Website: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

The European Institute for Gender Equality is a European agency to support the Member States and the European institutions (in particular the European Commission) in their efforts to promote gender equality, to fight discrimination based on sex and to raise awareness of gender issues

The seat of the European Institute for Gender Equality is in Vilnius (Lithuania). It was officially launched in June 2010.

• Primary Source

EIGE: EIGE's Mission Vision and Objectives http://eige.europa.eu/about-eige

EIGE: EIGE Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-eige-resource-and-documentation-centre-rdc/

ESO: Background information: Gender Equality Index http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-gender-equality-index/

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