European Institute for Gender Equality: All the essential gender terms now in one place!

Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus produced by European Institute for Gender Equality is a specialised terminology tool focusing on the area of gender equality. It aims to foster a common unders...

Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus produced by European Institute for Gender Equality is a specialised terminology tool focusing on the area of gender equality. It aims to foster a common understanding of gender equality terms across the EU and promote gender-fair and inclusive language.

The glossary contains over 400 terms in English with their definitions and sources. In the future, it will be linked with EuroVoc, the multi-lingual EU-wide thesaurus, and it will be available in all EU languages.

With EIGE’s Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus you can:

  • find  comprehensive and detailed definitions of specific terms for your policy, advocacy or research work
  • find a detailed list of sources and links to the reference or background documents
  • compare similar or confusing terms and discover the differences between them
  • better understand new terminology in the area of gender equality
  • discover which gender equality terms are related (in a broad and narrow sense)
  • discover which terms are preferred or outdated and why
  • download the entire glossary as well as its parts − domains, sub-domains and even the specific concepts.

Explore Glossary and thesaurus by clicking here.