Management and equipment. Structure
- Director
- Head of Research and Policy Support Unit
- Head of Administration Unit
- Head of Outreach and Engagement Unit
- Management Board: (Representatives from the Member States; One member representing the European Commission)
- Experts’ Forum: Each country (1); members designated by the European Parliament (2); members designated by the European Commission (3). EIGE’s Staff (Administration unit; Director’s secretariat; Outreach and Engagement Unit; Research and Policy Support Unit)
Objectives
- Provide research, collect and analyse data on gender equality with an intersectional perspective.
- Develop methods to improve gender statistics and data collections.
- Communicate our comparable and reliable data and information with a hope-based approach.
- Measure the state of gender equality both at EU and Member State levels.
- Develop methodological tools and provide technical support for gender mainstreaming in all EU and national policies.
- Cooperate with EU institutions; Member States; international organisations; NGOs; equal opportunities organisations; universities and experts; research centres; social partners and related bodies; the media and our EU sister agencies.
Research and results
Total (70). Related to Heritage and Humanities:
- Female genital mutilation in the EU and Croatia (2013). Publications: Report (2013); Study to map the current situation and trends on FGM – Country reports (2013); Good practices in combating female genital mutilation (2013).
- Poverty, gender and intersecting inequalities in the EU (2016). Publications: Report (2016); Poverty, gender and lone parents in the EU (2016).
- Translation of Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus into all EU languages (2017-2020).
- Terminology and indicators for data collection: rape, femicide and intimate partner violence (2017). Publications: Report (2017); Glossary of definitions of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence (2017).
- Cyber violence against women and girls (2017) à Publications: Combating Cyber Violence against Women and Girls (2022).
- Gender equality and youth: opportunities and risks of digitalisation (2018). Gender equality and youth: opportunities and risks of digitalisation – Main report (2019).
Ongoing projects
- Gender Equality Index 2023 – a focus on the European Green Deal.
- Gender-sensitive parliaments: Data collection and tool on gender equality action plans.
- Collection of good practices on Gender Mainstreaming in the European Green Deal
- Gender Statistics Database 2023.
- Increased capacity of EU candidate countries and potential candidates to measure and monitor the impact of gender equality policies.
- Access to specialised healthcare services. How women and girls fleeing the war can realise their sexual and reproductive rights in the EU.
- Gender equality and gender mainstreaming in the COVID-19 recovery.
- Survey of Gender Gaps in Unpaid Care, Individual and Social Activities.
- Violence against women: Joint survey with the Fundamental Rights Agency.
- Gender-responsive evaluation for an environmental and sustainable future for all (GREENA).
- Policy support on gender mainstreaming.
- Cyber violence against women.
- Providing justice to victims of femicide.