She Thought Spain Would Give Her A New Life. Instead, It Took Her Son Transatlantic Media Fellowship At the gates to Europe, trafficking victims are being separated from their children. By Haloren Mellendorf
No Greens no Love? The outcome of the legislative elections in Austria will have repercussions on different levels. A look both into the national and European level unveils what is at stake for LGBTI rights. By Alast Najafi and David Scharpf
Trans, intersex, queer: Germany’s highest court makes groundbreaking ruling The German Federal Constitutional Court has ordered the legislature to provide a third gender option beside male or female in the country’s birth registry – or else do away altogether with information on gender in civil status. This puts Germany in a position to play a leading role in Europe on this issue. By Leo Yannick Wild
"Movements, Borders, Rights? Feminist perspectives on global issues in Europe": Final Conference Statement On October 24th and 25th, Women In Development Europe+ (WIDE+) and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) organized an international conference in Brussels to develop a feminist analysis for the political developments in Europe. The fincal conference statement calls for a repoliticization of feminist perspectives and for building alliances to counter the recent Backlash.
The gender employment gap: Challenges and solutions The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) has just launched at the European Parliament the report entitled "Gender Employment Gap: challenges and solutions".
EU-Parliament publishes study on forced marriage in Europe In February of this year, the EU-Parliament published the study "Forced marriage from a gender perspective", examining early and forced marriages in Europe as a form of gender-based violence.
"Men control the money in the EU" European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) releases a new study on ’Gender Equality in Power and Decision-Making’ in the EU.
The Voice of Non-Militants: the Experience of Women from Eastern Ukraine In times of war, when only the voice of arms is heard, the voice of the unarmed is lost; however it is essential to listen to the latter because sooner or later the arms will go silent and it will be necessary to start learning to live in peace. By Nina Potarska
Public consultation on "Equality between women and men in the EU" - Executive Summary On 30 October 2015 - the European Commission has published an analysis report of the public consultation “Equality between women and men in the EU”, which ran between April and July this year. Find the executive Summary here.
Gender equality and social security: EU-Commission is asking for public opinions To gather the experiences and opinions of EU-citizens and civil society organizations on the topic of gender equality in matters of social security, the EU-commission is holding a public consultation until the 14th of December 2015.