The COVID-19 pandemic has a negative impact on women’s health and rights, so MEPs urge member states to protect and further enhance women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. In the draft report approved by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality by 27 votes in favour, 6 against and 1 abstention, MEPs point […]
The company and the gender imbalance created by COVID-19
COVID-19 has significantly sped up the move towards flexible working. To adapt to the ‘new normal’, many employers are making long-term changes to their workplace strategies. However, it is important that they also consider how their future workplace model will affect gender equality. According to a recent report by the Joint Research Centre, women doing […]
Women’s rights in the EU
Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day, officially declared in 1975 by the United Nations. The fight for gender equality is something that has existed in the EU for years, although Covid-19 has negatively affected women since most of them are included in essential services, such as healthcare, personal care and sales. Equality between women […]
More equal sharing of care would reduce workplace gender inequality
There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour market, according to a study by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a […]
PhD Fellow in Gender Research at the Centre for Women´s and Gender Research
A PhD position is available at the Centre for Women´s and Gender Research, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education. The position is affiliated with the research group Contemporary Gender Research (ConGender). The daily workplace will be at UiT, campus Tromsø. The Centre for women`s and gender research is a strategic university unit for building competence in gender research […]
Gender Based Approaches to the Law and Juris Dictio in Europe
First International Workshop of Jean Monnet Module “European Law and Gender”(ELaN) The Department of Law of the University of Pisa hosts a two-days international workshop on Gender based approaches to the law and juris dictio in the European Union on June 19-20, in Pisa (Italy), within the frame of the European Law & Gender Jean Monnet Module […]
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Female Researchers (all disciplines)
The overall goal of the REinforcing Women In REsearch (REWIRE) COFUND Programme is to support the careers of excellent postdoctoral female researchers at the University of Vienna. What it is offered A 36-month fellowship in any discipline offered at the University of Vienna A highly competitive programme supporting you in your academic career progression and becoming a mentor for future female […]
The Commission reports on its actions to promote the equality of LGBTI people
The European Commission publishes the annual report on its action plan to advance the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI), which was launched in 2015. The first vice president, Frans Timmermans, said: “All people should be treated equally, regardless of where they come from, their creed, their sex, their age or their […]