The rise of Vox A small right-wing extremist party managed to become part of the Spanish parliament. One reason is the toxic mix of nationalism and antifeminism. By Kirsten Achtelik
European Union and Western Balkans: What prospect for gender equality? Is the EU a powerful enough actor to tackle the broader structural and institutional aspects of gender inequalities in different countries and regions? This article provide empirical evidence drawn from Croatia and FYR Macedonia in order to explore the effectiveness of the EU gender strategy. By Andrea Spehar
The Rise and Fall of Women's Economic Empowerment? How the Crisis Has Affected EU Gender Equality Policy The rejection of the gender equality strategy is an emblematic representation of tension in EU economic and social policies, which has concerned women’s advocates since the beginnings of the financial crisis. By Rosalind Cavaghan
Quotas for advisory committees, business, and politics: just more of the same? Over the last decades, norms, rules and processes of regulation have appeared with the goal of fostering gender equality. They take many forms, of which gender quotas are a very widespread and frequently used version. By Petra Meier
We need to care more about the carers: EU is disregarding gender in relation to elderly care Carolin Ausserer interviews Professor Hanne Marlene Dahl, University Roskilde (Denmark) about care work and migration within Europe. By Hanne Marlene Dahl and Caroline Ausserer
Unpaid work is part of production and should be recognized as such Carolin Ausserer interviews Catherine Hoskyns, Professor Emerita in European Studies and Gender Politics at Coventry University, UK, on unpaid work. By Catherine Hoskyns and Caroline Ausserer
The grey hair gap The Gender Pay Gap also affects pensioners. The European Commission found that, among European pensioners aged over 65, women received on average € 886 per month compared with €1447 for men, i.e. a 39% gap. By Francesca Bettio
Breaking through the rising tide of conservatism in Europe Looking at the state of public discourses and political debates in European countries today, there are indeed many reasons to be concerned with candidates feeding on fears and frustrations to win votes, write Evelyne Paradis and Michael Privot, whose organisations joined forces to push an all-out equality agenda through the EU election campaign. By Evelyne Paradis and Michaël Privot
Where do all the data go? In the last years, the focus on collecting personal data of victims of human trafficking has increased strongly. In this article, Marjan Wijers outlines the instruments, concepts and risks of these investigations into the private lives of the affected and demonstrates: firm rules for the collection and analysis of personal data have to be in place to ensure the privacy and security of the victims. By Marjan Wijers
Check Before You Vote The European Parliament Resolution on Undocumented Women and the EU Elections - As Europe prepares to go the polls this month to elect its representatives for the 2014-2019 European Parliament, we invite you to take a deeper look into the recently passed European Parliament Resolution on Undocumented Migrant Women in the EU. By Eve Geddie and Louise Bonneau
