Gateway to EU gender equality knowledge launched

When one needs to find the right information on gender equality in the EU, then EIGE is the place to be. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) on October 1st launched its Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC) with an EU-wide conference in Vilnius in the presence of Director for International Affairs in the Directorate-General for Research and Innovations of the European Commission Maria Cristina Russo and Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy of Bulgaria, Lazar Lazarov. “Our RDC will become the first place to search, to find, to inter-act and to learn about equality between women and men in the European Union” Virginija Langbakk, Director of the Institute. EIGE collects, processes and makes available data, tools, methods, good practices and resources on gender equality and makes this information available via its RDC. It aims to assist policy makers and practitioners in locating key resources on gender equality. It also facilitates the exchange of knowledge amongst those with an interest in gender equality policy and practice and provides a space to discuss and debate key issues on gender equalityThe long-term objective is to bring together in one place the memory of all gender equality work at EU and Member State level and to make it accessible to all, actively fostering cooperation between gender equality actors across the EU.(picture1)