European Institute for Gender Equality
The EU agency for gender equality
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| 2025 | EIGE is scheduled to publish its 'Beijing +30 report', providing a comprehensive review and assessment of progress in women's empowerment since the original 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. |
| 2024 | EIGE is preparing for its second Gender Equality Forum, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of considering gender equality in all areas of life. |
| 2024 | EIGE's Gender Equality Forum focuses on two key thematic strands: reviewing gender equality progress in Europe up to and beyond 2025, and addressing gender-based violence challenges in the EU. |
| March 2023 | EIGE launched The European Green Deal: Three Steps Forward campaign, focusing on gender equality in sustainability and climate actions, emphasizing equal opportunities in the green economy, addressing gender-specific climate change impacts, and promoting women's leadership in environmental decision-making. |
| 2022 | The Agency launched the #SafeSpaces campaign to address and eradicate gender-based violence both offline and online, aligning with the UN 'Orange the World' campaign of 16 days of activism. |
| 2022 | EIGE held the first edition of its Gender Equality Forum, establishing a platform for leaders, activists, organizations, and young people to discuss pressing gender equality issues in the European Union. |
| 2022 | Published Gender Equality Index 2022, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and care systems on gender equality. |
| 2022 | Gender Equality Index reached 68.6 points out of 100, showing a 0.6-point increase from the previous year. This represents a cumulative increase of 5.5 points since 2010, indicating slow but steady progress in gender equality across the European Union. |
| June 2022 | EIGE conducted a comprehensive survey on the socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality, involving over 40,000 respondents across the European Union, focusing on the division of informal childcare, long-term care, and housework between women and men. |
| 2021 | Gender Equality Index score was recorded before the 2022 assessment, serving as a comparative reference point. |
| 2021 | Released Gender Equality Index 2021, with a specific thematic focus on health. |
| 2020 | Produced Gender Equality Index 2020, examining digitalisation and the future of work from a gender perspective. |
| 2020 | The EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020–2025 is launched, acknowledging the Gender Equality Index as a key benchmark for gender equality in the EU. |
| 2019 | The Gender Equality Index transitions to annual publication, now consisting of two parts: domain scores and a thematic focus. |
| 2019 | Developed two significant reports: Gender Equality Index 2019 on work-life balance and a special report on Intersecting inequalities. |
| 2017 | Third Gender Equality Index report is released. |
| 2015 | Second Gender Equality Index report is published. |
| 2013 | First Gender Equality Index is published by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). |
| 2010 | Initial baseline measurement of the Gender Equality Index, which serves as a comparative point for future assessments of gender equality progress in the European Union. |
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