The European Institute for Gender Equality Annual Report 2012
The European Institute
for Gender Equality
Annual Report
2012
Making equality between
women and men a
reality for all Europeans
and beyond is the vision
of the European Institute
for Gender Equality.
About EIGE
EIGE is a European agency which supports the EU and its
Member States in their eff orts to promote gender equal-
ity, to fi ght discrimination based on sex and to raise aware-
ness about gender equality issues. Its tasks are to collect
and analyse comparable data on gender issues, to develop
methodological tools, in particular for the integration of
the gender dimension in all policy areas, to facilitate the
exchange of best practices and dialogue among stake-
holders, and to raise awareness among EU citizens.
The institute’s bodies include a Management Board (deci-
sion-making body), an Experts’ Forum (consultative body)
and a Director (executive body) and her staff . The Manage-
ment Board adopts the annual and medium-term work
programmes as well as the institute’s budget. The Experts’
Forum supports the Director in ensuring the excellence
and independence of the institute. The Director, as the
legal representative of the institute, is responsible for its
daily management as well as for the implementation of the
work programme.
The institute’s budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 7 741 800.
During 2012, it employed 30 temporary agents, nine con-
tract agents, fi ve seconded national experts, eight trainees
and fi ve interim staff .
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EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality
European Institute for Gender Equality
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LT-01103 Vilnius
LITHUANIA
Tel. +370 52157444
E-mail: [email protected]
http://eige.europa.eu
http://www.twitter.com/eurogender
http://www.facebook.com/eige.europa.eu
http://www.youtube.com/eurogender
List of acronymsBPfA Beijing Platform for Action
Cedefop European Centre for the Development
of Vocational Training
ECLAS European Commission Libraries Catalogue
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
EMPL Directorate-General for Employment,
Social Aff airs and Inclusion
EPSCO Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer
Aff airs Council
ETF European Training Foundation
EuroVoc multilingual thesaurus of the European Union
EWL European Women’s Lobby
Equinet European Network of Equality Bodies
Eurofound European Foundation for the Improvement
of Living and Working Conditions
FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
GBV gender-based violence
GEI Gender Equality Index
GIA gender impact assessment
GM gender mainstreaming
HLG High-Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming
HoO Head of Operations of EIGE
HR human resources
ICS internal control standards
ILO International Labour Organisation
IR internal rules
LMS library management system
MB Management Board
MTGP methods, tools and good practices
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OLAF European Commission Anti-Fraud Offi ce
RDC Resource and Documentation Centre of EIGE
SIS statistical information system
(the relational database underpinning the EIGE
Gender Equality Index)
SNE seconded national expert
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Unesco United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural
Organisation
WG working group
WIE Women Inspiring Europe (calendar)
WINE Women Information Network Europe
WP work programme
The European Institute
for Gender Equality
Annual Report
2012
Making equality between
women and men a
reality for all Europeans
and beyond is the vision
of the European Institute
for Gender Equality.
About EIGE
EIGE is a European agency which supports the EU and its
Member States in their eff orts to promote gender equal-
ity, to fi ght discrimination based on sex and to raise aware-
ness about gender equality issues. Its tasks are to collect
and analyse comparable data on gender issues, to develop
methodological tools, in particular for the integration of
the gender dimension in all policy areas, to facilitate the
exchange of best practices and dialogue among stake-
holders, and to raise awareness among EU citizens.
The institute’s bodies include a Management Board (deci-
sion-making body), an Experts’ Forum (consultative body)
and a Director (executive body) and her staff . The Manage-
ment Board adopts the annual and medium-term work
programmes as well as the institute’s budget. The Experts’
Forum supports the Director in ensuring the excellence
and independence of the institute. The Director, as the
legal representative of the institute, is responsible for its
daily management as well as for the implementation of the
work programme.
The institute’s budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 7 741 800.
During 2012, it employed 30 temporary agents, nine con-
tract agents, fi ve seconded national experts, eight trainees
and fi ve interim staff .
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EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality
European Institute for Gender Equality
Gedimino pr. 16
LT-01103 Vilnius
LITHUANIA
Tel. +370 52157444
E-mail: [email protected]
http://eige.europa.eu
http://www.twitter.com/eurogender
http://www.facebook.com/eige.europa.eu
http://www.youtube.com/eurogender
List of acronymsBPfA Beijing Platform for Action
Cedefop European Centre for the Development
of Vocational Training
ECLAS European Commission Libraries Catalogue
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
EMPL Directorate-General for Employment,
Social Aff airs and Inclusion
EPSCO Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer
Aff airs Council
ETF European Training Foundation
EuroVoc multilingual thesaurus of the European Union
EWL European Women’s Lobby
Equinet European Network of Equality Bodies
Eurofound European Foundation for the Improvement
of Living and Working Conditions
FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
GBV gender-based violence
GEI Gender Equality Index
GIA gender impact assessment
GM gender mainstreaming
HLG High-Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming
HoO Head of Operations of EIGE
HR human resources
ICS internal control standards
ILO International Labour Organisation
IR internal rules
LMS library management system
MB Management Board
MTGP methods, tools and good practices
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OLAF European Commission Anti-Fraud Offi ce
RDC Resource and Documentation Centre of EIGE
SIS statistical information system
(the relational database underpinning the EIGE
Gender Equality Index)
SNE seconded national expert
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Unesco United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural
Organisation
WG working group
WIE Women Inspiring Europe (calendar)
WINE Women Information Network Europe
WP work programme
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(1) J. M. Barroso, ‘Political Guidelines for the next European Commission’, 2009 (http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/president/about/political/index_en.htm).
EIGE’S Annual
Report 2012
‘I believe in a Europe that gives every man and woman the freedom and
security to develop their potential to the full, free from discrimination.’
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (1).
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Contents
Highlights of 2012 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Foreword by the Chair of the Management Board...............................................................................................................................6
Foreword by the Director ........................................................................................................................................................................................7
What is the European Institute for Gender Equality? ..........................................................................................................................9
EIGE’s objectives in 2012 .......................................................................................................................................................................................11
EIGE’s focus in 2012 — gender-based violence ...................................................................................................................................12
Supporting policymaking on solid grounds: the importance of reliable statistics ......................................................19
Gender equality and climate change .............................................................................................................................................20
Violence against women: victim support ......................................................................................................................................22
Measuring progress of gender equality in Europe — the Gender Equality Index ......................................................24
Supporting eff ective policymaking and implementation ............................................................................................................27
Making EIGE’s expertise available ...................................................................................................................................................................30
Awareness raising, networking and communication.......................................................................................................................32
Dialogue and partnerships for the advancement of gender equality ..................................................................................36
Annexes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
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Staff features:
• Some 19 nationalities and a total of 51 staff
members (temporary agents, contract agents,
seconded national experts and trainees) as of
31 December 2012
Main publications:
• ‘Review of the implementation in the EU of
Area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Gender
Equality and Climate Change’, Report and main
fi ndings developed in support of the Danish
Presidency of the Council of the European
Union, 2012, 126 pages
• ‘Review of the implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action in the EU Member States:
Violence against women — Victim support’,
Report and main fi ndings developed in support
of the Cypriot Presidency of the EU Council,
2012, 142 pages
• ‘Rationale for the Gender Equality Index for
Europe’, 2012, 10 pages
• Conference materials ‘Gender training in
the European Union: Mapping, research and
stakeholders’ engagement’, 2012, 39 pages
• Report ‘Men’s involvement in gender equality
initiatives in the European Union’, off ering a
brief presentation of actors across the European
Union contributing to a more effective
involvement of men in the promotion of gender
equality, 2012, 60 pages
Other publications:
• Some 25 publications covering diff erent areas
of the Institute’s work
New gender equality indicators:
• Four new indicators were proposed by EIGE
and endorsed by the Employment, Social
Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
(EPSCO) in June 2012. They concerned
women’s participation in decision-making
within the public sector at national, EU and
international levels on climate change and
gender segmentation of tertiary education in
scientifi c and technical fi elds.
New data sets:
• Comparable and reliable primary data on
women’s participation in decision-making
within the public sector at national, EU and
international levels on climate change were
collected and published on EIGE’s website.
• A full set of comparable and reliable primary
data on the range, extent, number and use of
support services for women victims of domestic
violence in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia
was collected and published on EIGE’s website.
New databases:
• EIGE’s online database of ‘Gender trainers
and training organisations’ features practical
and up-to-date information, such as profi les
of trainers and organisations off ering gender
training across the EU and Croatia.
• EIGE’s online database ‘Men and gender
equality’ contains information on the EU-wide
initiatives encouraging men to become part of
gender equality initiatives.
• Within the ‘Study to map the current situation
and trends of female genital mutilation in 27 EU
Member States and Croatia’, EIGE collected
information on policies (320), legal documents
(270), methods, tools and good practices
(600) on combating female genital mutilation
(FGM). This information, together with the
annotated bibliography on the subject, will be
available online through EIGE’s Resource and
Documentation Centre (RDC) in 2013.
Highlights of 2012
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 5
Cooperation agreements with fi ve Member States in the framework of EIGE’s Resource and Documentation Centre:
• More than 26 000 records were made available
online on 7 November 2012 through the RDC.
These records include EIGE’s catalogued library
resources, resources harvested from external
sources and resources collected by the institute.
ICT infrastructure:
• A new website and an intranet are in place and
fully operational.
Events, communications and networking:
• Some 33 journalists participated in journalist
thematic network meetings in April and
November 2012, producing more than 50 articles.
• The European conference ‘Advancing gender
mainstreaming to support effective gender
mainstreaming’, organised in Vilnius (Lithuania)
on 13 and 14 November 2012, brought together
more than 150 public servants, trainers and
experts in gender training from all Member
States and European institutions.
• Some 33 gender experts from nearly all the
Member States participated in the fi rst online
discussion on the Institute’s EuroGender
platform.
• More than 445 experts took part in numerous
consultation meetings.
• By 5 October 2012, EIGE had 3 064 followers on
its Facebook page.
• Approximately 9 000 copies of the ‘Women
inspiring Europe’ 2013 calendar were distributed
to stakeholders across the European Union and
beyond.
Equality between men and women is one of the fundamen-
tal values of the European Union. The economic and fi nancial
crisis that has been aff ecting Europe since 2008 has important
repercussions on the social and economic situation of men and
women and their equality.
A recent study ordered by the Commission about the impact of
the crisis on gender equality has come to the conclusion that,
while women’s employment was able to put up a better ‘resist-
ance’ to the crisis at fi rst, this was due to the fact that women
are underrepresented in the sectors most hit by its fi rst eff ects.
However, women also suffer the consequences of the crisis
because its second eff ect was the adoption by several Member
States of measures for budgetary restrictions in the public sector
and the service sectors in general, where women make up the
majority of the workforce.
In this context, the Management Board and I are convinced that
EIGE, as an agency specifi cally dedicated to gender issues, now
has a more essential role than ever to play.
According to the study ordered by the Commission, most of the economic relaunch measures undertaken
by the Member States were not subjected to a gender screening beforehand, partly because the offi cials of
the diff erent institutions of the states weren’t made aware and trained as regards to gender mainstreaming.
This is why, at the end of 2012, EIGE fi nalised the work that was started in 2010 with a view to developing
a gender mainstreaming training tool for the offi cials of the diff erent institutions of the Member States.
Another challenge taken up by EIGE was to improve and deepen the knowledge of gender equality and
to make it more visible and indispensable in policy development.
Within this context, EIGE fi nalised its Gender Equality Index in 2012. This tool will enable the regular evalu-
ation of equality between men and women in the European Union.
Finally, the Management Board and I are particularly delighted about the implementation of EIGE’s
Resource and Documentation Centre, a centre for stocking, development and dissemination of data,
tools, methods and good practices regarding gender equality in Europe, making EIGE the memory and
brain of the EU in gender equality matters.
On behalf of the Management Board, I would like to thank the Director, Virginija Langbakk, and her staff
for the remarkable work that was done in 2012. Despite the still numerous challenges, our will and com-
mitment to make equality between women and men a reality remain intact.
Michel PasteelVice-Chair of EIGE’s Management Board
Foreword by the Vice-Chair
of the Management Board
Foreword by the Director
Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the EU and is
vital for economic and social growth, prosperity and competitiveness. Proper
utilisation of the potential of women and men, their diff erent experiences
and needs, and balanced engagement in the process of shaping the future
development of the European Union could and should impact on the politi-
cal debate and the way we deal with current economic and social challenges.
I am proud to say that in 2012, during its second year of full operation,
the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) delivered its fi rst
added-value products supporting EU-27 policymakers in achieving
the EU’s objectives, including the goals set by the European Commission
in the Europe 2020 growth strategy. EIGE produced relevant, comparable
and reliable data, expertise and recommendations on gender equality in the
EU in a number of policy areas.
From a managerial perspective, by the end of 2012 EIGE had reached a
remarkable 100 % recruitment rate, executed 96 % of its budget and improved
payment appropriations by 35 %, compared to 2011. The institute signed its
Seat Agreement with the Lithuanian government and fi nalised procedures
allowing for its move into permanent premises in the ‘EU House’ in Vilnius.
It is with delight that I proclaim 2012 a year of great achievements for EIGE, ones that added important
contributions in the strengthening of gender equality across the EU. By the end of the year, the institute had
fi rmly established itself as a reputable provider of credible and professional support to the presidencies of
the Council of the European Union within the framework of the EU’s commitments for the implementation
of the Beijing Platform for Action. The institute reached 100 % of its outputs in this area, with two reports
produced for the Presidencies of the Council: ‘Gender equality and climate change’ and ‘Violence against
women — Victim support’. Both reports served as the basis for the conclusions prepared by the presiden-
cies and adopted by the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Aff airs Council (EPSCO), which
also endorsed four new indicators proposed by EIGE on gender equality and climate change.
The institute reached an important milestone in 2012 with the development of its tool — the Gender
Equality Index — which will assess (in)equalities between women and men in the EU Member States. At
this stage, I am confi dent that the index, will become an important tool for the EU institutions and equally
for the Member States in measuring the gender equality perspective in various policy areas.
Addressing the urgent need to collect reliable and comparable data on gender-based violence in the EU,
the institute has developed a number of reports in this area. Notably, it has collected information on
policies, legal documents, methods, tools and good practices within the 27 EU Member States and
Croatia on combating female genital mutilation (FGM), submitted the report on ‘Violence against
Women — Victim Support’ to the Cypriot presidency and delivered a full set of comparable and reliable
data on support services for women victims of violence in Member States and Croatia — collecting such
data for the fi rst time in Europe.
Contributing to the eff ective implementation of gender mainstreaming in the EU throughout the year, EIGE
presented the results of its work on gender mainstreaming tools and methods to the European Union, its
Member States and research and civil society organisations at both an international conference on gender
training and though an online database of ‘gender trainers and training organisations’.
Furthermore, EIGE’s unique Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC), developed to serve as a one-stop
shop and user-friendly gateway to gender equality resources and materials, reached a milestone, having
made more than 26 000 records available online by November 2012.
The dedicated team at EIGE has worked tirelessly to bring these products to fruition, with the constant and
dedicated engagement of its Management Board and the members of its Standing Committee. The Insti-
tute’s Experts’ Forum and its working groups are a constant source of support and expertise. Throughout
2012, the guidance of the European Commission, especially the Directorate-General for Justice, and the
active support of the European Parliament and its Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) Commit-
tee were greatly appreciated. It is very rewarding to promote gender equality through EIGE’s concrete
achievements, and we are confi dent that our work will be a constant in the European Union’s commitment
to equality betwee n women and men across Europe.
Virginija LangbakkDirector
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 9
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is
a decentralised EU agency, an independent legal
entity under European public law, established by
Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006.
It was created in line with the vision of the European
Parliament as stated in its 2004 study on the role of
a future European gender institute (2). These views,
reiterated by José Manuel Barroso in 2009, represent
the basic values and aspirations of the European
Union regarding gender equality on their way to
becoming a reality.
EIGE was set up to become a specialised, solid and
reliable European knowledge centre which brings
unique added value for better informed policy-
making and raised awareness on the importance
of advancing gender equality in Europe.
Article 2 of EIGE’s founding act assigns it the follow-
ing overall objectives:
‘…to contribute to and strengthen the pro-
motion of gender equality, including gender
mainstreaming in all Community policies and
the resulting national policies; to contribute to
the fi ght against discrimination based on sex; to
raise EU citizens’ awareness of gender equality
by providing technical assistance to the Com-
munity Institutions, in particular the Commission
and the authorities of the Member States, as set
out in Article 3 of the regulation establishing the
European Institute for Gender Equality’ (3).
EIGE’s specific tasks, defined in Article 3 of the
founding regulation, have not been dealt with by
the European Commission or the Member States.
How these tasks are realised is described in detail
(2) European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, ‘Role of a future European gender institute — Study’, 2004 (http://eige.europa.eu/sites/default/fi les/Role-of-a-future-European-Gender-Institute-Study.pdf).
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:403:0009:0017:EN:PDF).
in EIGE’s annual work programmes (4) which are
adopted by its Management Board. Broader guide-
lines for the Institute’s work are set out in its mid-
term work programme.
How is EIGE organised?
The Institute’s organisational structure follows the
operational and administrative objectives.
In managing day-to-day activities, the Director
closely works with and reports to EIGE’s decision-
making body, the Management Board. The Experts’
Forum, or advisory body, is another entity working
in synergy with the institute.
The Management Board consists of 18 Member
State representatives and one member represent-
ing the Commission (5), to secure the highest stand-
ards of competence and a broad range of relevant
and transdisciplinary expertise in the area of gender
equality. They are appointed for a 3-year mandate
and alternate in the same order as the rotating pres-
idencies of the Council of the European Union. In
May 2011, due to the growing intensity and com-
plexity of EIGE’s operations, the Management Board
established a Standing Committee. The Standing
Committee assists the Management Board in pre-
paring strategic policies, facilitating administrative
and budgetary decisions. It also provides advice to
the Director.
The Experts’ Forum includes members from organi-
sations specialising in gender equality from every
Member State, three representatives appointed by
the European Commission (European-level social
partners and community level non-governmental
organisations) and two members appointed by the
European Parliament. The forum is a mechanism for
(4) EIGE’s documents can be downloaded at: http://eige.europa.eu/content/important-documents
(5) While the Member States’ representatives are appointed by the EU Council on the basis of a proposal from the Member States con-cerned, the Commission appoints its members of the Management Board directly.
What is the European Institute for Gender Equality?
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exchanging expertise on gender equality issues and
the pooling of knowledge. It ensures close coopera-
tion between the institute and competent bodies
in the Member States.
EIGE’s vision and mission
Equality between women and men is both a fun-
damental right and a common principle for the
EU, and mainstreaming the principle of equality
between women and men in all its activities rep-
resents an agreed strategy for the Union. The Insti-
tute’s vision is:
making equality between women and men a reality for all Europeans and beyond
EIGE’s legal and political framework is defi ned by
the EU’s firm conviction that equality between
women and men is not only a fundamental right,
but is also vital for the solidarity and indispensable
development of European societies, in particular
those facing the present demographic and eco-
nomic challenges. These principles and conclusions
are enshrined in a number of core documents, such
as the Europe 2020 policy framework, the Euro-
pean Commission’s strategy for equality between
women and men 2010−15 and the international
commitments of the European Union, such as its
adherence to the Beijing Platform for Action (6).
The Institute’s mission is:
to become the European knowledge centre on gender equality issues
The planning and implementation of all EIGE’s activ-
ities is based on a coherent approach that involves
collecting, analysing and processing information
on gender equality in Europe in order to actively
disseminate it. This enables the institute to carry
out its mission of becoming the European knowl-
edge centre on gender equality issues, and an inde-
pendent source of information and knowledge on
them, which it stores and disseminates through its
Resource and Documentation Centre.
In its 2012 annual work programme, EIGE set out
to become an eff ective EU agency that collects
knowledge and expertise, and centralises and pro-
cesses data, knowledge and tools and methods on
equality between women and men. It aims to high-
light the achievements and challenges of gender
equality policies and share available data, tools and
methods on equality between women and men
supporting its stakeholders and actors in Europe.
(6) In 1998, a decision was taken that the Council of the EU would be responsible for providing information about the progress by the Member States in the area of gender equality in the critical areas of concern, as defi ned by the Beijing Platform for Action. The Council would be also responsible for reviewing and evaluating this progress.
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 11
EIGE’s fi rst mid-term work programme (2010−12)
was completed in 2012. It aimed at creating the
administrative structure of the institute, as the basis
for a specialised, solid and reliable European knowl-
edge centre which brings unique added value for
better informed policymaking and increased public
awareness on the importance of advancing gender
equality.
In 2012, it focused its activities on two broad areas:
• the collection of comparable and reliable data
and development of indicators on gender
equality;
• the collection, processing and dissemination of
information, methods, tools and good practices
for gender equality work including gender
mainstreaming.
In order to support better-informed policymaking,
within the fi rst focal area of its activities, EIGE col-
lected new data and information at the European
level and provided recommendations on meth-
ods to improve the objectivity, comparability and
reliability of data and indicators related to gender
equality issues. To support the Danish and Cypriot
presidencies of the EU Council in monitoring the
implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
(BPfA) in the EU, EIGE produced two reports pre-
senting the collected comparable data and recom-
mendations on gender equality and climate change
and violence against women with a focus on vic-
tim support. EIGE also expanded and updated its
database on Beijing indicators, ‘Women and men
in the EU: facts and fi gures’, which off ers the Euro-
pean institutions, the Member States and other
stakeholders a coherent and centralised system
to support the follow-up of progress towards the
promotion of gender equality in all areas of concern
of the BPfA.
The development of the Gender Equality Index
for the EU Member States is a signifi cant task that
also falls within the fi rst focal area of the institute.
The index off ers the European Union a common
assessment tool, supporting evidence-based poli-
cymaking and measuring its achievements in the
area of gender equality. In 2012, the calculation of
the index was completed, to prepare for its launch
in June 2013.
The second focal area concentrated on the col-
lection, processing and dissemination of tools,
methods and good practices for gender equality
and gender mainstreaming. Priority was given to
the collection of methods, tools and good prac-
tices to complement the areas of the BPfA selected
by the presidencies and to gender training as one
of the key tools for gender mainstreaming. In the
framework of the Cypriot Presidency, a database
with methods, tools and good practices in the fi eld
of combating domestic violence was created. The
database provides information on anti-violence
training, awareness-raising campaigns and tools
for victim support in all the EU Member States and
Croatia. In the first year of the two-year gender
training project (2012−13) EIGE produced a report
‘Gender training in the European Union: Mapping,
research and stakeholders’ engagement’ and
organised an international conference in Vilnius,
bringing together more than 150 policymakers,
trainers and researchers.
In 2012, EIGE made a signifi cant progress in the fi eld
of data collection through the establishment of its
Resource and Documentation Centre. It consists
of an online and physical documentation centre,
a knowledge centre and the European Network
on Gender Equality, EuroGender. The institute also
started processing gender-related data for a series
of fact sheets, publications and reports.
In addition to these focal areas, EIGE allocated
signifi cant resources to combating gender-based
violence. The main activities in this area included
conducting studies and managing the collection of
data, methods and tools and good practices. Given
the importance of the subject, and earlier studies
by the institute in the area, gender-based violence
has become the Institute’s focus in its annual report
for 2012.
EIGE’s objectives in 2012
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ReportReview of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States:
Violence against women —Victim support
There are a number of reasons why gender-based
violence (GBV) became the major area of work and
the leading theme for EIGE’s activities in 2012.
Gender-based violence remains one of the most
pervasive human rights violations of our time. In all
its forms, it aff ects mostly women. In the EU, 9 out of
10 victims of intimate partner violence are women.
However, it harms not just women alone but entire
families and communities and all of society. Gender-
based violence refl ects and reinforces inequalities
between women and men and remains a major
problem in the European Union.
In recent years, the EU bodies and institutions have
strengthened their commitment to fi ghting GBV. The
European Parliament resolution on the elimination
of violence against women (26 November 2009) and
the Council conclusions on the eradication of vio-
lence against women (8 March 2010) highlighted the
lack of available and comparable data on violence
against women in the European Union. Furthermore,
the European Commission addressed GBV in its strat-
egy for equality between women and men 2010–15.
Violence against women: victim support
EIGE’s report ‘Review of the implementation of the
Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States:
Violence against women — Victim support’ is the
fi rst report in the EU to deliver a full set of compara-
ble and reliable data on support services for women
victims of violence in the Member States and Croatia.
The report was developed in cooperation with the
Cypriot government, the European Commission,
the High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming
and EIGE’s Working Group on Beijing Indicators. This
publication is a part of EIGE’s broader support to
the presidencies of the EU Council in the follow-up
of the implementation of objectives set up in the
Beijing Platform for Action.
EIGE’s focus in 2012 —
gender-based violence
‘In my previous life as a radio journalist I [conducted] a few interviews with women, victims of domestic vio-lence. One of them quoted Eleanor Roosevelt saying: “Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. And she added: “Leave him today; because one act of violence against you is one act too many”. She said it all.’
Professor Roman Kuhar, University of Ljubljana, EIGE Management Board Member
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 13
provides a full set of comparable and reliable data
on the range, number, extent and actual use of the
support options and presents recommendations for
developing support services. Furthermore, it also
analyses data gaps and provides recommendations
to improve the objectivity, comparability and reli-
ability of the data in the EU.
The report analyses and presents the current legal
and policy developments in the EU to combat vio-
lence against women and provides an overview of
the general and specialised services available for
women survivors of intimate partner violence in the
EU Member States and Croatia (emergency services,
24/7 helplines, legal advice and other services). It
The range of support services for women survivors of intimate partner violence, in EU-27 and
Croatia, 2012
Source: data collected from the Member States and Croatia in March–April, 2012.
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The fi ndings conclude that only specialised services
can fully meet the specifi c needs of women victims
of violence (including safe accommodation, protec-
tion, healthcare, legal, psychological and employment
counselling, social and fi nancial support) and support
women’s recovery from trauma. Currently the number
of specialised services is insuffi cient and unequally dis-
tributed in and among the Member States. Only 12 of
the 27 Member States legally foresee state funding for
specialised services for women victims of violence.
Women’s shelters and helplines, possibly the most
common support for victims of domestic violence,
are not in place and available everywhere. Although
24 Member States and Croatia have women’s shelters
and 17 Member States have women’s helplines, only
15 Member States and Croatia off er free-of-charge
specialised shelters and only six helplines are free of
charge and available 24/7, which is one of the basic
recommendations of the Council of Europe. There is,
however, evidence of progress in the Member States.
Some Member States have demonstrated signifi cant
improvements in specialised support services, such as
the provision of dedicated services for women facing
multiple discrimination (including migrant, young,
older, ethnic and lesbian, bisexual and transgender
(LBT) women and women with disabilities).
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In the area of legislative and policy measures, the
fi ndings of the report show that domestic violence
is still not recognised as a form of gender-based
violence. Only four Member States specifi cally posi-
tion domestic violence as a form of GBV in their
criminal codes. The vast majority of the Member
States have developed and implemented national
action plans to combat domestic violence and
criminalise intimate partner violence and adopted
protection orders, but proper implementation and
evaluation is often missing. The lack of implementa-
tion of criminal laws and the imposition of sanctions
have been identifi ed as major reasons for impunity
in the area of intimate partner violence.
In the area of data collection, EIGE’s report high-
lights the challenges related to the comparability of
data due to diff erences in the defi nitions of forms
of violence and classifi cations applied at the EU and
Member States levels. Many agencies within the dif-
ferent areas of operation (police, courts, hospitals,
shelters and so on) produce data on GBV, but sys-
tematic coordination is missing. As a result, diff erent
classifi cations are applied and data are not compa-
rable. Furthermore, the data are not disaggregated
by sex and age of the victim and the perpetrator
and they do not specify the type of violence and
the relationship between the victim and the per-
petrator.
EIGE’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the fi ndings of the report in the areas of legislative and policy measures, data collection and
support services, EIGE recommends the following actions.
In the fi rst area — victim support services:
• Acknowledge the need for specialised services that apply a gender equality and human rights
framework, as they serve the specifi c needs of women survivors of violence and their children.
• Guarantee sustainable funding for specialised services, such as women’s shelters, helplines and
counselling services.
• Provide mandatory and systematic specialised training for professionals. Ensure funds for it.
• Monitor and evaluate the coordination of support services for victims of domestic violence.
In the second area — legislative and policy measures:
• Recognise domestic violence as a form of gender-based violence and apply a common approach
of human rights and gender equality rather than a gender-neutral framework of family protection.
• Remove all criminal law exceptions in general or special laws, ensuring that every prosecution is
a public matter, and remove the requirement for victims to make a complaint or bring a private
prosecution before criminal investigation can take place.
• Implement criminal laws, protection orders and the imposition of sanctions.
In the third area — data collection:
• Develop common defi nitions for all forms of violence against women; ensure their consistent
use at national, regional, European and international levels and guarantee regular data collection
according to these.
• Improve the coordination of administrative data collection on gender-based violence at national,
regional and local levels.
• Conduct regular prevalence surveys at national and EU levels.
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 15
The report served as a basis for the conclusions
on ‘Combating violence against women, and the
provision of support services for victims of domes-
tic violence’ prepared by the Cypriot Presidency
and adopted by EPSCO on 6 December 2012. The
conclusions call on the European Parliament, the
European Commission and the Member States to
improve support services for victims of violence.
They highlight the fact that domestic violence is
a form of gender-based violence and a manifesta-
tion of historically unequal power relations between
men and women. The conclusions reaffi rm that nei-
ther custom, tradition, culture, privacy nor religion
can justify violence against women or avoid the
obligations of the Member States with respect to
its prevention and elimination and the prosecution
of perpetrators.
Taking note of EIGE’s report, the Council called for
it to be ensured that support services for victims
of violence are in adequate supply and a gender
equality perspective to be applied, in particular with
a view to protecting and empowering women and
ensuring that these services are tailored to their spe-
cifi c immediate and long-term needs and safety.
The Council also called on the European Commis-
sion and Member States to improve the collection
and dissemination of comparable, reliable and reg-
ularly updated data on victims and perpetrators of
all forms of violence against women at both the EU
and national levels and to make full use of the work
of EIGE in this area.
The collection of methods, tools and good practices in the fi eld of domestic violence
EIGE complemented its work for the Cypriot Presi-
dency report with a study on good practices in
the fi eld of domestic violence. This study aimed to
gather methods, tools and good practices in the
context of domestic violence and victim support
to enhance the eff ectiveness of gender equality
policies at the European and Member State levels.
It focused on training, awareness raising and victim
support methods, tools and good practices. The
data resulting from the study were also used for the
calculation of the Gender Equality Index.
By collecting and disseminating effective
approaches to gender-based violence, EIGE sup-
ports and promotes the exchange of experiences
among stakeholders. Several planned activities will
enhance the sustainability of the results: exchange
and consultation meetings, information campaigns
and competence and capacity-building activities.
Increased awareness and knowledge among stake-
holders and policymakers will contribute to the
reduction of inequalities.
Combating female genital mutilation in Europe
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of gen-
der-based violence rooted in cultural traditions that
continues to be among the most brutal and most
diffi cult to combat. In 2012, it received consider-
able attention in the EU. The European Commis-
sion’s ‘Strategy for equality between women and
men 2012–15’ specifi cally mentions it as a harmful
practice. One of the key actions to achieve gender
equality specifi ed by the Commission is the adop-
tion of an EU-wide resolution on the eradication of
female genital mutilation. In June 2012, the Euro-
pean Parliament adopted a ‘resolution on ending
female genital mutilation’.
In 2011, following a direct request from Viviane
Reding, Vice-President of the European Commis-
sion in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and
Citizenship, and after the approval of its Manage-
ment Board, EIGE launched a study to provide an
overview of the situation concerning female geni-
tal mutilation in the EU (7). The study was carried
out during 2012. Its objective is to reduce the gaps
in data collection on FGM, and thus support the
development of strategies to combat female genital
mutilation in the EU.
The study identifi ed indicators to assess and moni-
tor the situation in relation to FGM. One of the main
conclusions drawn is the lack of systematic collec-
tion of data on the prevalence of FGM in the EU
Member States and Croatia. Furthermore, although
some policies to abandon FGM have been devel-
oped in these countries, coherent and comprehen-
sive national approaches to FGM are rare. National
action plans that deal exclusively with FGM exist in
only eight Member States. Moreover, preventive
actions as well as services for victims of FGM are
seriously underfunded and are not organised in a
structured or sustainable way.
(7) ‘Study to map the current situation and trends of female genital mutilation in 27 EU Member States and Croatia’: see Annex 2.
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The six most comparable indicators to assess and monitor the situation in relation to FGM:
1. Prevalence studies
2. Asylum granted on FGM grounds
3. Specifi c criminal law provisions on FGM
4. National action plans covering FGM
5. FGM-related child protection interventions
6. Hospital/medical records on FGM
The findings of this study were presented on
6 March 2013 in Brussels during a round table meet-
ing organised by the European Commission. During
this meeting, the Vice-President of the European
Commission, Viviane Reding, Commissioner for
Home Aff airs Cecilia Malmström and the Director of
EIGE, Virginija Langbakk, presented the challenges
and the fi ndings to MEPs, FGM ambassadors and
representatives of civil societies. The results of the
study were published in the report ‘Female geni-
tal mutilation in the European Union and Croatia’.
The Member State and Croatian country profi les on
FGM (available also in the national languages of the
Member States and Croatia), a publication on good
practices and the database on methods, tools and
resources were made available on EIGE’s website
in March/April 2013.
Administrative data collection in the fi eld of data on GBV
To acknowledge the full nature, extent and conse-
quences of gender-based violence, administrative
data are necessary. Without them, it is impossible to
make informed political decisions. They are essential
for the design, implementation and monitoring of
the eff ectiveness of policies aimed at preventing
and combating GBV, and providing support to their
victims. Accurate information is also important to
raise awareness about the seriousness of the prob-
lem. Finally, all of these eff orts lower the threshold
for both victims and witnesses to speak up.
For all these reasons EIGE launched in September
2012, with the approval of its Management Board,
the study ‘Mapping the current status and potential
of administrative sources of data on gender-based
violence in the EU and Croatia’ (8).
The results of the study, which aims to map the
existing administrative sources of data on the issue,
are expected in 2013. The study will also provide a
set of guidelines to improve the relevance, quality
and statistical potential of administrative sources
of data on GBV at Member State level and recom-
mendations for the collection of relevant, reliable
and comparable administrative data across the EU.
Violence against women and the Gender Equality Index
Gender-based violence (against women) is one of the
main domains of the Gender Equality Index (9). Focus-
ing on violence as a critical area of gender equality
is very important since the impact of GBV against
women is enormous both from the viewpoint of the
victims but also from the point of view of its impact
on society. GBV against women is a direct form of vio-
lence that is indirectly promoted by negative norms
and attitudes still present in todays’ society.
There is a strong focus in the EU legislation and
programmes (Gender Equality Pact 2011, Women’s
Charter 2010, Commission strategy for equality
between women and men 2010−15) to eradicate
GBV, including domestic violence, sexual harass-
ment, rape and sexual violence. GBV against women
constitutes a violation of fundamental rights (human
(8) See Annex 2.
(9) See ‘EIGE’s work on the Gender Equality Index’ below.
Number of methods and tools on FGM in the
EU-27 and Croatia (1985–2010)
Source: data collected through the desk research until 5 February 2012.
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300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1985–19901991–1995
1996–20002001–2005
2006–2010
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 17
dignity, the right to life, the right to the integrity of
the person) and it hampers a self-determined life.
It is estimated that 20 to 25 % of women have suf-
fered physical violence at least once during their
lives in Europe (Commission strategy for equality
between women and men 2010−15).
The domain on violence in the European Gender
Equality Index is approached diff erently to all the
other domains, as it does not focus on gender
gaps (10). The aim is not to reduce the gaps in vio-
lence between men and women but to eliminate
violence altogether. The domain on violence does
not adopt a gender approach; instead it focuses on
the women’s perspective. Violence, for the purpose
of the Gender Equality Index, is therefore assimi-
lated to gender-based violence against women. It is
an expression of power linked to the domination of
some forms of masculinity, mostly, over women. It
groups several forms of violence and analyses them
in terms of power relations and as something that
is common to all women.
The violence domain is further subdivided into two
sub domains: direct and indirect violence. The fi rst
subdomain, direct violence, can be understood as a
violation of human rights and a form of discrimina-
tion against women. It focuses on all acts of gender-
based violence that result in, or are likely to result
in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suff er-
ing to an individual, including threats of such acts,
coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether
occurring in public or private life.
The second subdomain, indirect violence, focuses
on attitudes and stereotypes since lack of progress
in the area of gender equality has been attributed
to a lack of attention to the cultural norms and atti-
tudes that underpin gendered practices. Attitudes
and stereotypes can be seen as a cause of gender-
based violence examined in the fi rst subdomain.
(10) A gender gap is a measure used to compute the Gender Equality Index and is the one that takes into account a relative position of women and men in a particular domain.
Measuring gender-based violence against women
is challenging, however, and coupled with the con-
straints of the index (harmonised, available data
over time) this is not manageable at present. While
the domain of violence is present at the conceptual
level within the index’s conceptual framework, the
lack of potential indicators make the measurement
impossible. This is symptomatic of the wider scarcity
of information and statistics at national and interna-
tional levels. The purpose of the index remains to
bring attention to the fact that violence is a critical
area of gender equality within the EU policy frame-
work and one that should be measured sooner
rather than later. The full conceptual framework of
the index is presented in the chapter on ‘Measur-
ing progress of gender equality in Europe — the
Gender Equality Index’ in the report on the index,
which will be published in 2013.
Resource and Documentation Centre: resources on gender-based violence
In 2012, in order to pursue a horizontal approach to
addressing GBV, EIGE cooperated with fi ve national
gender equality documentation centres and librar-
ies in Europe to build the best available European
online resources on gender-based violence. These
resources were made accessible via a portal on
the Institute’s website as a part of its Resource and
Documentation Centre on 7 November 2012.
The resources on GBV cover various forms of vio-
lence, including: domestic and intimate partner
violence; rape, sexual harassment and other forms
of sexual abuse; stalking; female genital mutila-
tion, forced marriage, honour-based violence; and
prostitution and traffi cking. More than 26 000 refer-
ences, comprising policy documents, grey literature,
online resources, books, articles, and databases, are
accessible via a search tool and are available in sev-
eral languages. It is the fi rst time that so many docu-
ments on GBV have been made available through
one portal (www.eige.europa.eu/rdc), which is
updated regularly.
Making all results public
In order to present all the resources on gender-
based violence that EIGE either produces or col-
lects, a separate section of the website (http://www.
eige.europa.eu/content/activities/gender-based-
violence) devoted exclusively to gender-based vio-
lence was created in June 2012. This section not
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only provides access to the resources harvested
from other sources but also provides insights into
EIGE’s work in the area of GBV, serving as a one-stop-
shop for information, data and resources identifi ed
through EIGE’s studies in the area.
Furthermore, EIGE’s website provides access to
the database on sexual violence that was devel-
oped based on the resources identified and
collected during the ‘Study to identify and map
existing data and resources on sexual violence
against women in the EU’, implemented by
the European Women’s Lobby in 2010−11. The
database contains resources on sexual violence
developed by the Member States and Croatia
between 2007 and 2010.
Conclusions
Summarising EIGE’s 2012 focus on gender-based
violence and violence against women, EIGE man-
aged to build a very strong foundation for fur-
ther work in the area of GBV. Based on this, EIGE’s
Management Board took the decision that EIGE
will continue to pursue its activities in the area of
gender-based violence in the years to come. EIGE
will continue to work closely with all relevant data
providers and the European Union Agency for Fun-
damental Rights to improve the quality and com-
parability of EU data on gender-based violence in
the EU. The institute will assess the results of all the
studies and published reports and discuss the fi nd-
ings with the Member States, to fi nally give recom-
mendations on how to improve data collection in
this area at both national and EU levels. This will
serve as grounds for a long-term framework and
defi nition of EIGE’s role in the fi eld of gender-based
violence.
Focusing on gender-based violence as a critical
area of gender equality is important for the Euro-
pean Institute for Gender Equality not only from the
point of view of the enormous social and economic
impact violence has but also from the point of view
of its influence on the society. Violence against
women is wrong. It is a crime. It is a violation of
human rights. It must be stopped.
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The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
(BPfA) is an agenda for action to promote and
protect the full enjoyment of all human rights
and fundamental freedoms by women, adopted
by the Fourth World Conference on Women in
1995. The European Council acknowledged in the
same year the EU’s commitment towards the BPfA
and expressed its intent to review its implementa-
tion across the Member States on a yearly basis.
In the European Commission strategy for equality
between women and men 2010–15, EIGE holds a
dedicated role with regard to reporting on the BPfA
in areas of particular concern.
The strategy for equality between women and men 2010–15 (*)
‘The institute will help the Commission and the
Member States to report on the EU-level indi-
cators established under the Beijing Platform
for Action in areas of particular concern and to
develop further indicators where needed (such
as on women and the environment).’
(*) ‘Actions to implement the strategy for equality between women and men 2010–15’ accompanying the communi-cation from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — COM(2010) 491.
(11) For an overview of EIGE’s compliance with the output indicators set out in its annual work programme for 2012, see Annex 4, ‘Achieve-ment of output indicators, EIGE’s annual work programme 2012. More information on the full spectrum of EIGE’s activities can also be found in EIGE’s annual activity report for 2012: http://eige.europa.eu/content/important-documents
Conforming to this role, in 2012 EIGE pursued its
role of an institutional actor involved in the follow
up of the progress in the implementation of the Bei-
jing Platform for Action in the EU. EIGE’s work in this
area involves reviewing the existing indicators in the
monitoring process and proposing new ones in areas
where none have been developed, and providing
sound analysis of the situation and policy recom-
mendations. EIGE’s work throughout this year was
supported by the governments of the relevant presi-
dency countries (Denmark and Cyprus), the European
Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice, Euro-
stat, the High-Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming
and EIGE’s Working Group on the Beijing Indicators.
Highlights of the Institute’s work in relation to the
eff ective support of the presidencies of the Council
in 2012 include its two published reports for the two
consecutive presidencies: ‘Review of the implemen-
tation in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for
Action: Women and the environment — Gender
equality and climate change’ and ‘Review of the
implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
in the EU Member States: Violence against women
— Victim support’.
See Annex 1, ‘EIGE’s publications in 2012’.
Supporting policymaking on
solid grounds: the importance
of reliable statistics (11)
‘The collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated data are paramount in implementing equality between women and men in the European Union [… The] European Parliament calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect, analyse and publish reliable gender-disaggregated data and qualitative gender indicators so as to be able to properly evaluate and update the Commission’s strategy for equality between women and men (2010−15) as well as to monitor the cross-cutting nature of gender equality in all policies.’
European Parliament resolution of 13 March 2012 on equality between women and men in the European Union
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Gender equality and climate
change
Denmark, which held the presidency of the Coun-
cil of the EU during the fi rst half of 2012, decided
to review Area K of the BPfA, ‘Women and the
Environment’, focusing on gender equality and
climate change. The report that EIGE published as
a result of this work is the fi rst EU-wide report on
gender equality and climate change that provides
comparable data for all Member States. It reviews
the implementation of the BPfA in the Member
States and introduces the fi rst indicators to meas-
ure the progress of gender equality in the area of
women and the environment. On 21 June 2012, the
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer
Aff airs Council of Ministers of the European Union
(EPSCO) adopted conclusions on gender equality
and climate change and took note of the fi rst indi-
cators prepared by the Danish Presidency on the
basis of EIGE’s report. The conclusions highlighted
that more women are needed in decision-making
concerning climate change to respond to it eff ec-
tively.
NEW INDICATORS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
• Indicator 1: Proportion of women in
climate change decision-making bodies at
the national level in the EU Member States
• Indicator 2: Proportion of women in
climate change decision-making bodies at
the EU level
• Indicator 3: Proportion of women in
climate change decision-making bodies at
the international level
• Indicator 4: Proportion of women among
total tertiary-level graduates (ISCED levels
5 and 6) in natural sciences and technologies
at the EU and Member State levels
The report reviews the main legislative and policy
developments and debates at the EU and global
levels concerning climate change and reveals
important links between gender equality and cli-
mate change. It provides comparable data for all
Member States on women’s participation in envi-
ronment and climate change-related decision-mak-
ing at national, EU and international levels. It also
analyses gender segmentation of tertiary education
in fi elds related to environment and climate change.
The report was developed in consultation with the
European Commission’s Directorate-General for Cli-
mate Action, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the
European Environmental Agency.
The main findings put a stronger emphasis on
conclusions and policy recommendations for the
way forward. EIGE emphasises the importance of
developing strategies at the EU level in order to
integrate gender perspective into policymaking
processes related to climate change and to moni-
tor gender equality in decision-making and the rel-
evant educational fi elds on a regular basis by using
the proposed indicators. It also recommends taking
action towards increasing women’s representation
in high-level decision-making positions related to
climate change, among others — introducing spe-
cifi c goals and quantitative targets for women’s par-
ticipation in decision-making. The full report and the
main fi ndings are available on EIGE’s website (www.
eige.europa.eu) and in print. The main fi ndings are
available in Danish, French and German.
ReportReview of the Implementation in the EU of
area K of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Women and the Environment
Gender Equality and Climate Change
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 21
Gender dimension in policy initiatives
Despite the leading role of the EU in advancing the
international negotiations on climate change, the
gender dimension has been largely absent from
policy initiatives and debates at the European and
international levels. Since women and men are
aff ected by and perceive climate change in diverse
ways, policymaking needs to embrace this diversity
in order to improve the responsiveness of climate
change policies to the needs of women and men,
and society in general. In an interview that EIGE
conducted and published with the climate change
expert Annika Carlsson-Kanyama this issue is dis-
cussed at length. Annika Carlsson-Kanyama says
that an average woman’s lifestyle produces less
greenhouse gases than a man’s and that women
drive smaller cars, use public transport more and eat
less meat. She adds that the key issue to get more
women involved in decision-making with regard
to climate change is to make them more visible in
the public sphere. EIGE’s report reveals important
links between gender equality and climate change
and concludes that the gender dimension is cen-
tral in power relations and consequently in shaping
climate policies.
‘… women and men conceive climate change dif-
ferently as they do almost every other issue. At the
same time, by making choices in their lives that are
less harmful to the environment, women tend to live
more climate-friendly lives.’
Climate change expert Annika Carlsson-Kany-
ama, in an interview published by EIGE
The full interview is available at: http://eige.europa.eu/content/document/interview-gender-equality-and-climate-change-we-need-equal-participation-nothing-less
The fi ndings demonstrate that women’s involve-
ment in climate change decision-making at the
national, European and international levels is still
low. The highest proportion of women in decision-
making was identifi ed at the international level:
39 % of women in national delegations to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change. At the EU level, the proportion of women
in climate change decision-making is 38 %. The
average percentage of women in the directorates-
general of the European Commission related to
climate change is close to 27 %. In the European
Parliament the average representation of women is
higher than in the European Commission, with 39 %
of women among the members of the committees
working on issues closely linked to climate change.
‘Women play an important role in environmental
management and progress, full participation is
therefore essential to achieve sustainable develop-
ment. It should not only be a matter of justice to
involve wom en but one of pure logic for women
to stand side by side with men to tackle climate
change.’
Virginija Langbakk, Director of EIGE
The fi rst diff erence was found at the political and
administrative levels of decision-making in the
Member States. Higher numbers of women were
found at the middle management level, among the
heads of sectorial departments of national minis-
tries, than at higher political and administrative
levels. There are only 26 % of women in high-level
decision-making positions in the national minis-
tries responsible for the environment, transport
and energy sectors. Another diff erence is related
to the horizontal comparison of the sectors. Wom-
en’s representation in decision-making is higher in
environmental ministries (34 %) compared with the
transport and energy sectors, where their share is
only 20 % and 17 % respectively.
The report also shows significant differences in
the proportion of women and men graduates in
scientifi c and technological fi elds. In 2009, women
represented only 28 % of the graduates in the tech-
nological fi elds, such as architecture and building
(36 %), transport services (26 %) and engineering
and engineering trades (18 %).
The educational choices of women and men are
infl uenced by gender stereotypes and the lack of
female role models in science and engineering,
as well as outdated and non-gender-blind career
counselling in upper-secondary education. Making
science fi elds more socially and personally relevant
to women students and integrating cross- and mul-
tidisciplinary approaches within the science curricu-
lum might attract more women to natural sciences
and technologies.
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Male and female tertiary graduates in the fi elds related to natural sciences and technologies,
EU-27, 2009
Source: Eurostat, education statistics.
100
80
60
40
20
0Women
Technologies
MenWomen
Natural Sciences
Men
Percentage
EIGE’S RECOMMENDATIONS
• Develop strategies for integrating the
gender perspective into the climate
change-related policymaking process.
• Monitor gender equality in decision-making
in the field of climate change and the
relevant educational fi elds on a regular basis
by using the indicators developed.
• Take actions towards increasing women’s
participation in high-level climate-related
decision-making positions, among
others, and introduce specific goals
and quantitative targets for women’s
participation in decision-making.
• Take actions towards women’s higher
enrolment in science and technology-
related fi elds of education.
• Conduct research on qualitative aspects
of climate change-related policies from a
gender perspective.
• Conduct research on the links between
women’s participation in decision-making
and the actual policy outcomes.
• Raise awareness about the relevance of
gender issues for climate change.
Violence against women:
victim support
EIGE’s report ‘Review of the implementation of
the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member
States: Violence against women — Victim support’
is a part of EIGE’s broader support to the presiden-
cies of the EU Council in the follow-up of the Bei-
jing Platform for Action and EIGE’s commitment to
assist the European Commission and the Member
States to combat gender-based violence through
the collection, analysis and dissemination of data
and information on gender-based violence.
For more details about the report see the previous
chapter, ‘EIGE’s focus in 2012 — gender-based vio-
lence.’
Laying the grounds for the forthcoming presidencies
Ireland, which holds the Presidency of Council of
the EU for the fi rst half of 2013, has selected Area J of
the BPfA, Women and Media, focusing on women’s
representation in decision-making in media organi-
sations and on the extent to which media organisa-
tions have developed codes of conduct and other
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 23
forms of self-regulation to obviate discrimination on
the grounds of sex. During 2012, EIGE developed a
draft report on gender equality in decision-making
in media organisations and proposed a list of new
indicators in this area. The report will be made avail-
able in 2013 and it will be fi rst EU-wide report focus-
ing on gender equality in media organisations.
EIGE also started preparing for the upcoming Lithu-
anian Presidency. A number of consultation meet-
ings were organised and the study on the review of
Area H of the BPfA, Institutional Mechanisms, was
launched. It will be fi nalised in time for the Lithu-
anian Presidency in the second half of 2013.
EIGE’s database: ‘Women and menin the EU — Facts and fi gures’ (12)
To support the monitoring of the implementa-
tion of the BPfA in the EU and to promote the
visibility of the Beijing Indicators, EIGE launched a
database ‘Women and men in the EU — facts and
fi gures’ in 2011. It off ers decision-makers, statisti-
cians, researchers and gender equality experts a
coherent and user-friendly centralised source of
sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics in
all areas of critical concern to BPfA. Following the
EPSCO conclusions, taking note of the new indica-
tors introduced by EIGE for the area of ‘Women and
(12) http://eige.europa.eu/content/women-and-men-in-the-eu-facts-and-fi gures and see also EIGE’s Annual report 2011.
the environment’ in 2012, four new indicators were
added to the database.
For more information on indicators, see page 20.
The database was updated in 2012 with the latest
available data on the Beijing indicators and trends
in gender equality in the EU. At the end of 2012,
the database contained 47 indicators (and around
150 sub-indicators) providing information about
10 of the 12 critical areas of the BPfA. The database
includes information about the indicators (quanti-
tative as well as qualitative), data availability, data
sources and useful bibliographical references. It
allows the users to follow up the development
of indicators since 1999 via access to presidency
reports, EPSCO conclusions and other relevant pol-
icy documents and useful literature. The data itself
is derived from Eurostat, the European Commission
and Eurofound as well as presidency reports, etc.
The database is available on EIGE’s website. It will be
further updated to ensure availability of latest data
and new indicators, as soon as these are agreed
upon by the Member States.
The database can be accessed at: http://eige.
europa.eu/content/women-and-men-in-the-eu-
facts-and-fi gures
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Equality between women and men is a fundamen-
tal value of the European Union, enshrined in its
treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights
of the European Union. The recognised importance
of gender equality in the European Union translates
into the development of policies. The eff ectiveness
of these policies needs to be evaluated, as account-
ability is recognised as central to enabling eff ec-
tive governance. Within this context, the European
Commission proposed in the strategy for equality
between women and men 2010–15 developing a
Gender Equality Index as a tool to assess the status
and progress of equality between women and men
in Europe.
The objectives
The objective of the Gender Equality Index is not
only to measure gender equality throughout Mem-
ber States. It also permits an analysis of gender
equality in the EU at a given point in time, gives
more visibility to the status of women and men in
Member States overall and in selected domains of
gender equality, and supports the evaluation of the
degree of eff ectiveness between diff erent measures
and policies implemented in the fi eld of gender
equality.
The concept
Following the work started in 2011, EIGE developed
the conceptual framework of the index, which was
then was translated into a set of domains incor-
porated into the calculation of the Gender Equal-
ity Index. The conceptual framework is based on
the concept of gender equality as outlined in the
EU treaties, EU and other international legislative
and policy documents as well as a research frame-
work of gender and/or equality divided into eight
domains in which gender gaps are measured (see
Figure 1: The main domains and two satellite domains
in the Gender Equality Index below).
The structure
The fi rst six domains are combined into a core index
and the remaining two domains supplement this
as satellite indices. The satellite domains are con-
ceptually related to gender equality but cannot be
included in the core index because they measure
an illustrative phenomenon that only applies to a
selected group of the population (e.g. women only,
people with a disability, etc.). Creating a framework
of a core index with satellite accounts provides more
fl exibility in the index and increases its usefulness.
Measuring progress of gender
equality in Europe — the Gender
Equality Index
‘In eff ect, statistical indicators are important for designing and assessing policies aiming at advancing the progress of society, as well as for assessing and infl uencing the functioning of economic markets. […] What we measure aff ects what we do; and if our measurements are fl awed, decisions maybe distorted.’
Source: Stiglitz, J., Sen, A. and Fitoussi, J.-P., ‘Report by the Commission on the measurement of economic performance
and social progress’, 2009 (http://www.stiglitz-sen-fi toussi.fr/documents/rapport_anglais.pdf).
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 25
The fi rst domain, work, relates
to the position of women and
men in the European labour
market and hence only takes
paid work into consideration. It measures gender
gaps in the participation in the labour market, seg-
regation patterns and quality of work.
The second domain, money,
examines inequalities in the
financial situation of women
and men. This domain is impor-
tant in terms of gender equality because of the
discrepancies between the fi nancial resources of
women and men and since the economic situa-
tion of women is generally worse than that of men.
The third domain, knowledge,
examines diff erences between
women and men in terms of
education and training. Despite
the recognised importance of education and knowl-
edge towards greater gender equality, gender dif-
ferences and inequalities still persist in education
in terms of subject preferences and performance.
The fourth domain is time, an
area which is particularly gen-
dered largely because of the dis-
proportionate amount of care
time attributed to women. Time is not only about
measuring gender gaps in paid and care work, but
also other activities including social, personal and
civic activities.
The fifth domain, power ,
focuses on gaps between
women’s and men’s represen-
tation in the political, social and
economic spheres and their share of positions of
power. Gender equality is aff ected by the lack of
participation and access to decision-making, includ-
ing in the political, social and economic spheres,
all of which have detrimental consequences for
gender equality.
The sixth domain is health,
which attempts to measure
gaps between women not only
in terms of biological diff erences
but also how these are mitigated by behavioural
factors. It also measures the gaps between needs
and provision, as well as the degree of access to
health services made by women and men.
Intersecting inequalities form
the seventh domain. Women
and men cannot only be consid-
ered as homogeneous groups.
Intersecting inequalities is concerned with the eff ect
of gender combined with grounds of discrimination
or other social grounds (e.g. lone parents), and how
gender operates within these diff erent groups. It
questions how specifi c groups of women and men
fare in terms of gender equality, given that some
The six core domains and two satellite domains of the Gender Equality Index
Gender Equality
in the EU Policy
Framework
Work
Money
Knowledge
Time
PowerHealth
Violence
Inter secting
inequalities
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of these groups may be more or less vulnerable or
marginalised.
The eighth domain is violence.
It departs from the approach of
the other domains in that it does
not adopt a gender approach,
instead focusing on women’s perspectives. It con-
cerns gender-based violence against women, and
also focuses on attitudes and stereotypes since they
may hinder progress towards gender equality and
can be seen as a cause of gender-based violence.
More information about this domain of the index
can be found in ‘EIGE’s focus in 2012 — gender-
based violence’.
Country-specifi c information
In 2012, EIGE’s index team worked on thousands
of calculations leading to the creation of the index.
This included a statistical multivariate analysis to
translate the conceptual framework into a measure-
ment frame regrouping relevant gender indicators.
The computation of the index relies on deciding on
how to weigh and aggregate each domain. Cal-
culating and testing alternative combinations was
therefore initiated in 2012.
In order to increase the benefits of the Gender
Equality Index for the Member States, it will be elab-
orated in country profi les. They will include country-
specifi c data and brief contextual information on
the eff orts of the Member States to promote gender
equality in recent years. In 2012, EIGE commissioned
a study to collect information on the actions taken
by national governments and other relevant insti-
tutions in promoting and mainstreaming gender
equality during the period 2005−12. The informa-
tion collected will be used for the country profi les
of the index and presented in full in the form of a
database, which will eventually be made available
for public use. The fi nal report on Gender Equality
Index was published in the fi rst half of 2013 and
launched at a conference in Brussels.
The process of designing the conceptual and meas-
urement frameworks and country profi les was facili-
tated by externally commissioned experts’ support
and the advice of the members of EIGE’s Experts’
Forum and the Working Group on the Gender
Equality Index. Furthermore, EIGE ran extensive
consultations with the international, European and
national data source providers and other relevant
stakeholders, namely DG Justice, Eurostat, UNECE,
the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
and Eurofound.
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 27
Gender training
In 2011, EIGE started a 2-year project on gender
training as an important tool to support the imple-
mentation of gender mainstreaming strategies and
achieve gender equality. To be eff ective and pro-
duce results, gender training needs to be integrated
into the other tools applied by organisations, or into
the public sector. Gender training does not produce
results by itself; it is an ‘enabling’ tool.
EIGE’s gender training project responds to the
needs for capacity development for successful
implementation of gender mainstreaming strate-
gies expressed by the Member States in EIGE’s ex
ante evaluation (2010). In its resolution of 17 Novem-
ber 2011 on gender mainstreaming in the work of
the European Parliament, training Parliament staff
on gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting
was listed among the priorities for the upcoming
years. The use of training as a tool for the promotion
of gender equality is also highlighted in the Euro-
pean Commission’s strategy for equality between
women and men 2010−15.
In 2011, EIGE launched a study on ‘Gender train-
ing in the European Union: Mapping, research
and stakeholders’ engagement (2012–13)’ (13) as
a part of its work to support and develop gender
mainstreaming methods, tools and good practices.
Gender training was defi ned as an educational tool
with the purpose of making policymakers and other
actors in the EU and Member States more aware of
gender equality issues, building their gender com-
petence and enabling them to promote gender
equality goals in their work at all levels.
Supporting gender training in practice
In 2012, the study on gender training project
brought a number of results. Firstly, EIGE mapped
the trends in the area of gender training in Europe.
The study concluded that although gender main-
streaming has been on the political agenda since
1995, the issues of capacity and knowledge gaps
still remain unsolved and insufficiently tackled
across the EU. It is clear that Europe needs to invest
more in developing the competence of its policy
staff in relation to mainstreaming gender.
‘Gender mainstreaming requires working diff er-
ently. This is really a big issue for civil servants.
That requires that they are supported in this,
otherwise, the training will not be very effi cient.
There is no natural trend towards equality, and
I think this is also a challenging message that
we should pass when we do training. If we do
nothing, we will not reach equality. This should
really be a proactive goal. We should get con-
crete examples; we should have a continuous
training that should be part of all phases.’
Nathalie Wuiame, Managing Director, Engen-
der asbl
(13) See Annex 2.
Supporting eff ective policymaking
and implementation
‘The successful application of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament can certainly serve as a good example, but in itself will not replace the lack of gender mainstreaming in other decision-making institutions, either at EU or national levels. Therefore, there is a need for a renewed eff ort to encourage and convince law makers at European and national levels to mainstream the gender perspective into all community and national policies.’
Mikael Gustafsson, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
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Within the scope of the work to develop gender
training, EIGE organised an online discussion on
a newly launched EuroGender platform and the
European conference ‘Advancing gender main-
streaming to support eff ective gender mainstream-
ing’, organised in Vilnius (Lithuania) on 13 and
14 November 2012.
The discussion and the con-
ference brought together
a number of policymakers,
practitioners and research-
ers and produced practical
materials providing guidance
through the complex area of
gender training. The discussion
conducted in the thematic
network on gender training,
attended by appointed civil
servants from almost all EU
Member States, raised the
awareness of the importance
of gender training among the
Member States.
EIGE’s online database of gender trainers and training organisations
EIGE’s online database of gender trainers and train-
ing organisations features practical and up-to-
date information, such as profi les of trainers and
organisations off ering training in the fi eld across
the EU Member States and Croatia. This
database helps fi nd gender trainers with
specifi c thematic knowledge, skills and
expertise to design training courses tai-
lored for diff erent needs and policy areas.
Over 200 trainers and organisations are
included in the database, from the public,
private and civil society sectors, interna-
tional organisations, the media and gov-
ernment, as well as independent experts.
The online database of gender training
resources is designed to share informa-
tion, materials and resources on gen-
der training, and support networking
between users and practitioners. It con-
tains over 200 items produced in all Mem-
ber States and in a number of diff erent
languages. The resources are searchable
using advanced search options with mul-
tiple fi elds designed for listing resources
by title, author, country, language, topic
and type. Where possible, copies of the
resources are included to download, or a
link is made to the resources.
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 29
In addition to the database, a number of thematic
reference sheets were developed on: ‘Gender
training: Factors contributing to its eff ective imple-
mentation and challenges’; ‘Gender training: Step-
by-step approach to quality’; and ‘Good practices
in gender training’. These publications refl ect the
research fi ndings of the mapping exercise on gen-
der training across Europe.
All of EIGE’s resources in the area of gender train-
ing were made available through its EuroGender
platform in the fi rst quarter of 2013.
Exchange of good practices
In such a complex and crosscutting area as gender
mainstreaming, the importance of good and prac-
tical tools to achieve a greater degree of equality
between women and men is paramount.
The institute therefore focuses on identifying,
through research methods, tools and good prac-
tices, how to increase knowledge about the eff ec-
tive integration of gender concerns into the policy
fi elds it studies. These policy fi elds follow the ones
put forward by the presidency of the Council of the
EU, for the review of the BPfA. In 2012, EIGE col-
lected, processed and shared with the representa-
tives of the EU Member States results of the study
‘Collection of methods, tools and good practices
in the fi eld of domestic violence (as described by
Area D of the Beijing Platform for Action)’ with the
focus on gender training, awareness raising and
victim support.
EIGE uses a number of criteria to evaluate the
practices it identifi es in its work. Practices with
potential must embrace the following features:
effective; transferable; possesses a learning/
teaching potential; is embedded in the gender
mainstreaming strategy and has contributed to
gender equality (thus possessing a potential for
transformation).
Gender training: Factors contributing to its effective implementation and challenges
Gender mainstreaming has been on the political agenda at international and European levels since 1995. Whereas it is a policy commitment for most EU Member States, responsible staff for its implementation often lacks gender knowledge and the specific skills to implement gender mainstreaming. EIGE is currently carrying out a study on Gender training in the EU: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012 - 2013). The aim of this study is to improve the quality of gender training in the EU by sharing knowledge, tools and experiences. Based on evidence gathered throughout EIGE’s project, this sheet outlines some examples of approaches to gender training that have worked and points to the main challenges that need to be addressed when planning to support gender mainstreaming with training activities.
Tailoring gender training to the context and partici-pants’ needs
Gender training will have the most impact and relevance when it is designed for the professional, social and cul-tural context where it is being conducted. It should also take into account the background and needs of those being trained. Participatory and experiential learning ap-proaches to gender training are often more effective than learning from textbook modules, as they enable more personal reflection and discussion. Where possible practi-cal examples from participants’ own experiences should be used, and there must be enough time to discuss any questions that arise.
There is a need both for generic and more in-depth gen-der training to address the different needs of training par-ticipants. Training should focus on the practical application of gender mainstreaming by developing the capacity of trainees to integrate gender considerations into their re-spective field of work. Tools, good practice and activities that are tailored to the policy areas of trainees facilitate individual commitment and contribute more effectively to behavioural, organisational, political, and programme level changes that are at the heart of gender training.
Spain: Professionals responsible for planning and managing health services and those responsible for the health area of equality bodies can participate in a course, which consists of four units that focus on gender perspectives in areas such as health, health research, public health interventions in health care, and gender mainstreaming in health policy.
Integrating gender training into national gender equality policy
Some EU Member States are demonstrating a commit-ment to gender mainstreaming, backed up by the explicit recognition of competence development of staff as a precondition for its successful implementation. These commitments are set out in detailed national action plans.
What factors contribute to effective gender training?
‘When it comes to gender
training, bad training is often
worse than no training at all.’
Isabel Romao, Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, Portugal
Excerpt from EIGE’s online discussion on gender training, 25/26
September 2012
Proper resources should be allocated by all EU govern-ments and Croatia to support their gender mainstream-ing goals, including gender training that goes beyond generic, one-off courses.
Finland: Training for gender mainstreaming, as well as strengthening information provision on gender equality, forms a key part of the Finnish gender equal-ity action plan. All ministries are required to provide training on gender mainstreaming for their directors and staff.
Luxembourg: The National Gender Action Plan for 2009 - 2014 includes a commitment to further de-velop training in gender mainstreaming. Since 2011 all new civil servants undergo 6-8 hours of gender training.
Portugal: The Action Plan for Equality – Gender, Citi-zenship and Non-Discrimination (2011-2013) calls for the dissemination of gender mainstreaming and the training of public officials in gender mainstreaming and equality.
Gender training: Step-by-step approach to quality
STEP 1. Ensuring commitment: What is the involvement of the top-management for?
As a strategy for achieving gender equality, gender mainstreaming involves a process of fostering change in policies, strate-gies and activities. To achieve its continuity in national, regional/local, and sectoral policies, the public servants must possess the knowledge and technical skills to address gender issues. For this, institutional commitment to gender mainstreaming and support from high-level managers is crucial to enable staff to attend gender training sessions and to have the time and space to think about how this affects their everyday work. The success of training therefore relies on leaders’ understand-ing that the implementation of gender mainstreaming requires specific knowledge and investment in the competence development of staff.
STEP 2. Ensuring standards: What should we look at when commissioning gender training?
Taking into account the diverse background of gender training providers, commissioning authorities need to make an informed decision of how to commission gender training. Currently, there are no common guidelines for commissioning institutions to lead them through the process of finding and selecting quality training services. However, the on-going debate on quality standards and skills based criteria for gender trainers offers some pointers on what should be considered when commissioning effective gender training. The questions to be considered before commissioning training services include:
Content and materials: What topics are we most inte rested in? What training materials would be the most appropriate in our case?
Methodology: What would be the best approach to achieve training goals? What kind of exercises would be optimal for us?
Trainer’s profile: What knowledge, skills and competences should a gender trainer possess? How can these be verified?
Portugal has set training standards, so called ‘referential’ at the national level. Entities who want to apply for public funds to deliver gender training or to train trainers have to comply with these standards.
EIGE’s gender trainers’ database gives access to a wide pool of gender trainers with different methodological and thematic expertise in Europe and allows authorities commissioning gender training to work with trainers that have the right experience in their policy areas. Available at: http://www.eige.europa.eu
What is gender training? Gender training is a tool and a process meant to support policy makers in their effort to integrate gender considerations into all policies and programmes.
Why gender training? The aim of gender training is to make the actors more gender equality aware, building their gender competence and enabling them to promote gender equality goals in their work at all levels.
Why do we need it? Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union (EU). Integrat-ing this principle in all its activities represents a general aim for the EU. Gender training helps key actors to acquire the knowledge and skills that are necessary to achieve this goal.
What is this reference sheet about? Based on evidence gathered during EIGE’s study on Gender training in the EU: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012-2013), this reference sheet outlines the five key steps that need to be followed when planning gender training programmes in public authorities’ work.
Gender training: Five step approach to quality
Good practices in gender training
Based on evidence gathered for EIGE’s project on Gender training in the EU: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012-2013), this reference sheet presents some resources for gender training in Europe. It also provides some good practice examples in train the trainers and gender competence programmes in specific sectors.
While the list of the examples mentioned below is by no means exhaustive, it gives a foretaste of the type of informa-tion and expertise that can be found in EIGE’s databases of gender trainers and gender training resources available at http://www.eige.europa.eu.
What resources, tools and methods are being used for gender training?
The GENDER TOOLBOX was developed as a part of the EU-funded ‘Fit for Gender Mainstreaming’ project (2006-2008) which aimed to foster local level gender mainstreaming strategies through training.The TOOLBOX contains exercises on raising awareness on gender, a gender counselling section, a collection of checklists and guidelines, and a materials section. Gender trainers can use the toolbox after adjusting it to specific environments and contexts. Available at: http://www.gendertoolbox.org.
The Compendium of Good Practices in Gender Training has been developed by UN Women. It aims to collect, assess, and disseminate training practices that have been effective in achieving their aims, as identified by trainers themselves. More information can be found at: http://www.uninstraw.org
There are many generic tools, at EU Member State and international level, on gender mainstreaming. Some useful resources include:
At the same time, there are not many resources and tools tai-lored according to the specific audience and sector. Tailored training resources are more likely to exist in specific sectors such as education, employment, health, and climate change. Some examples include:
Issue-specific methods and tools
Gender budgeting: In Belgium, a ‘Manual for the ap-plication of gender budgeting within the Belgian federal administration’ (http://igvm-iefh.belgium.be/fr/binaries/Manual%20gender%20budgeting_tcm337-120670.pdf ) defines and clarifies the concept of gender budgeting, showing its relevance to public management, and pro-viding examples and advice. Other examples of gender budgeting tools that can be found in EIGE’s database come from Austria, Denmark, Greece, Lithuania, Spain, and Sweden.
Gender impact assessment: In Germany, ‘Working Aid: Gender Impact Assessment Gender Mainstreaming in the Preparation of Legislation’ (2007) serves to facilitate the identification of gender-specific impacts when draft-ing legislation and provides support in presenting the impact of prospective legislation on men and women. Available in DE, FR, and EN versions at: http://www.gender-mainstreaming.net
Sector-specific methods and tools
Health: In Ireland, ‘A Guide to Creating Gender-Sensitive Health Services’ provides guidance on creating and im-plementing gender sensitive health services, based on examples set by Australia, Canada and Sweden. Avail-able at: http://hph4.anamai.moph.go.th/data/cat12/gender_manual.pdf
Climate change: IUCN and the UNDP in partnership with the Gender and Water Alliance, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, UNESCO, FAO and WEDO, has prepared a training manual on gen-der and climate change. It draws on and adapts existing material and uses this, alongside newly created case studies, to illustrate the concepts in each module. Avail-able at: http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/eng_ver-sion_web_final_1.pdfm
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The Resource and Documentation Centre is
composed of an e-library and a library, a gen-
der knowledge centre and EuroGender —
the European Network on Gender Equality.
The goal of the Resource and Documentation
Centre (RDC) is to collect, analyse and disseminate
relevant, objective, comparable and reliable infor-
mation on gender equality, and also to animate
discussions and debates on the challenges and
successes of gender equality. It is aimed primar-
ily at policymakers and public administrations at
EU and Member State levels, but can benefi t all
stakeholders dealing with gender equality, as well
as interested citizens. EIGE cooperates with well-
established documentation centres and gender
networks by creating a central resource hub, foster-
ing the collection, organisation and dissemination
of gender knowledge across existing networks.
Those working in the fi eld of gender equality know
that fi nding information on gender equality issues is
diffi cult. A lot of the information and documents are
scattered all around Europe, there is a large variety
of sources and the information or data is diffi cult
to compare. Finally, the data are not harmonised.
Thus, EIGE set out on a long-term quest to create a
state-of-the-art Resource and Documentation Cen-
tre which will house the most important resources
on gender equality under one roof. The RDC pro-
vides electronic access to a wealth of information
which is currently not always easily available. In order
to build it, EIGE developed a structure containing an
information repository (the fi rst pillar presented in
the illustration below), a place where EIGE’s exper-
tise is publicly available (the second pillar, i.e. the
knowledge centre) and a platform through which
information and views can be exchanged (the third
pillar, i.e. the European Network on Gender Equality).
The RDC (14) went online in November 2012, making
available more than 26 000 records. It includes policy
documents, grey literature, online resources, data-
bases, books and articles on gender equality, with
a particular focus on gender-based violence. With
the majority of the resources presented with a sum-
mary in English and available in English, French and
German, it is possible for users to search and access
resources in 14 EU languages, to gradually cover all.
Between 7 November and 31 December 2012, the
daily average page views number was 52.2.
(14) To search for resources, visit the RDC at http://www.eige.europa.eu/rdc
Making EIGE’s expertise available
EIGE’s Resource and Documentation Centre
The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament:
‘welcomes the Institute’s establishment of the Resource and Documentation Centre as a unique Euro-pean source of institutional and methodological gender equality knowledge’.
Brussels, 23 January 2013
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 31
The pilot project on linking information and documentation centres
Cooperation agreements between EIGE and the
leading women and gender equality information
centres from fi ve Members States — Belgium, Ger-
many, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden
— were signed in 2012.
As a follow-up to a successful pilot project on gen-
der-based violence, fi nalised in 2012, the agree-
ments expanded the cooperation to cover areas
related to the media, climate change, reconcilia-
tion of work, family and private life, men and gen-
der equality, and institutional mechanisms for the
advancement of women, with a particular focus on
gender mainstreaming.
The standard requirements and implementation
procedures enabling uploads and updates of exter-
nal data and searches through EIGE’s RDC were
fi nalised in 2012, allowing for the integration of new
partners in the future. The electronic data manage-
ment system was fully implemented, through the
extension of an integrated library system and the
creation of a hub for existing digital resources.
The defi nition of the requirements for the online
technical infrastructure of EIGE’s knowledge cen-
tre to make fully available, in an integrated system,
the results of EIGE’s research and expertise — data-
bases, reports, studies, etc. — started to be devel-
oped in 2012. The resources collected on female
genital mutilation and on the impact of the crisis on
gender (in)equality were made available, as well as
the database on the involvement of men in gender
equality within EIGE’s working areas.
EIGE’s RDC collections gradually increased in 2012
— including a core collection, data collection, EIGE’s
own collection, a multimedia collection and series
collection — with a particular emphasis on the data
collection, which represents 62.7 % of the items
catalogued in the library during the year.
In view of the move to the fi nal premises in the
House of the European Union (Vilnius), the physi-
cal concept of the RDC was further developed,
including a space synoptic description embedded
in gender equality and proximity to the citizens’
perspective.
EuroGender — the European Network on Gender Equality
The third pillar of the RDC, the European Network
on Gender Equality or EuroGender, is a platform
designed to enable EIGE’s stakeholders and part-
ners to meet in virtual space to discuss, exchange
knowledge and raise awareness on specifi c issues
in the gender equality fi eld.
In 2012, the design, implementation and testing of
the network took place, to prepare for the launch
in 2013. EIGE also developed an action plan for the
start-up phase of the network, making sure that
resources available in the RDC are also accessible
from the network, and that it is possible to maintain
the functioning of the network. Finally, the IT tools
required for the network were migrated to EIGE’s
servers and a helpdesk function for monitoring and
update was put in place.
In November 2012, the EuroGender platform ena-
bled the fi rst online discussion to be conducted.
The discussion, which concerned developments in
gender training, produced an exchange of knowl-
edge and experiences among the participants
and facilitated networking processes. Finally, as a
result of it, an online discussion report containing
the most relevant exchanges of opinions was pub-
lished. Following the fi rst successful online discus-
sion, more virtual space events on various areas in
relation to gender equality are planned by EIGE in
2013 and the years to come.
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EIGE fulfi lled its role in raising awareness on gen-
der equality in 2012. It disseminated its products
in more languages and towards many more and
much larger target groups than the year before,
thus strengthening its image as the EU knowledge
centre in the gender equality area. The Institute’s
communications and stakeholders’ teams together
launched fresh initiatives as part of its external com-
munication strategy. New events of various sizes,
new publications and an e-newsletter are just a few
examples.
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At the same time social media platforms developed
into vital parts of the Institute’s communication and
networking activity. EIGE has now over 3 000 fol-
lowers on Facebook and more than 1 000 follow-
ers on Twitter, with users to be found among our
key target groups. This is more than twice as many
as in 2011 and it has made EIGE the fourth most
effi cient user of social media platforms among the
EU agencies. Finally, another online tool — the
EuroGender platform — was successfully tested
in 2012. This platform will be offi cially launched in
2013 and intends to create a forum to openly dis-
Awareness raising, networking and communication
EU agencies on Facebook
Agency name Number of ‘likes’
1. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 7 689
2. European Environment Agency (EEA) 6 733
3. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) 6 222
4. European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 3 064
5. European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) 2 172
6. European Training Foundation (ETF) 2 125
7. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) 2 005
8. European Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS)) 1 429
9. European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex) 778
10. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) 702
NB: Data collected on 5 October 2012. On 21 January 2013, EIGE had 3 912 ‘likes’.
‘Making equality between women and men a reality — the march goes on.’
Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (15)
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 33
cuss gender equality issues for all interested in the
EU and beyond.
EIGE’s communication strategy in place
EIGE focuses on delivering relevant, comparable
and reliable information on gender equality to its
key stakeholders: the European Parliament, the
European Council, the European Commission and
EU Member States.
In the second half of 2012, the Management Board
adopted the Institute’s communication strategy.
The strategy is based on good practices from other
EU agencies and on EIGE’s particular needs and
experiences since gaining fi nancial independence
in June 2010. External media and communications
specialists from across Europe also contributed to
the communication strategy. Their advice to inte-
grate ‘easily digestible’ communication materials to
support the Institute’s awareness-raising initiatives
was taken on board.
Networking
The two main goals of the Institute’s journalist the-
matic network are exchanging information and good
practices and giving advice. The network consists of
media experts from national news agencies (Portu-
gal, Latvia), large daily papers (Cyprus, Ireland, Poland,
Spain), large online news portals (Estonia, Lithuania)
and other experts with substantial expertise within
communication in general, and communication on
gender equality, campaigning, public relations, net-
working and awareness raising in particular.
EIGE hosts two yearly thematic network meetings
presenting case stories, press releases, facts and fi g-
ures and of course its latest reports and fi ndings. The
meetings are also used to get valuable feedback
for future communication tasks and to discuss the
latest communication trends in the Member States.
Other work focused on media involves regular press
activities before, during and after the launch of
EIGE’s communication products, such as fact sheets,
interviews and press releases. This work, being a part
of EIGE’s mandate to raise awareness, facilitates and
spurs public discussions, including those involving
key stakeholders.
EIGE’S website and social media
Version 2.0 of the Institute’s website went online in
2012. It provides modern means of communication
including e-book facilitation and access to the new
online search engine in the Resource and Documen-
tation Centre. The latter is an online one-stop-shop
concept that allows users to get access to a wide
range of gender equality sources via EIGE’s website.
The website off ers a subscription to the Institute’s
e-newsletter ‘What’s up at EIGE!’ which was pub-
lished for the fi rst time in 2012. This contains short
stories on past and future events and major political
initiatives, an overview of EIGE’s reports and publica-
tions and a list of vacancy announcements, among
other topics. By the end of 2012, the e-newsletter
was reaching about 5 000 key stakeholders. EIGE
actively promotes it during other communication
activities and more and more people are signing
up. This format will defi nitely be continued in 2013.
Women Inspiring Europe Calendar and Resource Pool
Aiming to highlight the achievements of some of
Europe’s most remarkable women and to promote
their positive infl uence on breaking gender stereo-
types, the ‘Women inspiring Europe’ 2013 calendar
and resource pool collect and present their real-life
stories.
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The ‘Women inspiring Europe’ resource pool is
intended to off er the media, EIGE’s stakeholders,
various organisations and interested individuals the
possibility to search for role models and infl uential
contributors in specifi c fi elds of expertise. This will
enable journalists and organisers of various events
to gather the gender-sensitive opinions of these
inspiring women.
‘… [The] ‘Women inspiring Europe’ 2013 calen-
dar can become a very useful instrument for the
public because, apart from the short CVs of the
prominent women, it includes concrete data and
information on women’s status in a variety of
fi elds in Europe and internationally. Of course,
there is always the perspective of further elabora-
tion and advancement of the current situation
of the project. ‘
Dimosthenis Tremos, Director of the General
Secretariat for Gender Equality, Ministry of
the Interior, Greece
In line with EIGE’s vision to make gender equality
a reality for all Europeans, it featured in the printed
edition of the calendar 13 exemplary women who
have broken gender stereotypes in terms of career
choices, thus changing their lives and the lives of
their communities for the better. The facts and fi g-
ures presented in the calendar in connection with
each monthly profi le underline the need for such
role models. Associated video interviews are rich
testimonials that raise awareness on gender equal-
ity via social media.
In total, there are 52 weekly profi les in the Internet
version of the calendar. The profi les are real-life sto-
ries of inspiring women who broke gender bounda-
ries and had their say in male-dominated fi elds.
‘It is important to demonstrate that a woman can
lead an organisation. That, as women, we are capa-
ble of participating in public debates and policymak-
ing and decision-making. All of these things help
to bring about a cultural change. But also to bring
about more opportunity for women to actually pen-
etrate leadership or achieve leadership positions.’
Carola Fischbach-Pyttel — the General Secretary
of the European Federation of Public Service
Unions (EPSU) and an inspiring woman featured
in EIGE’s ‘Women inspiring Europe’ 2013 calen-
dar. She is the fi rst woman to be elected general
secretary of an European Trade Union Federation.
To fi nd out more, please visit EIGE’s website at:
http://eige.europa.eu/content/carola-fi schbach-pyttel
Gender equality is constructing its own history. It is
rich in women who have broken through gender
boundaries and had their say in male-dominated
fi elds. Therefore EIGE has chosen to present the his-
torical profi les of inspiring women from the past
in the gender area of the monthly online profi les.
The ‘Women inspiring Europe’ 2013 calendar is the
third under this initiative and, from 2014 onwards,
the project will portray ‘Women and men inspiring
Europe’.
EIGE publications
In 2012, EIGE published a number of reports, main
fi ndings and fact sheets as a result of the studies
it had commissioned and coordinated. Due to
increasing demand, the number of copies of se-
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 35
veral publications were doubled and even trebled
in 2012. EIGE’s publications were disseminated on a
regular basis to its stakeholders as well as distributed
during the events and conferences. Additionally,
all the publications are easily accessible on EIGE’s
website and available through its Resource and
Documentation Centre (http://eige.europa.eu/rdc).
Hard copies of all EIGE’s publications can be ordered
online through EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.
europa.eu/en/home/). In order to promote its pub-
lications, EIGE provides timely and relevant informa-
tion about them through its website, social media
and organised events.
A short description of EIGE’s publications can be
found at the end of this report.
EIGE events
EIGE has decided to have even stronger online pres-
ence. That is why it has focused on online events, for
example for International Women’s Day on 8 March,
during which fi ve female artists were highlighted
and presented their work on gender equality. Their
artwork was presented to the public during an exhi-
bition that travelled to three cities in Lithuania and
was also displayed, shared and discussed on social
media platforms.
‘16 days of activism against gender violence’ campaign
In 2012, EIGE supported the ‘16 days of activism
against gender violence’ campaign with a dedi-
cated communication focus on gender-based
violence. During the campaign period (25 Novem-
ber–10 December) EIGE disseminated new data and
information on gender-based violence to its key tar-
get groups through national media, its own website,
social media, tailored emails and direct meetings.
In the area of media relations, EIGE disseminated a
press release on its new report ‘Review of the imple-
mentation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU
Member States: Violence against women — Victim
support’ to the key national media in the Member
States and Croatia, followed up by direct media con-
tacts. As a result, information on EIGE’s new research
in the area of gender-based violence was published
by the national media in most Member States.
In the area of social media, EIGE started the ‘Men
against violence’ campaign in which male staff of
EIGE, members of the board and other supporters
spoke out against violence against women. The
campaign, together with intense, everyday infor-
mation on key fi ndings from EIGE’s research in the
area of gender-based violence, was seen by around
10 000 users and gained EIGE’s new vitality record
— 18.29 %. The campaign images were shared
and discussed widely on social media platforms,
creating awareness and sending the message that
violence should not be accepted.
EIGE’s campaign on Facebook:
Men against violence against women
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Throughout 2012, EIGE continued to strengthen
the existing cooperation and dialogue with its main
stakeholders and to develop further contacts with
other relevant organisations.
It organised a series of consultation meetings in
support of its work in the thematic areas. For exam-
ple, a networking meeting with social partners was
held on 13 March in Brussels to strengthen a regu-
lar exchange of information and cooperation in
relation to gender equality work. The networking
meeting on gender-based violence on 27 March in
Barcelona grouped representatives of organisations
involved in data gathering, analysis and monitoring
in the fi eld, with a view to strengthening a regular
exchange of information and cooperation.
EIGE was invited to present its activities to partici-
pants in an Equinet legal training session in Vilnius,
and Equinet board members visited the institute in
May. Future links and cooperation eff orts between
the institute and Equinet/member equality bodies
were discussed and agreed upon in several areas
promoting gender equality and eff ective imple-
mentation of equal treatment legislation.
A consultation meeting in June in Vilnius focused on
the Resource and Documentation Centre in its entirety,
and specifi cally on its third pillar, the European Net-
work on Gender Equality (EuroGender), involving infor-
mation centres/libraries and the thematic network in
the discussion on useful and eff ective networks. The
consultation focused on: how to answer the needs of
the users; how to use it to capture and disseminate
knowledge on gender equality; how to structure the
resources; how to best foster partnerships; and how
to communicate around the RDC and EuroGender.
In October, EIGE organised a side event in the Euro-
pean Parliament in connection with the conference
‘Gender equality — What do the parliaments of the
European Union do?’ The event showcased a video
promoting EuroGender and the Resource and Doc-
umentation Centre and was assisted by EIGE’s staff .
The stakeholders’ database, the Institute’s stakeholder
management system, was converted into a format
that enables targeted dissemination of printed mate-
rial through the Publications Offi ce of the European
Union, as well as via electronic communication.
Cooperation with other agencies
EIGE participated in the fi fth fundamental rights plat-
form meeting hosted by FRA at which it presented
its work on gender-based violence and networked
with some of the 180 civil society organisations that
participated in the event. The cooperation agree-
ment (memorandum of understanding) signed in
2010 with Eurofound was transformed into a prac-
tical working plan of cooperation. Mutual visits to
discuss and deepen the cooperation took place. In
November 2012, a meeting of directors of agencies
in the area of justice and home aff airs took place,
during which they discussed areas of interest and
future cooperation in the selected areas.
Dialogue and partnerships
for the advancement
of gender equality
Organisation and managementMore detailed information on the European Gen-
der Equality Institute and its bodies and fi nancial,
administrative and personnel management as well
as its work in 2012, is available in the EIGE annual
activity report for 2012, which can accessed on the
Institute’s website (http://www.eige.europa.eu/
content/important-documents).
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 37
Annex 1
EIGE’s publications in 2012
Beijing Platform for Action indicators
ReportReview of the Implementation in the EU of
area K of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Women and the Environment
Gender Equality and Climate Change
Report: Gender equality and climate change
Review of the Implementation in the EU of Area K of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Women and the Environment
Prepared by EIGE, this report reviews the progress made by the European
Union Member States in the implementation of one of the 12 areas of con-
cern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for Equality, Devel-
opment and Peace (BPfA), namely Area K: Women and the Environment.
Main findings
Review of the Implementation in the EU of area K of the
Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment
Gender Equality and Climate Change
Main fi ndings: Gender equality and climate change
Review of the implementation in the EU of Area K of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Women and the Environment.
This publication summarises the main fi ndings of EIGE’s report on implemen-
tation of one of the 12 areas of concern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action for Equality, Development and Peace (BPfA). The topic of the report,
selected by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, is
gender equality and climate change. It focuses on the participation of women
and men in decision-making in the public sector related to climate change
and segmentation of education by gender in scientifi c and technical fi elds.
Annexes
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GENDER EQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE the review of the implementation of the
Beijing Platform for Action in the EU
POLICY CONTEXTThe Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) is an
agenda for action to promote and protect the full enjoyment of
all human rights and fundamental freedoms by women. It was
adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. In
December 1995, the European Council acknowledged the EU’s
commitment towards the BPfA and expressed its intent to review
its implementation across the Member States on a yearly basis.
EIGE’s report ‘Gender Equality and Climate Change’ reviews
the implementation of the BPfA in the EU Member States and
introduces the first indicators to measure the progress of gen-
der equality in the area of women and the environment. On
21 June 2012 the Employment, Social Policy, Health and
Consumer Affairs Council of Ministers of the European Un-
ion (EPSCO) adopted conclusions on gender equality and
climate change and took note on the first indicators pre-
pared by the Danish Presidency on the basis of EIGE’s report.
EPSCO conclusions highlight that more women are needed
in climate change decision making to respond to climate
change efficiently.
FINDINGS
Gender equality and climate change
Despite the leading role of the EU in advancing the international
negotiations on climate change, gender dimension has been
largely absent from policy initiatives and debates at the
European and international levels.
EIGE’s report reveals important links between gender equality and
climate change. Women and men are affected by climate change
in diverse ways – the gender dimension is present in the way wom-
en and men contribute to GHG emissions, mitigate, adapt to and
perceive climate change. Finally, women and men are influenced
differently by the socio-economic impacts of climate policies. All of
these gender differences need to be taken into account in policy
making to improve the responsiveness of climate change policies
to the needs of women and men, and society in general.
The gender dimension is central in power relations and con-
sequently in shaping climate policies. The report proposes in-
dicators to measure women’s participation in climate change
decision-making in public sector at the national, EU and interna-
tional levels. It also presents segmentation of tertiary education
by gender in scientific and technical fields.
Women in decision-making
Women’s involvement in climate change decision-making
at the national, European and international levels is still
low. The highest proportion of women in decision-making was
identified at the international level: 39% of women in national
delegations to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change. At the EU level, the proportion of women in cli-
mate change decision-making is 38%. The average percentage
of women in the European Commission’s DGs related to climate
change is close to 27%. In DG Environment, women hold 25% of
the high-level positions while in DG Mobility and Transport this
figure falls to 13% − comparable with lower number of women
in national ministries in the transport sector.
In the European Parliament the average representation of women
is higher than in the European Commission, with 39% of women
among the members of the committees working on issues close-
ly linked to climate change (Environment, Public Health and Food
Safety; Transport and Tourism; Industry, Research and Energy).
The first difference was found at the political and administrative
levels of decision-making in the Member States. Higher num-
bers of women were found at the middle management level,
among the heads of sectorial departments of national minis-
tries, than at higher political and administrative levels. There are
only 26% of women in high-level decision-making positions in
the national ministries responsible for environment, transport
and energy sectors. Another difference is related to the horizon-
tal comparison of the sectors. Women’s representation in deci-
sion making is higher in environmental ministries (34%) com-
pared with the transport and energy sectors, where women’s
share of decision-making is only 20% and 17%, respectively.
Figure 1. Women in high-level positions related to climate
change in environment, transport and energy ministries at
the national level, by sector, EU-27, 2011.
INDICATORS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
Indicator 1. Proportion of women in climate change deci-
sion-making bodies at the national level in the EU Member States
Indicator 2. Proportion of women in climate change deci-
sion-making bodies at the EU level
Indicator 3. Proportion of women in climate change deci-
sion-making bodies at the international level
Indicator 4. Proportion of women tertiary graduates of total
graduates (ISCED levels 5 and 6) in natural sciences and tech-
nologies at the EU and Member State level
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nta
ge
Women Women Women
Environment Transport Energy
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20
40
60
80
100
Source: Data from Member States, August − October 2011.
Fact sheet: Gender equality and climate change
This publication contains a concise summary of the main fi ndings and rec-
ommendations of the report ‘Review of the implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action in the EU of Area K: Women and the Environment’.
Gender equality and climate change -
we need equal participation, nothing less
Ms Carlsson-Kanyama, can women solve the climate crisis?
Oh, I would like to say yes, but I as a scientist I must say ‘I don’t know’
because this of course hasn’t been proven. But we know that women
today are not empowered enough and we have evidence that they
are more concerned with climate change than men. So putting that
together, me being me, I would answer ‘maybe’.
In their recent report on women and climate change, the
European Institute for Gender Equality, EIGE, focuses on the
so-called gender dimension to climate change.
Yes, this has become an area of growing interest although there are so
many aspects to it. But in general it is about findings such as for one,
as I said, women and men conceive climate change differently as they
do almost every other issue. At the same time, by making choices in
their lives that are less harmful to the environment, women tend to live
more climate-friendly lives.
Can you give daily examples?
Today we have all this data showing that an average woman’s lifestyle
produces less GHG gases than a man’s. Women drive smaller cars, they
drive less in general, they use public transport and they eat less meat.
Some research suggests that women simply cannot afford
men’s lifestyle, driving bigger cars, for example.
No, no, I don’t think it is a matter of resources. We have done research
among women and men with the same income. Still the women drove
smaller cars, ate differently etc.- all of the above. They were more con-
scious about their daily choices and habits. Where that comes from, I
don’t know. Some suggest it is biological – that women have a caring
nature. Others tend to believe it is a product of gender stereotypes. I
do believe it is more of the latter, but that those gender stereotypes
are so strong and enduring that they have some effect on the female
nature.
It is fairly agreed today that people in the developing world
will suffer more from the effects of climate change, women
especially. But the same applies for Europe as well …
That is right. During the heat wave in France for example more women
died than men. It hasn’t really been confirmed why but it could be
that they were responsible for household tasks and thus more active,
or it is just a matter of constitution. By the way, that is another aspect
of why women need to be more involved – to give more visibility to
their vulnerability. Women are in every sense at the frontline of climate
change. But they need to go from vulnerable to visible to powerful.
Since the urge to involve more women in climate talks has
been identified in 1992 within the Beijing Platform for Action,
there have been lots of initiatives for greater diversity. What
has changed since then?
Not very much, although things have of course improved: there are wom-
en now even at the most senior levels. But what we need is their equal
participation, nothing less. Why doesn’t this happen? Look at other power
structures, you will find the same. It is for the same reasons that women
are less represented on company boards or decision-making bodies in
politics. Those in power won’t give it up simply to have more justice.
Is there a calculable loss to the lack of women participating
in finding the solutions given that they are more aware and
possibly more affected?
I wouldn’t know of that kind of research. But look, many believe that
with climate change we will need to really enter into a catastrophe
for everybody to understand the urgency of the issue. But the signs
have already been there to suggest that the solutions so far, or maybe
I should say ‘our whole approach’, does not work properly.
What are key measures to get more women involved in deci-
sion-making? How drastic should these measures be regard-
ing what is at stake?
I usually don’t get involved in political debate as such. But I think the
key is to make women more visible in the public sphere. It sometimes
takes everybody to work on that. In my country – Sweden TV stations
now really make an effort to have female experts equally represented
for interviews and programmes. Little things like that change the pub-
lic perception drastically.
In its report EIGE finds that education, mainly post-graduate,
is the key factor to get more women involved...
Yes, I certainly believe so.
But some might argue that there is just too few women quali-
fied enough to enter at these levels.
That is not a valid argument for me.
In the same report, EIGE suggests that while there are more
female students than male, too few women enter scientific
areas relevant to working on solutions for climate change.
What might be the challenges for women in those areas of
research?
From my experience, there are several dimensions here. First of all, I
think that women don’t see that there are many job chances in those
fields so they move on to different areas where there are more and
realistic possibilities. But, on top of that, women are not being made
to feel welcome.
Former Irish President and first female head of state in
Ireland Mary Robinson wrote in an article: “Women are the
world’s best climate change defence”. Do you agree? What
needs to be done to fully realise and exploit this potential?
They are better – that I know! With men we still have to ask ourselves how
to make them get rid of their big cars (laughs!). Now, on a serious note,
I believe there is a political dimension to it. So, you could argue that on
average a conservative man is more harmful to the environment than a
socially-oriented woman. We know that women on average are more
concerned with climate change – as they are with any other crisis.
Shila Meyer-Behjat and
climate expert Anni-
ka Carlsson-Kanyama
talk about the female
face of climate change,
why women drive small-
er cars and the way to
solve the climate crisis –
‘all together’.Climate change expert
Annika Carlsson-Kanyama
Interview: Gender equality and climate change — We need equal par-
ticipation, nothing less
An interview with climate expert Annika Carlsson-Kanyama about the female
face of climate change and the fact that less focus is still given to women’s
capacity to be drivers of change in the fi ght against climate change.
ReportReview of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States:
Violence against women —Victim support
Report: Violence against Women — Victim support
Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member
States
This report aims to support policymakers and all relevant institutions in their
eff orts to combat and prevent domestic violence, by providing them with
reliable and comparable data and information for eff ective, evidence-based
decisions and policy improvement.
Support services for women victims of domestic violence in the
EU Member States and Croatia
Policy ContextViolence against women is a violation of fundamental free-
doms and rights, such as human dignity, integrity, right to
liberty and security. The eradication of all forms of violence
against women is one of the strategic objectives of the Bei-
jing Platform for Action (BPfA), adopted at the 4th World
Conference on Women in 1995. The European Council ac-
knowledged the EU’s commitment towards the BPfA and
expressed its intent to review its implementation regularly
across the Member States. The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011 offers the most
recent and comprehensive international legal instrument to
address violence against women.
The EU and its institutions are committed to protecting and
promoting gender equality, which includes taking decisive
actions to combat violence against women. In the Women’s Charter (2010) the European Commission affirms its commit-
ment to eradicate all forms of violence and to provide sup-
port for those affected by it. This commitment is reaffirmed
in the Commission’s Strategy for Equality between Women and Men 2010−2015. The Action Plan of the Stockholm Pro-
gramme for 2010−2014 seeks to enhance the protection of
women victims of violence when exercising their right to free
movement within the EU.
One of the key measures to support women survivors of vi-
olence is to provide specialised services and ensure the ef-
fective coordination of public support system. EIGE’s report
on ‘Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for
Action by the EU Member States: Violence against Women.
Victim Support’ (2012) presents the current status of the gen-
eral and specialised services available for women survivors
of intimate partner violence in the 27 EU Member States and
Croatia. The report provides analysis on the range, number,
extent and actual use of the support options and presents
recommendations for improving support services. The re-
port also presents data gaps and provides reco mmendations
to improve the objectivity, comparability and reliability of the
data at the EU level in this area.
Main FindingsThe vast majority of the EU Member States have imple-
mented national action plans to combat domestic vio-
lence, and have included in the penal codes the intimate
partner violence and adopted protection orders. However,
many challenges still remain. The majority of national ac-
tion plans lack monitoring and evaluation; legal measures
lack a gender-based definition of violence, and protection
orders lack efficient implementation. While there has been
significant progress in the criminalisation of DVAW, gaps in
implementation still remain, with low numbers of prose-
cutions compared to the number of reported cases and
sanctions rarely sufficient to act as a deterrent. There are
no consistent standards or approaches to perpetrators’
programmes and not all of the programmes align with the
support services for victims. The training of professionals
on DVAW is often not systematic, or included in their ba-
sic training. Furthermore, it is neither mandatory nor suffi-
ciently funded.
The level of provision of support services varies substantial-
ly within the EU in relation to approach, capacity and quali-
The range of support services for women survivors of intimate partner violence, in EU-27 and Croatia, 2012
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Fact sheet: Support for women victims of intimate partner violence
This publication contains a very concise summary of the main fi ndings and
the recommendations of the report: ‘Review of the implementation of the
Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against women
— Victim support’.
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 39
Interview with Sylvia Walby
Violence against women: victim support
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has
recently produced a report entitled ‘Review of the
Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action by
the EU Member States: Violence Against Women/Victim
Support’ for which you were also a part of the research
team. The report states that defi nitions of forms of
violence and data collection methodologies diff er
widely between violence counted in prevalence surveys,
crime statistics and other sources of administrative
data. The data therefore cannot be compared within
one country or internationally. What can be done to
improve the quality of the data?
Data on the extent of violence against women is important for
knowing the scale of the problem and for assessing whether
policies are working. There are two main ways of collecting
information about the extent of gender-based violence
against women (as well as other forms of violence): data
collected during the routine administration of public
services, such as the policing of violence; and surveys of
the general population that ask a representative sample of
people about their experience of such violence.
Statistics derived from administrative sources are useful in
monitoring the performance of services, but they are known
to signifi cantly underestimate the extent of violence,
since most of this violence is not reported to the authorities.
For this reason, most experts recommend surveys of the
population to generate more accurate estimates which
are robust in reporting on changes over time and diff erences
between countries. There are examples of such surveys in
some countries, but they are not comparable. There is as yet
no completed survey that provides comparisons between
countries of the diff erent forms of violence, let alone
comparisons of changes over time in diff erent countries.
However, there is a survey is in this fi eld – an important
development from the European Union Fundamental Rights
Agency – though with limitations on the information being
gathered, and a second one is proposed by the European
Commission. Ideally a survey would be carried out in all the EU
Member States that generates identical data on key indicators
(harmonised by Eurostat) of diff erent forms of gender-based
violence against women and which is repeated on a regular
basis so as to produce data on changes over time. This will
require policy coordination at the EU level.
Another relevant fi nding of EIGE’s report is that support
services for victims of intimate partner violence are
not suffi cient. Some of the main challenges are: low
level of service provision in certain countries or lack of
specialised services for women survivors of violence.
What other challenges were identifi ed as part of the
research in the area of public support to women
survivors of intimate partner violence?
The development of specialised services to victims of intimate
partner violence has played an important role in reducing
the amount of violence against women as well as providing
support in times of acute need. While defi ning these services
in a way that allows for comparisons across the EU remains a
challenge, they include at minimum: refuges/shelters, phone
lines, advocacy, counselling and legal aid. The exchange of
information about these important innovations across the
EU has been supported by the Daphne initiative of the EU.
But despite the known eff ectiveness of such services,
their provision remains very uneven across Europe.
Within mainline services, such as police, prosecutors, health
care, housing, employment and income support, there have
been important developments including specialised expert
units, but again these are very uneven. There is a challenge
to expand such pockets of excellence into all countries and
to maintain the quality of the service provision as they are
spread. It is important to continue to develop the expertise
that underlies the ongoing innovation of new services and
the eff ective delivery of quality services. This expertise
Sylvia Walby: Distinguished Professor of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Gender Research, Lancaster Univer-sity. Research consultant on gender-based violence for UNDAW, UNECE, UN Secretary-General, UNDP, the European Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality. For the
UK Home Offi ce, she produced Domestic Violence, Sexual
Assault and Stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey (with J. Allen, Offi ce 2004), and for the Women and Equality Unit: The Cost of Domestic Violence (2004). Her most recent book is: The Future of Feminism (Polity 2011). A recent report is: Measuring the impact of cuts in public expenditure on the
provision of services to prevent violence against women and
girls. Awarded an OBE for services to equal opportunities and diversity in 2008.
More information:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology/profi les/34/
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Interview with Sylvia Walby: Violence against women — Victim support
An interview with a distinguished Professor of Sociology and Unesco Chair
in Gender Research, Lancaster University, and research consultant on gen-
der-based violence for the United Nations Division for the Advancement of
Women (UNDAW), UNECE, the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations
Development Programme, the European Commission and EIGE. In the inter-
view, the problems related to data collection in the area of violence against
women are discussed as well as issues connected with victim support.
Gender Equality Index
Rationale for the Gender Equality Index for Europe
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Rationale for the Gender Equality Index
This is a summary of the conceptual and methodological issues of the ‘Study
for the development of the basic structure of a Gender Equality Index for
the European Union’ produced by Janneke Plantenga, Colette Fagan, Fried-
erike Maier and Chantal Remery, commissioned by EIGE. The theoretical and
empirical fi ndings of the study were used for further work by EIGE in the
course of the development of the Gender Equality Index for Europe.
Gender-based violence
The study to identify and map existing data and resources on sexual
violence against women in the EU
The study to identify and map existing data and resources on sexual
violence against women in the EU
This report is based on a study commissioned by EIGE and carried out by
the European Women’s Lobby in 2011. The study focused on the following
forms of sexual violence against women — rape, marital rape, sexual abuse/
assault, sexual coercion and sexual harassment outside the workplace —
and covered resources used by the Member States and Croatia between
2007 and 2010.
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Resource & Documentation Centre
Gender-based violenceResources
Information leafl et on EIGE’s resources on gender-based violence in
the Resource and Documentation Centre
The leafl et provides practical information on EIGE’s Resource and Documen-
tation Centre, which builds links to resources on gender-based violence in
Europe published over more than 20 years.
Gender mainstreaming: gender training
Mapping of gender training policies and practices in the European Union
Summary of findings
Mapping of gender training policies and practices in the European
Union — Summary of fi ndings
The publication presents the key fi ndings, conclusions and recommenda-
tions from EIGE’s study mapping the provision of gender training in the EU
Member States and Croatia, conducted in 2012 under the project ‘Gender
training in the European Union: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engage-
ment (2012−13)’.
Gender training in the European Union
Reflections from the online discussion
Gender training in the European Union: Refl ections from the online
discussion
This document refl ects the process and views expressed by several partici-
pants in an online discussion held on 25 and 26 September 2012. The discus-
sion was conducted as part of the study on ‘Gender training in the European
Union: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012−13)’, under-
taken by ICF GHK on behalf of EIGE. The participants used EuroGender — a
new online platform that EIGE has developed for its stakeholders.
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 41
Gender training: Factors contributing to its effective implementation and challenges
Gender mainstreaming has been on the political agenda at international and European levels since 1995. Whereas it is a policy commitment for most EU Member States, responsible staff for its implementation often lacks gender knowledge and the specific skills to implement gender mainstreaming. EIGE is currently carrying out a study on Gender training in the EU: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012 - 2013). The aim of this study is to improve the quality of gender training in the EU by sharing knowledge, tools and experiences. Based on evidence gathered throughout EIGE’s project, this sheet outlines some examples of approaches to gender training that have worked and points to the main challenges that need to be addressed when planning to support gender mainstreaming with training activities.
Tailoring gender training to the context and partici-pants’ needs
Gender training will have the most impact and relevance when it is designed for the professional, social and cul-tural context where it is being conducted. It should also take into account the background and needs of those being trained. Participatory and experiential learning ap-proaches to gender training are often more effective than learning from textbook modules, as they enable more personal reflection and discussion. Where possible practi-cal examples from participants’ own experiences should be used, and there must be enough time to discuss any questions that arise.
There is a need both for generic and more in-depth gen-der training to address the different needs of training par-ticipants. Training should focus on the practical application of gender mainstreaming by developing the capacity of trainees to integrate gender considerations into their re-spective field of work. Tools, good practice and activities that are tailored to the policy areas of trainees facilitate individual commitment and contribute more effectively to behavioural, organisational, political, and programme level changes that are at the heart of gender training.
Spain: Professionals responsible for planning and managing health services and those responsible for the health area of equality bodies can participate in a course, which consists of four units that focus on gender perspectives in areas such as health, health research, public health interventions in health care, and gender mainstreaming in health policy.
Integrating gender training into national gender equality policy
Some EU Member States are demonstrating a commit-ment to gender mainstreaming, backed up by the explicit recognition of competence development of staff as a precondition for its successful implementation. These commitments are set out in detailed national action plans.
What factors contribute to effective gender training?
‘When it comes to gender
training, bad training is often
worse than no training at all.’
Isabel Romao, Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, Portugal
Excerpt from EIGE’s online discussion on gender training, 25/26
September 2012
Proper resources should be allocated by all EU govern-ments and Croatia to support their gender mainstream-ing goals, including gender training that goes beyond generic, one-off courses.
Finland: Training for gender mainstreaming, as well as strengthening information provision on gender equality, forms a key part of the Finnish gender equal-ity action plan. All ministries are required to provide training on gender mainstreaming for their directors and staff.
Luxembourg: The National Gender Action Plan for 2009 - 2014 includes a commitment to further de-velop training in gender mainstreaming. Since 2011 all new civil servants undergo 6-8 hours of gender training.
Portugal: The Action Plan for Equality – Gender, Citi-zenship and Non-Discrimination (2011-2013) calls for the dissemination of gender mainstreaming and the training of public officials in gender mainstreaming and equality.
Gender training: Factors contributing to its eff ective implementation
and challenges
Based on evidence gathered throughout EIGE’s project, this reference sheet
outlines some examples of approaches to gender training that have worked
and points to the main challenges that need to be addressed when planning
to support gender mainstreaming with training activities.
Good practices in gender training
Based on evidence gathered for EIGE’s project on Gender training in the EU: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012-2013), this reference sheet presents some resources for gender training in Europe. It also provides some good practice examples in train the trainers and gender competence programmes in specific sectors.
While the list of the examples mentioned below is by no means exhaustive, it gives a foretaste of the type of informa-tion and expertise that can be found in EIGE’s databases of gender trainers and gender training resources available at http://www.eige.europa.eu.
What resources, tools and methods are being used for gender training?
The GENDER TOOLBOX was developed as a part of the EU-funded ‘Fit for Gender Mainstreaming’ project (2006-2008) which aimed to foster local level gender mainstreaming strategies through training.The TOOLBOX contains exercises on raising awareness on gender, a gender counselling section, a collection of checklists and guidelines, and a materials section. Gender trainers can use the toolbox after adjusting it to specific environments and contexts. Available at: http://www.gendertoolbox.org.
The Compendium of Good Practices in Gender Training has been developed by UN Women. It aims to collect, assess, and disseminate training practices that have been effective in achieving their aims, as identified by trainers themselves. More information can be found at: http://www.uninstraw.org
There are many generic tools, at EU Member State and international level, on gender mainstreaming. Some useful resources include:
At the same time, there are not many resources and tools tai-lored according to the specific audience and sector. Tailored training resources are more likely to exist in specific sectors such as education, employment, health, and climate change. Some examples include:
Issue-specific methods and tools
Gender budgeting: In Belgium, a ‘Manual for the ap-plication of gender budgeting within the Belgian federal administration’ (http://igvm-iefh.belgium.be/fr/binaries/Manual%20gender%20budgeting_tcm337-120670.pdf ) defines and clarifies the concept of gender budgeting, showing its relevance to public management, and pro-viding examples and advice. Other examples of gender budgeting tools that can be found in EIGE’s database come from Austria, Denmark, Greece, Lithuania, Spain, and Sweden.
Gender impact assessment: In Germany, ‘Working Aid: Gender Impact Assessment Gender Mainstreaming in the Preparation of Legislation’ (2007) serves to facilitate the identification of gender-specific impacts when draft-ing legislation and provides support in presenting the impact of prospective legislation on men and women. Available in DE, FR, and EN versions at: http://www.gender-mainstreaming.net
Sector-specific methods and tools
Health: In Ireland, ‘A Guide to Creating Gender-Sensitive Health Services’ provides guidance on creating and im-plementing gender sensitive health services, based on examples set by Australia, Canada and Sweden. Avail-able at: http://hph4.anamai.moph.go.th/data/cat12/gender_manual.pdf
Climate change: IUCN and the UNDP in partnership with the Gender and Water Alliance, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, UNESCO, FAO and WEDO, has prepared a training manual on gen-der and climate change. It draws on and adapts existing material and uses this, alongside newly created case studies, to illustrate the concepts in each module. Avail-able at: http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/eng_ver-sion_web_final_1.pdfm
Good practices in gender training
Based on evidence gathered for EIGE’s project on ‘Gender training in the EU:
Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012−13)’, this reference
sheet presents some resources for gender training in Europe. It also provides
some good practice examples in ‘train the trainers’ and gender competence
programmes in specifi c sectors.
Gender training: Step-by-step approach to quality
STEP 1. Ensuring commitment: What is the involvement of the top-management for?
As a strategy for achieving gender equality, gender mainstreaming involves a process of fostering change in policies, strate-gies and activities. To achieve its continuity in national, regional/local, and sectoral policies, the public servants must possess the knowledge and technical skills to address gender issues. For this, institutional commitment to gender mainstreaming and support from high-level managers is crucial to enable staff to attend gender training sessions and to have the time and space to think about how this affects their everyday work. The success of training therefore relies on leaders’ understand-ing that the implementation of gender mainstreaming requires specific knowledge and investment in the competence development of staff.
STEP 2. Ensuring standards: What should we look at when commissioning gender training?
Taking into account the diverse background of gender training providers, commissioning authorities need to make an informed decision of how to commission gender training. Currently, there are no common guidelines for commissioning institutions to lead them through the process of finding and selecting quality training services. However, the on-going debate on quality standards and skills based criteria for gender trainers offers some pointers on what should be considered when commissioning effective gender training. The questions to be considered before commissioning training services include:
Content and materials: What topics are we most inte rested in? What training materials would be the most appropriate in our case?
Methodology: What would be the best approach to achieve training goals? What kind of exercises would be optimal for us?
Trainer’s profile: What knowledge, skills and competences should a gender trainer possess? How can these be verified?
Portugal has set training standards, so called ‘referential’ at the national level. Entities who want to apply for public funds to deliver gender training or to train trainers have to comply with these standards.
EIGE’s gender trainers’ database gives access to a wide pool of gender trainers with different methodological and thematic expertise in Europe and allows authorities commissioning gender training to work with trainers that have the right experience in their policy areas. Available at: http://www.eige.europa.eu
What is gender training? Gender training is a tool and a process meant to support policy makers in their effort to integrate gender considerations into all policies and programmes.
Why gender training? The aim of gender training is to make the actors more gender equality aware, building their gender competence and enabling them to promote gender equality goals in their work at all levels.
Why do we need it? Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union (EU). Integrat-ing this principle in all its activities represents a general aim for the EU. Gender training helps key actors to acquire the knowledge and skills that are necessary to achieve this goal.
What is this reference sheet about? Based on evidence gathered during EIGE’s study on Gender training in the EU: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012-2013), this reference sheet outlines the five key steps that need to be followed when planning gender training programmes in public authorities’ work.
Gender training: Five step approach to quality
Gender training: Step-by-step approach to quality
Based on evidence gathered during EIGE’s study on ‘Gender training in the
EU: Mapping, research and stakeholders’ engagement (2012−13)’, this refer-
ence sheet outlines the fi ve key steps that need to be followed when plan-
ning gender training programmes in public authorities’ work.
Study
report
The Involvement of Men
in Gender Equality Initiatives
in the European Union
The involvement of men in gender equality initiatives in the European
Union
This report is the fi nal product of the background study on the involvement
of men in gender equality in EIGE’s working areas. The general aim of the
report is to map relevant stakeholders in all EU Member States whose activ-
ity could be considered as contributing to a more eff ective involvement of
men in the promotion of gender equality. Special attention was placed on
specifi c approaches applied and materials produced by such actors.
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Annex 2
List of ongoing studies in 2012
A full description of each study is available in Annex 3
Beijing indicators
• Study on Area D of the Beijing Platform
for Action: Violence against Women
(launched 2011) — completed (study carried
out under 2011 budget)
• Study on Area J of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Women and Media (launched 2012) — will be
completed in the second quarter of 2013 (study
carried out under 2012 budget)
• Study on Area H of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Institutional Mechanisms (launched June 2012)
— will be completed in the fourth quarter
of 2013 (study carried out under 2012 budget)
Gender-based violence
• A study to map the current situation and trends
in female genital mutilation (launched 2011,
completed in December 2012)
• Mapping the current status and potential of
administrative sources of data on gender-
based violence in the EU and Croatia (launched
in 2012; to be fi nalised in 2013, study carried out
under 2012 budget)
Gender Equality Index
• Study for the construction of a statistical
information system for the European Union
Gender Equality Index (launched in 2011 —
study carried out under 2011 budget)
• Information for country profi les on the eff orts
made by the EU Member States related to
gender equality (launched in 2012 — study
carried out under 2012 budget)
• Revision and enrichment of the conceptual
framework for the Gender Equality Index (launched
in 2012 — study carried out under 2012 budget)
Methods, tools and good practices
• Area J of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women
and Media (launched May 2012 — study carried
out under budget 2012)
• Area H of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Institutional Mechanisms — ‘Review of the
institutional capacity and eff ective methods,
tools and good practices for mainstreaming
gender equality in a few selected policy areas
within the European Commission, the Member
States and Croatia’ (launched October 2012 —
study carried out under 2012 budget)
• Area D of the Beijing Platform for Action: Violence
against Women — ‘Study on the collection of
methods, tools and good practices in the fi eld of
domestic violence’ — completed (study carried
out under 2011 budget)
• Gender training in the European Union
(launched 2011, phase one carried out
under 2011 budget)
List of planned studies in 2013
Beijing indicators
• Study on a selected area of concern of the BPfA
(Greece)
• Study on a review of the BPfA +20 (Italy)
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 43
Gender Equality Index
• Maintenance and updating of data and
metadata of EIGE’s database on gender statistics
• Study on a database on gender statistics
Methods, tools and good practices
• Study to complement the work on a selected
area of concern of the BPfA (Greece)
• Study to complement the review of the BPfA
+20 (Italy)
Research and Documentation Centre
• Feasibility study for a gender equality thesaurus
and glossary for the EU
Other
• Background paper — development of the
concept of benefi ts of gender equality
• Unforeseen studies — study on international
activities in the field of data collection on
gender-based violence across the EU
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Annex 3
Information about the studies conducted by EIGE in 2012
Focal Area 1: Comparable and reliable data and indicators on gender equality
Collection of data and statistics on all of the 12 critical areas of concern of the BPfA — providing support to the Polish, Danish and Cypriot Presidencies of the Council
Support to the Cypriot Presidency of the Council (July–December 2012)
Study in Area D of the Beijing Platform for Action: Violence against Women
Contract awarded to: Austrian Women’s Shelter Network/WAVE (Women Against Violence Europe,
Austria
Study launched: September 2011, fi nal report delivered to EIGE in September 2012
Description of the study:
The study carried out under this contract focused on domestic violence against women, with a special
emphasis on diff erent types of support services for women victims of domestic violence in all EU Member
States and Croatia. The study focused on collection of data and assessing the range, extent, number,
actual use and quality of support services. It also provided a background overview of existing data and
information on the profi le of female victims of violence and male perpetrators, the measures targeting
the male perpetrator, training of professionals, state measures to eliminate domestic violence against
women and evaluation of the measures taken in all Member States and Croatia.
Encountered diffi culties: —
Future steps:
The information from the background research and the collected data were used for drafting the report
for the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of European Union. The data resulting from this study were
integrated in a database, included in EIGE’s Research and Documentation Centre, and are also used for
the calculation of the index.
Support to the Irish Presidency of the Council (January– June 2013)
Study in Area J of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and Media
Contract awarded to: The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Study launched: March 2012, main study report delivered to EIGE in November 2012, media monitor-
ing report to be delivered in March 2013
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012 / 45
Description of the study:
The aim of the study is to produce a comprehensive report on the current implementation stage in
the Member States of the objective formulated in Area J: Women and the Media, referring to ‘actions
to be taken to increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in
and through the media and new technologies of communication’ in order to propose indicators to
monitor implementation in this area.
The study is dedicated to the topic of gender equality and the media, focusing on the role of women in
the decision-making roles in media (boards of public and private broadcasters of radio/television stations).
It also explores if and how the regulating media bodies in the EU Member States and Croatia developed
voluntary codes of good practice in relation to the dignity of human beings and non-discrimination
between the sexes in the sense of Directive 2010/13/EU.
Encountered diffi culties: —
Future steps:
The information from the background research and the collected data were used for drafting the report
for Irish Presidency of the Council of European Union. The data resulting from this study are to be inte-
grated in a database, and to be included in EIGE’s Research and Documentation Centre.
Support to the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council (July– December 2013)
Study in Area H of the Beijing Platform for Action: Institutional Mechanisms
Contract awarded to: Aletta E-Quality, the Netherlands
Study launched: June 2012, fi nal report to be delivered to EIGE in 2013
Description of the study:
The aim of the study is to produce a comprehensive report on the current implementation stage in the
EU Member States and Croatia of the objectives formulated in Area H of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Institutional Mechanisms for Advancement of Women. The study will provide a review of objectives
H1 and H2 of the Beijing Platform for Action — ‘create or strengthen national machineries and other
governmental bodies’ and ‘integrate gender perspectives in legislation, public policies, programs and
projects’ and will monitor indicators proposed by Finnish Presidency in 2006. To provide a full overview of
Area H, the study will also review implementation of the objective H3 in the Member States and Croatia
(‘generate and disseminate gender-disaggregated data and information for planning and evaluation’)
and will propose indicators to monitor this objective.
The study will explore: national machineries and other governmental bodies for gender equality; condi-
tions for an eff ective functioning of national structures, such as location at the highest possible level in
the government, suffi cient resources in terms of professional capacity and budget, and the possibility
of infl uencing the development of governmental policies; the commitment and responsibility of the
national structures for promoting gender equality; gender mainstreaming; generating and disseminating
sex-disaggregated data and information in each of EU Member States and Croatia.
Encountered diffi culties: —
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Future steps:
The information from the background research and the collected data will be used for drafting the report
for Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The data resulting from this study are
to be integrated in a database, and included in EIGE’s Research and Documentation Centre, and used
for the calculation of the index.
EIGE’s work on gender-based violence
‘Study to map the current situation and trends of female genital mutilation in 27 EU Member
States and Croatia’
Contract awarded to: the consortium composed of the Ghent University — ICRH and E.A.D.C. (Yellow
Window Management Consultants)
Study launched: 2011; fi nal report delivered to EIGE in December 2012
Description of the study:
The main objective is to support and contribute to the future development of strategies for the elimi-
nation of diff erent forms of violence against women, by assessing and analysing the current situation
concerning female genital mutilation (FGM) in the EU Member States and Croatia, notably on prevalence,
policy and legal framework, actors dealing with this issue and approaches. Finally, the study provides
recommendations on data collection and policy approaches to FGM in the EU.
The study consists of two phases.
First phase: Desk research in the EU Member States and Croatia. The research identifi ed the six most
comparable indicators to assess and monitor the situation in relation to FGM: prevalence studies; asylum
granted on FGM grounds; specifi c criminal law provisions on FGM; national action plans covering FGM;
FGM-related child protection interventions and hospital/medical records on FGM. The main fi ndings
of the study’s fi rst phase show that data on the prevalence of FGM in the Member States and Croatia
are not systematically collected. Eight Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom) have undertaken prevalence estimates of women and girls at risk
and victims of FGM but not on a systematic basis. Although some policies to abandon FGM have been
developed in the Member States and Croatia, coherent and comprehensive national approaches are rare.
There are national action plans that deal exclusively with FGM in eight countries. Moreover, prevention
work on FGM as well as services for victims of FGM are seriously underfunded and are not organised in
a structured or sustainable way.
Second phase: In-depth research in nine EU Member States; bringing about the fi rst collection of infor-
mation and data, legal and policy framework, actors, tools and methods in the area of FGM in the EU.
The diff erent national approaches to tackle FGM in the EU were analysed and compared in order to
identify practices with potential in prevention, protection, prosecution, provision of services, partner-
ship and prevalence.
Encountered diffi culties: —
Future steps:
The fi nal report and country fact sheets on FGM will be launched in March 2013.
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‘Mapping the current status and potential of administrative sources of data on gender-based
violence in the EU and Croatia’
Contract awarded to: Matrix Insight Ltd
Study launched: September 2012; fi nal report to be delivered to EIGE in August 2013
Description of the study:
The study aims to map the key administrative data sources on gender-based violence — and statisti-
cal products created from these sources — in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia and analyse their
relevance, reliability and quality.
So far, there has been no overview available of the extent, scope and potential of administrative data
collection on gender-based violence in the Member States and Croatia. EIGE intends to fi ll this gap
with this study.
As the fi rst stage, a comprehensive and detailed map of the existing administrative sources of data on
the issue will be built.
Based on the results of this analysis, the feasibility of the collection of comparable data at EU level from
the identifi ed national administrative sources on GBV will be assessed. Finally, the study will provide
recommendations for improving the statistical potential of administrative sources on GBV as well as a
set of guidelines to harmonise data collection. This will constitute the fi rst and the most essential step
for a reliable compilation of comparable administrative data on GBV across the EU.
Between September and December 2012, EIGE developed methodological guidelines to map, describe
and assess effi ciently and eff ectively administrative sources of data on gender-based violence and sta-
tistics drawn from these sources in the EU Member States and Croatia. The evidence review and desk
research have also been initiated.
Encountered diffi culties: —
Future steps:
The fi eld research of the study in each country will be carried out between January and April 2013.
The analysis of the results of the desk and fi eld research will be produced between May and July. The
database of key administrative data sources and statistics from them and an overview of the status of
administrative data collection on gender-based violence in the EU Member States and Croatia will be
ready in May 2013. The fi nal report (Feasibility study on administrative data collection on gender-based
violence in the European Union) is expected in August 2013.
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‘Study on international activities in the fi eld of data collection on gender-based violence across
the EU’
Contract awarded to: The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affi liated with the
United Nations (HEUNI)
Study launched: December 2012; fi nal report to be delivered to EIGE in May 2013
Description of the study:
The study will review data collected by EU bodies and the main international organisations as well as
the existing and planned activities addressing this subject. The information provided will enable EIGE
to avoid duplicated work, strengthen synergies and identify existing gaps for guiding its future activi-
ties in this fi eld.
Encountered diffi culties: —
Future steps:
The study will be carried out between January and April 2013. The fi nal report is expected in May 2013.
EIGE’s Gender Equality Index
Study for the construction of a statistical information system for the European Union Gender
Equality Index
Study launched: Initially launched in June 2011, relaunched in August 2011. Final report delivered to
EIGE in November 2012.
Contract awarded to: Panteia B.V. Business Unit: EIM Business and Policy Research, the Netherlands
Description of the study:
The study will provide a relational database on gender equality in the 27 EU Member States. The con-
struction of the index will be based on a selection of variables from the statistical information system
whereby the natural complexity of gender equality is refl ected through a structured and classifi ed
system of variables. This project provides the database from which the data for the index can be drawn.
The statistical information system (SIS) is composed of data and exhaustive descriptions of the meta-
information of the generating process of the index, which are relevant for the composition of the Gender
Equality Index. The meta-information includes conceptual information, methodology, harmonisation
of data within the Member States and institutional references.
Through this project, EIGE obtained:
• the structured classifi cation and organisation of a SIS based on a comprehensive framework of gender
equality through mapping gender equality policy priorities in the EU;
• the support in the calculation process of the index.
The main outputs are:
• the architecture of the SIS;
• the complete database and the log fi le describing its construction;
• a comprehensive assessment of the quality of data;
• a glossary of the statistical terms;
• a glossary of the meta-information in the SIS;
• identifi cation of the methodology implemented and the problems encountered, namely on the
imputation of data.
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Encountered diffi culties: EIGE encountered delays in the implementation of this project. Since the
initial call for tender (open procedure) received only one unsuccessful off er, the study needed to be
relaunched. The terms of reference were also adjusted. Since the creation of an index on the scale
planned by EIGE is unique and does not exist yet, fi nding a partner proved hard.
Information on Gender Equality Index country profi les in relation to the eff orts made by the EU
Member States towards gender equality
Study launched: in June 2012
Contract awarded to: Franet National Focal Points from the Member States
Description of the study:
The scope of this study was to gather information on the actions carried out by national governments
and other relevant institutions in promoting and mainstreaming gender equality.
The relevant information on gender equality, refl ecting the eff orts made by the EU Member States was
provided for the period 2005–12.
National focal points were requested to gather information about national policy measures taken by
the national and regional governments of Member States in the promotion of gender equality.
All the information used to produce the report comes from national sources which are publicly available.
The national reports are structured according to the following areas of concern: general scope, work,
money, power, knowledge, time and participation, health, violence and intersecting inequalities.
Encountered diffi culties:
This project proved to be very ambitious due to its wide scope. The establishment of the criteria for
selection of the Member States’ initiatives for the support of the Gender Equality Index results turned
out to be especially challenging.
Revision and enrichment of the conceptual framework for the Gender Equality Index
Study launched : August 2012
Contract awarded to: Eileen Drew
Description of the study:
The service requested provided the revision and updating of the conceptual framework underpinning
the Gender Equality Index. The research methodology was desk-based research. The deliverable is a
full conceptual paper together with references and annexes, written in a way that is understandable by
non-experts and of the highest publishing quality.
Encountered diffi culties: The negotiated tender was initially launched in June 2012. As no off ers
meeting all of the project’s eligibility criteria were received, a more restricted negotiated procedure was
implemented. Consequently, EIGE experienced some delays in the implementation of this project. The
fi nal deliverable was received in September2012, and after a process of revisions, the accepted paper
was delivered in October 2012.
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Focal Area 2: collecting and processing methods and practices for gender equality work
Study on good practices, tools and methods in Area J of the Beijing Platform for Action:
Women and Media
Contract awarded to: Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini (in partnership with Ecorys), Italy
Study launched: March 2012; fi nal report to be delivered to EIGE in April 2013
Description of the study:
The collection and dissemination of methods, tools and good practices (MTGP) aiming to provide an
overview of approaches and experiences in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia, in areas of concern
regarding the Beijing Platform for Action selected by the forthcoming presidencies of the Council of
the European Union.
The collection of methods, tools and good practices aims to provide an overall perspective of the exist-
ing knowledge at European level, so as to improve the fl ow and the transferability of the added value
identifi ed by the practices among Member States and then enhance the implementation of eff ective
gender mainstreaming and gender equality policies.
The overall objective of the study is to contribute to the promotion of gender equality in European society.
The specifi c objective is to provide a collection of methods, tools and good practices, in the context
of women and the media, together with a literature review and a collection of relevant national and
European policies and a programming document.
The project intends to make available a wide knowledge of methods and tools for decision-makers and
media managers, for media organisations to support the implementation of gender mainstreaming
strategies. The project aims to:
• increase women’s participation and their expression in the media;
• increase women’s participation and access to decision-making in the media;
• establish and develop gender-sensitive self-regulation in media organisations;
• develop gender skills and knowledge among professionals, staff , decision-makers and media
managers;
Encountered diffi culties: —
Future steps:
Data resulting from this study, concerning methods, tools, resources, stakeholders and good practices,
will be integrated in a database and included in EIGE’s Research and Documentation Centre.
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Study on good practices, tools and methods in Area D of the Beijing Platform for Action: Domes-
tic Violence
Contract awarded to: Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale, Italy; and GIO Gender Interuniversity Observatory
— University of Rome ROMATRE, Italy
Study launched: 2011; fi nal report delivered to EIGE in December 2012.
Description of the study:
The study’s objective is to collect information on training, awareness raising and victim support tools,
methods and good practices in the area of prevention of domestic violence in the European Union to
develop a better knowledge on methods, tools and good practices (MTGP), collected across the 27 EU
Member States and Croatia, and make available to the users the practical information related to MTGP
as well as to foster the exchange of good practices in this area.
The study aims to collect MTGP in the context of domestic violence (victim support) in order to enhance
the eff ectiveness of gender equality policies at both the EU and Member States levels. The project
intends to disseminate the added value expressed by the collected experiences and methodological
approaches among stakeholders and relevant national and European institutions.
The project will focus on training, awareness raising and victim support methods, tools and good prac-
tices, in order to enhance the eff ectiveness of gender equality policies dealing with domestic violence.
The study will be made available through EIGE’s Resource and Documentation Centre.
Encountered diffi culties: —
Future steps:
The data resulting from this study, concerning methods, tools, resources, stakeholders and good practices,
will be integrated in a database and included in EIGE’s Research and Documentation Centre.
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Study on good practices, tools and methods in Area H of the Beijing Platform for Action: Institu-
tional Mechanisms ‘Review of the institutional capacity and eff ective methods, tools and good practices
for mainstreaming gender equality in a few selected policy areas within the European Commission, the
Member States and Croatia’.
Contract awarded to: Yellow Window
Study launched: Procurement process relaunched in October 2012; kick-off meeting held on 3 January
2013 and fi nal report to be delivered to EIGE in late 2013.
Description of the study:
The study will map the institutional mechanisms and the methods and tools for gender equality and
gender mainstreaming in the European Commission, the EU Member States and Croatia. It will include
an evaluative analysis of the eff ectiveness of a particular method for gender mainstreaming, gender
impact assessment, in a selected policy area.
Encountered diffi culties:
This study was originally launched through an open procedure in September 2012, but failed to attract
bids answering all selection criteria. The open procedure was consequently cancelled and replaced by
a negotiated procedure in October 2012.
Future steps:
The study will complement the presidency report on institutional mechanisms.
The data resulting from this study will be integrated in a database and included in EIGE’s Research and
Documentation Centre.
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EIGE’s work on gender training
Gender training in the European Union: mapping, research and stakeholders engagement
Contract awarded to: GHK Consulting Limited, United Kingdom
Study launched: in 2010, with the project to be implemented in two phases; the mapping study fi nal
report (delivered in December 2012 and the in-depth study report to be delivered in November 2013.
Description of the study:
With this study, EIGE intends to increase knowledge on gender training in the European Union, col-
lect across the EU Member States and make available practical and resourceful information related to
gender training as well as to foster discussion on the development and acceptance of quality standards
for gender training in the EU.
The initiative aims to capture and build upon a wide, at times fragmented, experience of the EU and
lessons learned in the fi eld of gender training. It will contribute to a wider acceptance of gender train-
ing as a necessary tool for an eff ective implementation of gender mainstreaming strategy, creating
a pool of practical information and facilitating the process of critical refl ection on the quality of such
training. Additionally, the initiative intends to bring together diff erent actors and facilitate the transfer of
knowledge between academia and practitioners so as to increase the capacity of relevant practitioners
in pursuing eff ective gender training programmes.
One of the main aims of this tender is to develop an eff ective approach to identifying, presenting in a
user-friendly manner, disseminating and exchanging good practices in gender training. The informa-
tion will be made available to Member States’ authorities in order to help them formulate policies and
measures at local, regional and national levels in their spheres of competence.
The initiative is expected to add up to a smoother and more eff ective implementation of gender equality
policies and initiatives across the EU by supporting the Member States with useful information and recom-
mendations that would help in building the professional gender equality capacity of their civil servants.
Main conclusions: The research has shown the wide variation in the backgrounds and professional
qualifi cations of gender trainers and has also demonstrated a wide range of approaches towards design-
ing gender training. In academic circles, the issue of setting at least the minimum quality standards has
been long discussed, but in practice no such standards exist. Furthermore, institutions and organisations
commissioning gender training do not typically have reference frameworks that would help them to
decide what training would be most eff ective for them. They also lack guidance on the process of fi nd-
ing and selecting high-quality training services.
Thus issues of quality assurance should remain high on the agenda.
The study concluded that gender training needs to be considered and designed as a vital part of gender
mainstreaming and a wider ’capacity-building strategy’ that includes post-training activities, monitoring
systems and changes in the organisation.
Based on the insights of the mapping study, phase II of the project (to be carried out in 2013) will aim
at a more profound analysis of gender training. It will explore the factors underlying the eff ectiveness
of gender training as means for capacity building of staff and as a tool for transformative gender main-
streaming. Greater attention will be devoted to issues of quality, practical guidance and stakeholders’
involvement in creating progress in the area.
Encountered diffi culties: —
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Annex 4
Achievement of output indicators, EIGE’s annual work programme 2012
1.1 INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP AND BODIES OF EIGE
Output of the activity: Necessary administrative and operational structures in place
Output indicators
1. Meetings of the Management Board (Q2, Q4).
2. Meetings of the Experts’ Forum (Q3, Q4).
3. Joint meeting of the Management Board and the Experts’ Forum (Q1).
4. Establishment plan 2012 completed (Q1).
5. Implementing provisions to Staff Regulations adopted (Q2–Q4).
6. Meetings of the Experts’ Forum.
7. Establishment plan completed.
8. Business Continuity Plan in place.
Achievements
1. Management Board meetings on 14 March (Brussels); 6 June (Vilnius); 25 October (Vilnius).
2. 8th meeting on 14 and 15 March; 9th meeting on 26 and 27 June; 10th meeting on 14 and 15 November.
3. Joint meeting of Experts’ Forum and Management Board on 14 March (Brussels).
4. Establishment plan 2012 completed in Q4.
5. Two implementing provisions adopted, dealing with anti-harassment and the interim occupation of management posts.
6. Three meetings of EF took place.
7. Establishment plan completed at 96.2 %
8. Development of Business continuity plan moved to 2012.
1.2 FOCAL AREA 1: COMPARABLE AND RELIABLE DATA AND INDICATORS ON GENDER EQUALITY
1.2.1. COLLECTION OF DATA, STATISTICS AND INFORMATION ON ALL OF THE 12 CRITICAL AREAS OF CONCERN OF THE BPFA/
PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE DANISH, CYPRIOT, IRISH AND LITHUANIAN PRESIDENCIES OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU;
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Output of the activity: Functioning and eff ective support to the presidencies of the Council of the EU
Output indicators
1. Meetings of the Working Group on Beijing indicators (Q2, Q3).
2. Available data on FGM mapped (Q2).
3. Meetings with governments holding the presidency in 2012 — Denmark and Cyprus (Q1, Q3).
4. Meetings with governments of upcoming presidencies in 2013–14 — Ireland, Lithuania, Greece (Q2–Q4).
5. Studies on selected areas of the BPfA for Ireland and Lithuania launched (Q1–Q2).
6. Report for the Danish Presidency delivered (Q1).
Achievements
1. Two working group meetings in April and October.
2. Available prevalence data on FGM mapped. Resources for the database collected.
3. Meetings with representatives of Danish (January) and Cypriot (September) governments.
4. Meetings with representatives of Irish (January, September), Lithuanian (March, November) and Greek (November) governments of upcoming presidencies in 2013–14.
5. Studies launched on ‘Women and the media’ (March) and ‘Institutional mechanisms’ (July).
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7. Report for the Cypriot Presidency delivered (Q3).
8. Report for the Irish Presidency drafted (Q4).
9. Consultation meetings with experts in selected areas by Cyprus and Ireland (Q2, Q3).
10. Unforeseen ad hoc study 2012 (based on the fl exibility clause in EIGE’s annual work programme.
6. Report for the Danish Presidency delivered in March.
7. Report for the Cypriot Presidency delivered in October.
8. Draft report for the Irish Presidency delivered in December.
9. Consultations with DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology, the European Federation of Journalists, and representatives from the European Broadcasting Union, UNECE and Unicef.
10. Study on international activities in the fi eld of data collection on gender-based violence across the EU launched in December.
1.2.2 EU GENDER EQUALITY INDEX
Output of the activity: A concept for an index developed for the European Union to assess (in)equal-
ity between women and men in Europe
Output indicators
1. Meetings of the Working Group on Gender Equality Index (Q2, Q4).
2. Consultations with international, European and national data source providers and other relevant stakeholders (Q1–Q4).
3. International consultation seminar on measuring gender equality in Europe (Q4).
4. Publication on the European Gender Equality Index (Q3–Q4)
Achievements
1. Two working group meetings in March and November.
2. Consultations with the following international, European and national data source providers and other relevant stakeholders:
2.1 Meeting for establishing the cooperation agreement with Eurostat in April.
2.2 Work session on the communication of statistics with UNECE in June.
2.3 Working Group on Public Health Statistics Eurostat in September.
2.4 Working meeting with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Unit of Econometric and Applied Statistics in October.
2.5 JRC annual seminar on composite indicators in October.
2.6 Labour market statistics (LAMAS) working group with Eurostat in October.
3. International consultations on measuring gender equality in Europe:
3.1 Presentation of index in the work session on gender statistics, Group of Experts on Gender Statistics, UNECE, in March.
3.2 IX ISQOLS International Conference: Discovering new frontiers in quality of life research, University of Venice, November.
3.3 International Congress on Social Diversity, a session on measuring gender equality in Europe, Santiago de Compostela University, December.
4. Publication ‘The rationale for the Gender Equality Index for Europe’ (September). The fi nal publication on Gender Equality Index will be launched in June 2013.
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1.3 FOCAL AREA 2: COLLECTING AND PROCESSING METHODS AND PRACTICES FOR GENDER EQUALITY WORK
1.3.1 GENDER MAINSTREAMING TOOLS AND METHODS
Output of the activity: Eff ective training tools to promote gender equality and gender mainstream-
ing available to users
1.3.2 COLLECTING, PROCESSING AND DISSEMINATING GOOD PRACTICES
Output indicators
1. Study to explore good practices for data collection in order to create conditions for hosting a future observatory on violence against women (Q2).
2. Studies on good practices, tools and methods within the BPfA areas chosen by Ireland and Lithuania launched (Q1–Q2).
3. Report on gender training fi nalised and available on EIGE’s website (Q4).
4. Database of gender training and gender trainers updated, system for updating in place (Q3).
5. Inventory of gender training materials and manuals published (Q3–Q4).
6. European seminar on gender training (Q4).
7. Materials and information package on training (Q4).
8. Database of gender mainstreaming tools and methods developed and available, system for updating it in place (Q1–Q4).
9. Thematic network on gender training established (Q4).
10. Ad hoc expert meetings on good practices related to presidencies’ areas of concern and gender equality and mainstreaming training (Q1–Q3).
11. Publications on methods and tools (Q1–Q4).
Achievements
1. EIGE reoriented this indicator into a study on ‘Mapping the current status and potential of administrative sources of data on gender-based violence in the EU and Croatia’.
2. Study on Women and the Media (Irish Council Presidency) launched (April); study on Institutional Mechanisms (Lithuania Council Presidency) launched (launched September, relaunched October).
3. The study report presented to EIGE in December; currently in the processes of fi nalising; will be made available online in February 2013; the Executive Summary of the report available online from November 2012; 28 country factsheets (Annex to the fi nal report) were presented to EIGE in October 2012; were validated with Thematic Network on Gender Training (TNGT); will be available online in February 2013.
4. Database of gender trainers and training institutions presented in Excel format in October 2012; validated with TNGT; currently being turned into an online format; will be available from February 2013.
5. Database of gender training resources institutions presented in Excel format in October 2012; validated with TNGT; currently being turned into an online format; will be available from February 2013.
6. European Conference ‘Advancing gender training to support eff ective gender mainstreaming’, Vilnius, 13 and 14 November, 2012.
7. The information package prepared for the European conference has been online since November 2012.
8. Database of methods and tools, annotated bibliography on domestic violence made available to users; system for updating will be ready in 2013.
9. Thematic Network on Gender Training established in Q2, meeting held in Vilnius on 23 May and 14 November 2012.
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10. Exchange of good practices, United Kingdom, 7 and 8 February, focus on awareness raising on violence against women (participation).Exchange of good practices, Norway, on 10 and 11 May, focus on women in decision-making (participation).Consultation meeting to assess good practices in preventing domestic violence, Vilnius, 26 September (organisation).Peer review meeting on female genital mutilation, Vilnius, 10 May (organisation).
11. Three reference sheets on gender training published in November 2012, available online; refl ections from the online discussion on gender training report published in November 2012, available online; database ‘Men and gender equality’ available online from December 2012.
1.4 RESOURCE AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRE
Output of the activity: Comprehensive information on gender equality and the work of EIGE acces-
sible to stakeholders and the public
1.4.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESOURCE AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRE
Output indicators
1. Increased number of cooperation agreements with research centres, libraries and information centres (Q1–Q4).
2. Network information campaign launched (Q1).
3. Data and information on two new areas of the BPfA at the RDC available (Q4).
4. Calendar ‘Women inspiring Europe’ 2013’ printed and distributed (Q4).
5. Video presentations of the Women inspiring Europe 2013 launched (Q1).
6. IT tools for the electronic network in service (Q3–Q4).
7. System to update and monitor IT platform in place (Q4).
Achievements
1. Cooperation agreement with fi ve partners formally signed in Vilnius during Q4.
2. The EuroGender network will be launched in 2013. The information campaign was postponed to coincide with this to 2013.
3. EIGE reports on the BPfA areas have been integrated in the RDC. The database on ‘Women and men in the EU: facts and fi gures’ has been kept up todate during 2012.
4. The calendar ‘Women inspiring Europe’ 2013 was prepared, printed and distributed.
5. A short video interview and accompanying text was put online on EIGE’s website: http://eige.europa.eu/content/women-inspiring-europe-2012
6. IT tools required for the EuroGender network were installed to an EIGE staging server.
7. A helpdesk for monitoring and update was put in place.
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1.5 AWARENESS-RAISING, NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATION
Output of the activity: Communication and exchange with stakeholders, networks and EU citizens
1.5.1 DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
1.5.2 EIGE STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS
Output of the activity: Partnerships across Europe established
Output indicators
1. Events calendar on the web (Q1);
2. Number of communication partnerships at EU and Member State levels (Q1, Q2);
3. Consultation meetings with stakeholders (Q1, Q2);
4. E-publications (Q2);
5. Stakeholder’s information management system procured (Q3).
6. Journalists’ thematic network meetings
Achievements
1. Events calendar on the web and updated.
2. Established with European Commission offi ce in Cyprus, EEA and JLS agencies.
3. Two consultation meetings were held: with the social partners on 13 March, Brussels; and on gender-based violence on 27 March, Barcelona.
4. Uploaded on the web and updated.
5. 3rd meeting of the Thematic Network on Useful and Eff ective Networks, 18-19 June, Vilnius.
6. Meetings of the JTN held on 10-11 April, Copenhagen; 7-8 November, Nicosia.
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68 / EIGE’S Annual Report 2012
June 1999: Draft proposal for the establishment
of a European Institute for Gender Equality by the
Swedish Minister for Gender Equality Ms Margareta
Winberg
2002: Feasibility study for a European gender insti-
tute commissioned by the European Commission
2004: Study on the ‘Role of a future European
gender institute’ commissioned by the European
Parliament
11 December 2006: Decision to establish EIGE in
Vilnius, Lithuania
20 December 2006: Adoption of Regulation (EC)
No1922/2006, establishing a European Institute for
Gender Equality
April–May 2007: Nomination of the members of
the Management Board by the Council
October 2007: First meeting of the Management
Board in Brussels
April 2009: Appointment of the Director and sub-
sequently recruitment of the fi rst two members of
staff
December 2009: First meeting of EIGE’s Experts’
Forum in Vilnius
28 April 2010: First annual work programme for
2010 adopted
16 June 2010: Financial independence granted for
the institute
19 and 20 June 2010: Offi cial opening of the insti-
tute in Vilnius
2011: First studies published by EIGE
October 2012: Signing of the Seat Agreement with
the Lithuanian Government
January 2013: EIGE moves to its permanent prem-
ises in the House of the European Union
Important events in EIGE’s life
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
EIGE’S Annual Report 2012
Luxembourg: Publications Offi ce of the European Union
2013 — 68 pp. — 21 x 29.7 cm
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ISSN 1977-2823
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Making equality between
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About EIGE
EIGE is a European agency which supports the EU and its
Member States in their eff orts to promote gender equal-
ity, to fi ght discrimination based on sex and to raise aware-
ness about gender equality issues. Its tasks are to collect
and analyse comparable data on gender issues, to develop
methodological tools, in particular for the integration of
the gender dimension in all policy areas, to facilitate the
exchange of best practices and dialogue among stake-
holders, and to raise awareness among EU citizens.
The institute’s bodies include a Management Board (deci-
sion-making body), an Experts’ Forum (consultative body)
and a Director (executive body) and her staff . The Manage-
ment Board adopts the annual and medium-term work
programmes as well as the institute’s budget. The Experts’
Forum supports the Director in ensuring the excellence
and independence of the institute. The Director, as the
legal representative of the institute, is responsible for its
daily management as well as for the implementation of the
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Cedefop European Centre for the Development
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ETF European Training Foundation
EuroVoc multilingual thesaurus of the European Union
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Equinet European Network of Equality Bodies
Eurofound European Foundation for the Improvement
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FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
GBV gender-based violence
GEI Gender Equality Index
GIA gender impact assessment
GM gender mainstreaming
HLG High-Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming
HoO Head of Operations of EIGE
HR human resources
ICS internal control standards
ILO International Labour Organisation
IR internal rules
LMS library management system
MB Management Board
MTGP methods, tools and good practices
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
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OLAF European Commission Anti-Fraud Offi ce
RDC Resource and Documentation Centre of EIGE
SIS statistical information system
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WG working group
WIE Women Inspiring Europe (calendar)
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