Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Tag - Women’s Rights
Almost one in three women worldwide experience physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence by someone else in their lifetime. In a majority...
New research looking into taboo, stigma and superstition surrounding menstruation in 21st century Poland, conducted by the Kulczyk Foundation, a private family...
The appointment of six women to cabinet posts in the new government of Kosovo represents a landmark moment in the young nation’s history. The six are led by Vjosa Osmani...
The regulatory environment for women’s economic participation has improved over the past two years, with 40 economies enacting 62 reforms that will help women – half the...
A number of countries in emerging Europe have made giant strides in the fight against gender inequality this year, while other Central and Eastern European states...
Seventy per cent of women from Southern and Eastern Europe have experienced some form of violence from the age of 15; 45 per cent experienced at least one form of sexual...
Romania should improve the implementation of laws and ensure funding to effectively protect the rights of persons with disabilities and protect women from violence, a...
The Polish government is targeting women’s rights activists and organisations, putting women’s rights and safety at risk, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report...
Robert Biedroń, the former mayor of Słupsk and Poland’s first openly gay politician, has launched a progressive, pro-EU party, called Wiosna (Spring), which aims to...
The European Parliament’s Committee for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) has adopted a resolution on women’s rights in the Western Balkans, proposed by Croatian...
A Moldovan NGO, Women for Contemporary Society, has called on the country’s political parties to make the upcoming general election – scheduled for February 24 –...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which are well worth your time. Political will in Europe to expand the euro area...