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Sakharov Prize awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar

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Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar. Sakharov Prize 2016. Parliament’s 2016 Sakharov Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two young Iraqi Yazidi women, Daesh/ISIS survivors and activists. “More than 3,500 children and women are still...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Women Rights, #CFSP, #News, #EU Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection, #EU Values

Remarkable discrepancies in EU Member States in terms of gross hourly earnings

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Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has issued the latest results of a four-yearly Structure of Earnings Survey which figures out notable discrepancies in EU Member States in terms of gross hourly earnings, not only between the employees...

Tag(s) : #EU Economy & Finance, #EU Social, #Women Rights, #Gender Equality, #News

Severe labour exploitation (SELEX) in the EU. Shadow economy.

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Severe Labour Exploitation SELEX A number of Lithuanian citizens worked on farms as pickers in the Lincolnshire area of the UK, a region well known for its agriculture. They were subjected to very poor living and working conditions by a Latvian gangmaster,...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Women Rights

Women in Europe and the World. Women’s voices depressingly absent from the British EU referendum debate

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The suffragettes. UK Women's Rights. EU Referendum. It’s been almost 90 years since women got full voting rights in Britain – thanks to the bravery of the suffragettes. Today, hundreds of thousands of women are not registered to vote in this referendum....

Tag(s) : #EU Member States, #News, #Women Rights, #Gender Equality

Hundreds of thousands flee their homes in Burundi

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Daily life at Lusenda. UN Women's safe space. Photos: UN Women/Catianne Tijerina Burundi’s ongoing political turmoil has caused hundreds of thousands to flee their homes and seek shelter in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Lusenda refugee...

Tag(s) : #CFSP, #EU Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection, #EU Development Aid, #Women Rights

UN Women first training on gender, football and development with Valencia CF

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"We are from all over the world, but we have one common objective: promoting development through sports," said Lorine Durski, a gender specialist and a participant in the UN Women first training on gender, football and development with Valencia CF . Similar...

Tag(s) : #News, #Gender Equality, #Women Rights

EIGE's Gender Equality Index shows progress made in Italy

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Gender Equality Index Italy. Source: EIGE Today Italy celebrates its National Day (Republic Day)! While there is still work to be done, EIGE's Gender Equality Index shows that progress has been made particularly in regard to economic power. Check # EIGEIndex...

Tag(s) : #News, #Gender Equality, #Women Rights

Video of Iranian woman removing hijab and dancing in desert goes viral

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Video of Iranian woman removing hijab and dancing in desert. Source: JP Iran is the first country requiring women of all backgrounds to observe Islamic veil (hijab) laws. Hijab means that the hair and body of women must be covered in their entirety with...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP

Western Balkans: «Women are not included in the Serbia-Kosovo Agreement negotiations. With the increasing nationalism reported throughout the region, the situation for Women’s rights is likely to worsen».

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Meeting held in Prishtina between the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, and a group of young women from Kosovo and Serbia participating in the first module of the YWPA project (Kvinna till Kvinna) The original photo has been removed due to security...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights, #Foreign Affairs

Less than 2 out of 10 non-executive board members are women in Europe

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Joanna Maycock, Secretary General of the EWL When executive boards are included, female representation is a lot lower. Last week, the European Women's Lobby (EWL) launched its Second Progress Report about Women on Boards in Europe titled 'Cracks in the...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights

Discrimination and violence against women continues around the world

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SAY NO UNiTE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN "Discrimination and violence against women continues around the world, in all societies and regions. Women are harassed, raped, mutilated, beaten or murdered, even in their own homes. In the EU, one in three...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality, #Fundamental Rights

The European Union is appalled by the execution of Reyhane Jabbari in Iran

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Reyhane Jabbari Declaration by the EU High Representative following the execution of Ms. Reyhane Jabbari in Iran The European Union is appalled by the execution of Ms Reyhane Jabbari and expresses its most heartfelt condolences to her family, especially...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Women Rights, #CFSP

Aboriginal women, girls targets for human trafficking in Canada

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Trafficking report found a deep distrust of the police among many aboriginal women and girls Aboriginal women and girls are easy prey for human traffickers Canadian Parliament

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP

Sexual violence

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eige.europa.eu // 30 September 2009 the UN Security Resolution 1888 was adopted. It urges Member States to implement strategies to halt sexual violence as a tactic of war. Check out EIGE’s work on preventing and combating sexual violence! bit.ly/1pGfsAz...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights

Happy European Day of Languages!

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Happy European Day of Languages! We have the pleasure to announce that FRA has released the French ( http://bit.ly/1pcYh4y ) and German ( http://bit.ly/1quc322 ) versions of the Violence against women data explorer. European Union Agency for Fundamental...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #United in Diversity, #Fundamental Rights

UN Women latest in pictures

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UN Women Are you on Instagram? See UN Women latest on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in pictures by following them @unwomen: http://ow.ly/AHoLv

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights

Maryam Mirzakhani: A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces

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Maryam Mirzakhani

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality

China’s ‘left-behind girls’

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Yuan Yuan UN Women When she was younger, Yuan Yuan's mother and father both left and never returned. Her grandparents have been caring for her ever since. This programme, funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, brings together teachers,...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP

A forced bride: 'We survive for each day'

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Kachin women: forced brides (Human Trafficking)

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP

The personal story of a man from Slovakia

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A personal story - Gender Equality

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality

Gender training | EIGE

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Gender training for Gender Equality

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality

GEM-TECH Awards 2014

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Gender Equality, Mainstream & ICTs

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality, #Digital_Agenda

One woman: a song for UN women

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Support women all over the world. Buy "One Woman" at http://song.unwomen.org. From China to Costa Rica, from Mali to Malaysia, acclaimed singers and musicians, women and men, have come together to spread a message of unity and solidarity: We are "One...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality

Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence is entering into force

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Great news! Today, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence is entering into force http://ow.ly/zPIZc . To date, 13 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified this new human rights...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality

Most detected victims are females

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Blue Heart campaign against human trafficking. Credits UN, MAC66 Studio Each year millions of children, women and men are trafficked, robbing them of their freedom, dreams, dignity and hope. OSCE joins the United Nations in marking the first World Day...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Women Rights, #Gender Equality