This practical internal guide supports EU staff in the design, implementation, and monitoring of EU-funded actions that integrate gender equality as a significant objective (G1) under the OECD-DAC Gender Equality Policy Marker. It helps ensure compliance with EU commitments, particularly the GAP III target that 85% of new actions prioritise gender equality, with a strong focus on the design phase.
This documentation is destined to EU staff in HQ and delegations.
This course consists of an introductory module covering the relationship between freedom of religion or belief (FORB) and gender equality, with a special focus on women’s rights and a submodule on the challenges of religious family and personal status laws for women's rights.
Duration: 1.5 h
This course is destined to EU staff in HQ and delegations.
This course, organised by DG INTPA and DG NEAR, in partnership with the Criterion Institute aims at facilitating the understanding of the business case for gender lens investing, as well as the state of play and the opportunities to advance the gender equality EU agenda through the ESFD+.
Duration: 1 h 30 min
The central objective of this talk is to analyze how the politics of gender came to occupy a central place in debates over citizenship, national belonging, and the future of democratic governance. These debates diverge widely from challenges and to the most basic rights to freedom of movement and education for women in countries like Afghanistan to demanding full recognition of LGBTQI rights in the European Union.
Duration: 1 h 17 min
This webinar aims to provide EFSD+ investment officers with practical knowledge and tools to understand the role of gender bonds and motivate them to take an active role in helping spur the growth of this innovative financial instrument to bolster women’s empowerment and meet crucial sustainable development targets.
Duration: 1 h
This webinar, organised by DG NEAR and DG INTPA, aims at providing an overall understanding of the care economy as a significant driver of gender equality.
The care economy encompasses child, elderly, and other forms of care as well as domestic chores, referring to all forms of paid and unpaid care provided within a society.
Duration: 55 min
This series of webinars have the objective to increase the knowledge on how to mainstream gender equality and apply a human rights-based approach on investments supported by the EFSD+.
These webinars will focus on exploring tangible examples of how gender lens investing (GLI) strategies can be applied to improve both financial performance and social impact and merge the business case with gender- transformative impact.
Duration: 52 min
This three-part podcast series brings together faith leaders, activists, and researchers to explore how religion both shapes and is shaped by struggles for gender equality and inclusion. The conversations delve into the complexities of engaging with religious actors in contexts marked by gender-based violence, LGBTIQ exclusion, and patriarchal traditions.
This series of podcasts is destined to EU Staff.
This webinar aims at enhancing EFSD+ investment officers’ capacities to mainstream gender equality in digital operations, in particular digital infrastructure, and digital solutions. It will facilitate practical knowledge of gender smart digital transformation investment through the presentation of investments that address the digital divide, promote women’s leadership offering digital solutions and contribute to enhance gender equality.
Duration: 1 h
This webinar aims at enhancing EFSD+ investment officers’ capacities to mainstream gender equality in investments in the transport sector.
Duration: 1 h
This webinar aims to provide EFSD+ investment officers with specific knowledge and tools to understand how gender inequalities are built into our cities, from public spaces to service provision, transportation, land management, and housing.
Duration: 50 min