April 7, 2020
A new and scary discrimination trend seems to be arising in Europe - and worldwide - fuelled by fear of contracting COVID-19 against those that are in the frontline of action. The daily lives of nurses, doctors and health care workers is increasingly being affected by discriminatory attitudes and harassment.
April 3, 2020
Three weeks ago, the European Commission released a Gender Equality Strategy, presented by the first ever Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli.
April 1, 2020
By Niklas Hofmann from the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (FADA) in Germany Things had been planned very differently, but that’s the way it goes in the age […]
March 30, 2020
I am writing this post as Chair of the Executive Board of Equinet, but also as Deputy Ombudswoman of Croatia, and as a woman and a mother, in these challenging times of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
November 5, 2019
Luxembourg, 24 October 2019. Equinet addresses the EU’s Council of Ministers responsible for employment and social policies for the first time, providing inputs to their discussions on EU equality legislation.
July 8, 2019
New York, 8 July 2019. It has been four years since the U.N. released the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an ambitious plan for global change divided in 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Every year, the progress made by governments to achieve the
SDGs is closely monitored at the UN High Level Political Forum
March 4, 2022
This roundtable was held 30 March from 10:00 to 12:30 CET and was aimed at equality bodies staff and relevant legislators and policymakers at European and […]
February 22, 2022
Equinet’s Legal Advice Clinic with a practical focus on litigation took place in February 2022. During this training, specific legal cases (both real and fictitious) involving […]
February 7, 2022
This online workshop was held on 10 March from 14:30 to 17:30 CET and targeted equality body staff, representatives of EU institutions & national authorities, and […]
January 20, 2022
This webinar was held on 25 February from 14 to 16:16 CET and was aimed at equality body staff responsible for working on age discrimination. It […]
January 18, 2022
This hybrid training aimed at equipping equality bodies to persuade their target audiences of the importance of equality in general, and to address hot and often […]
January 6, 2022
This online conference held on 25 and 26 October 2021 provided an opportunity for national equality bodies to discuss with relevant actors on how can better […]
December 14, 2021
This online conference held on 19 November 2021 provided an opportunity for national equality bodies to discuss with relevant actors on how they can cooperate and […]
November 10, 2021
On 9 December, Equinet hosts an online conference to discuss the potential of equality bodies in tackling institutional racism. We look forward to your participation!
October 12, 2021
About the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 The Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 took place on 11-12 October 2021, with sessions live-streamed from Vienna, Strasbourg, Geneva, Warsaw, Ljubljana, […]