“Public officials and opinion makers should stop promoting an atmosphere of hate and intolerance vis-à-vis LGBTI people and instead, improve respect for their human rights. Stigmatisation and hate speech carry a real risk of legitimising violence. LGBTI are people, not an ideology”, said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, in a memorandum published today in […]
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Gender Equality Index 2020: Can we wait 60 more years?
With a score of 67.9 out of 100, the EU is at least 60 years away from reaching complete gender equality, if we continue at the current pace. The latest Gender Equality Index from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows that the EU is improving by just half a point each year. Among […]
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The EU has been awarded for its strategy on gender equality
The Spanish Federation of Women Managers, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs awarded the EU with the FEDEPE International Prize The Spanish Federation of Women Managers, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs, FEDEPE, has given its International Award to the European Union for its Strategy for Gender Equality 2020-2025. The award is motivated by the clear commitment of the […]
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Impact of gender quotas on EU politics and business
EIGE has published its latest data on women and men in decision-making across the EU, in the seven countries that receive support from the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), and in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Politics Men still outnumber women in parliaments across Europe In November 2019, two thirds of EU parliamentarians were men […]
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Countries led by women coped better with COVID-19
Women world leaders have handled the coronavirus pandemic more effectively than their male counterparts. Countries with women at the helm like German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Ministers Mette Frederiksen and Sanna Marin of Denmark and Finland, respectively, have received worldwide praise for their success in handling the COVID-19 crisis. That’s not to say that […]
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Covid-19 and gender-based violence: Has the pandemic taught us anything?
Lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19 trapped many women at home with abusers. Several countries saw spikes in domestic violence reports. As lockdowns ease, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is taking a closer look at how we can protect women in times of crisis – be it a pandemic, natural disaster or […]
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Situation of human rights in the U.S. and the EU
The European Union is both an association of countries cooperating in fields of mutual interest and a community of values. Respect for human rights is one of the EU’s fundamental obligations. These rights must be respected by the EU when implementing policies and programmes, as well as by the EU institutions and by each of […]
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Women’s rights around the world in times of the coronavirus pandemic
High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioners Jutta Urpilainen and Janez Lenarčič wanted to highlight the rights and role played by women around the world in the coronavairus pandemic in a joint statement. Inequality and vulnerability The coronavirus pandemic affects everyone and every aspect of our lives. But not uniformly. It increases existing inequalities around the […]
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Judgment of the CJEU on homophobic discrimination in the workplace
Homophobic statements constitute discrimination in employment and occupation when they are made by a person who has or may be perceived as having a decisive influence on an employer’s recruitment policy. In the judgment in Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI (C-507/18), delivered on 23 April 2020, the Court held that statements made by a […]
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