On 16 September 2023, during the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Action Weekend at the UNHQ in New York City, the Institute of Economics of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (IE LAS) co-hosted a high-level side event “International Best Practices for Sustainable and… Read More »EQUALS-EU project presented at the high-level UN SDG Action Weekend in New York City
On the 23rd of November, EQUALS-EU and the Graduate Institute’s Technology and Security Initiative (TechSec) collaborated in the hosting of a panel discussion on Gender Equitable Futures in Technology. Silvia Ecclesia moderated the event and guided the speakers through the discussion. Tamara Dancheva (International Relations Manager at… Read More »Event report: Gender Equitable Future in Technology – Tackling Bias
The EU scores 68 points out of 100 in the Gender Equality Index, released today by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). This is a microscopic increase of just 0.6 points since last year’s edition. “Europe has made fragile gains in gender equality.… Read More »Gender Equality Index 2021: Fragile gains, big losses
There are many initiatives, campaigns and efforts being realized to decresase the gender gap in different fields. A few weeks ago we got in contact with a dedicated team at UN Women working on Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Interested in learning more, we sent Borut… Read More »About Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) with Ody Neisingh from UN Women
On 4th August 2021, EQUALS-EU Consortium hosted a “Perceptions of Power: Championing Female Leadership in the Digital Age” colloquium that brought together almost 90 representatives of the mobile and tech industries, academia, civil society, international organisations and youth from across the globe to dispel stereotypes… Read More »Global support for championing female leadership expressed at EQUALS-EU first public event
The event will take place on Zoom. It is divided into two parts, a plenary sessions and workshops. The plenary sessions will be live streamed on EQUALS-EU Youtube channel. About the event The 2020 State of Women in Tech and Start-Ups survey found that 70%… Read More »Live stream: Perceptions of Power event (04/08/2021 from 12:00 onwards)
We are looking for 15 motivated young women and men to join. If you fit the criteria, have a passion for working in the international environment, and conviction to change the world for the better. Who are we looking for? Be between 15 and 29… Read More »A call for members for Young People’s Reference Group
Discuss, brainstorm, and co-create recommendations aimed at empowering rising female digital entrepreneurs in the EU at our first event on 4 August 2021.
On 21 April 2021, EQUALS-EU Consortium organised an online workshop Gender-inclusive innovation in the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2021. The workshop centred on how the EQUALS-EU project focuses on three key issues, gender, inclusion and innovation. The project takes… Read More »Gender-inclusive innovation workshop at the WSIS 2021
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021, we talked to Gloria Muhoro, an International Development Expert and Gender-Mainstreaming Specialist.