Around one hundred people, mainly women, protested in The Hague, The Netherlands on August 9 against “Burqa ban“, which came into effect in the on August, 1. Die foto zegt alles. Knettergek! https://t.co/b3hCiZCU95 — Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) August 9, 2019 Around couple of dozens of women wore a niqab and carried plates with texts like…
Tag: women’s rights
Tusk vows respect gender balance for EU top jobs
The president of European Union Council Donald Tusk announced he is looking for the best candidates for the EU’s top jobs this year and underlined he aimed to offer at least half of them to women. The European elections are a good omen for the EU with the highest turnout in 25 years. This proves that…
#8March: Europarl employees protest against inequality
#InternationalWomenDay European Parliament staff went on strike, protesting against inequality in the European parliament. In 60 years only two women reached the positions of speaker, however they both were elected last millennium. #InternationalWomansDay #Brussels employees of #Europarliament demonstration at doorstep. pic.twitter.com/wy1AHPPJ2f — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) March 8, 2019 #FeministStrike at the European Parliament main…
International Women’s Day
“Europe ranks among the safest and most equal places for girls and women in the world”, says the statement of the European Commission issued on the occasion of the 8th of March International Women’s Day. “…Also in Europe women are still facing challenges, inequalities and threats in their everyday lives: abuses and harassment, lower wages,…
EU: women in politics striving for equality
Exactly one hundred years after women won the vote or were first elected to parliament in some EU countries, the data show that women continue to be under-represented in politics and public life, in the European Parliament, national parliaments and governments, and local assemblies. Virginija Langbakk, director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shares…
Saudi women protest against abaya
Saudi campaigners have urged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to abandon rules for the Kingdom’s rigid dress code for women, launching a social media action posting photos, wearing their abayas inside out in protest. Women in Saudi Arabia have for decades been required to wear the abaya — a loose, all-covering black garment — in…
Irish voted to legalize abortion
In a historic victory the Republic of Ireland has voted to effectively legalize abortion, removing a clause in the constitution that had been described by the UN as a violation of human rights. The Irish electorate voted 1,429,981 to 723,632 in favor of repealing the Eighth Amendment of the country’s constitution. Watch as the celebratory…
Women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia
Women in Saudi Arabia will soon have the right to drive, according to a royal decree issued by the country’s King Salman. Royal order in Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for the first time. https://t.co/mK2momDwQt — The Associated Press (@AP) September 26, 2017 The kingdom has long been the only country in the…
MEP Korwin-Mikke reprimanded over pejorative comments on women
Today the EP president Antonio Tajani announced the sanctions against Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke for his unacceptable remarks against women during a plenary debate on the “Gender pay gap” on 1 March 2017. According to the decision, the MEP will lose his daily subsistence allowance for thirty days, be suspended from parliamentary activities for ten…
EUROPE DIPLOMATIC 