Salla 
Saastamoinen, Director for Equality at DG Justice. She 
points out what the European Union brings to the global 
discussion on gender equality and what it will take back to 
Europe.  
Watch the interview here. 

   EIGE sets off to visit 
EU Member States  

EIGE is organising a 
round of visits to EU 
Member States to 
present its research 
and tools that policy 
makers can take-up at 
the national level to 
improve the situation of 
equality between 
women and men. The 
first visit will be to 
Finland, followed by 
Estonia, Malta, 
Slovakia and Germany.  

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
Strengthening ties with social partners 

Other publications 

EIGE and EU social partners reinforced their 
relationship at a joint conference held last year. Key 
challenges for equality in the workplace and labour 
market such as the reconciliation of work and family 
life, segregation in the labour market and the gender 
employment gap were discussed. Social partners are 
important actors for advancing gender equality in this 
area and EIGE’s extensive database of good practices 
can provide them with proven and effective methods to 
integrate gender equality into the workplace. Find the 
full range of EIGE’s Good Practices here. 

EIGE took part in the peer 
review of ODIHR’s latest 
publication: Compendium of 
Good Practices for 
Advancing Women’s 
Political Participation in the 
OSCE, available here.  

  We are looking for gender 

statistics experts 

  Do you have expertise in gender 

statistics? Maybe you know 
someone who does?  
We are looking for gender 
experts so express your interest 
and you could soon be working 
with us!  

EU Agencies’ Network 

Gender Events 

  14 April 2016 

TRIGGER mid-term Workshop: 
transforming research 
institutions, London.  
More details. 

21 – 23 April 2016 
ATGENDER Spring conference 
2016: spaces of feminist learning 
and teaching, Utrecht.  
More details. 

Did you know the EU has 
specialised agencies all over 
Europe? EIGE is the EU’s 
agency for gender equality. You 
can find out more about the work 
being done to improve the lives of 
Europe’s citizens in this video. 

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