European Union

22 January 2024 European Union Gender/equality

Green European Journal 8 min

_ _ Read the story written by Antonia Ferri on our partner’s website While their names are not as widely known as those of the male authors of the Ventotene […]

21 December 2023 Gender/equality

Elea Cogoluenhes 4 min

The European Union is perceived as an ambitious and committed actor towards a net-zero emission Europe since the launch of the Green Deal in 2019. However, gender equality should go […]

9 June 2023 Gender/equality

Joris Rouillon 9 min

The European Commission proposed a new directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. The proposal aims to strengthen the protection of victims of gender-based violence in the EU and to ensure that the standards of the Istanbul Convention are implemented in all Member States.

16 March 2023 Gender/equality

Noémie Berthier 6 min

Abortion is a human right allowing women to interrupt any unwanted pregnancy. Over time, several women fought to acquire this right, and many are still fighting today. In Europe, while many countries did legalise it, many obstacles remain on the women’s path, some backlashes have been witnessed in the last decades. This article  will review the current situation in Poland, Hungary, Italy, and Germany.

12 January 2023 Environment Gender/equality

Martina Rubino 7 min

When dealing with the COP27, the word “green” is often mentioned: green policies, greenwashing, European Green Deal, the Green Zone… One colour that seems to be missing, however, is pink. In a somewhat consciously stereotypical way, we are talking about gender representation. It is necessary to understand how effectively gendered policies designed to fight climate change have been implemented.

10 February 2022 Gender/equality

Caterina Mosca 5 min

The clash for LGBTQI rights in Poland The beginning of this story dates of  February 2019, when the mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski (at the time affiliated to “Civic Platform”, […]