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The new EU gender institute will gather data on sex-related inequalities across Europe (Photo: Karin Beate, Nordic Council)

New EU Gender institute on the way

The Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia are the top candidates for hosting the new EU gender institute.

The European Institute for Gender Equality, announced by the European Commission today (8 March), is supposed to collect, analyse and circulate data to provide a basis for future policies on gender equality.

It will operate with a budget of about 53 million euro for 2007 – 2013, and be located in one of the new member states.

Social affairs commissioner Vladimir Spidla s...

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The new EU gender institute will gather data on sex-related inequalities across Europe (Photo: Karin Beate, Nordic Council)

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