EIGE’s Experts Forum 2016-2018
18. 5. 2016 | Gender
Mojca Frelih was nominated by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the Republic of Slovenia as a representative of the state in EIGE’s Experts Forum. Its’ meeting took place on April 19-20, 2016 in Vilnius.
The Experts’ Forum is the Institute’s advisory body. Its principle function is to provide expertise knowledge in the field of gender equality. It is composed of members from competent bodies specialised in gender equality issues from every Member State of the European Union. Each country has both a member and an alternate. Besides, there are two members designated by the European Parliament, as well as three members designated by the European Commission and representing interested parties at the European level, with one representative from:
- an appropriate non-governmental organisation at Community level which has a legitimate interest in contributing to the fight against discrimination on grounds of sex and the promotion of gender equality;
- employers’ organisations at Community level; and
- workers’ organisations at Community level.
The Member States and the Commission aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women in the Experts’ Forum. Members are designated for the period of three years.
During this meeting in Vilnius there were several topics discussed from the European perspective and the perspectives of EU member states, including the topics of economic benefits of gender equality, gender equality index, gender related challenges of the migration crisis, gender mainstreaming platform, the multi-dimnesional aspects of poverty among men and women in Europe, gender equality in universities and research performing organizations, measuring violence against women – data collection in the police and judicial systems, gender pay gap, personal and household services and labour market participation etc. Also the topic of gender equality, non-discrimination and human rights was discussed.
