Poland: First transsexual member of the Polish parliament
The first transsexual member of the Polish parliament will be sworn in today
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Europe: Lack of gender balance in European Parliament
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The members of the European Parliament will vote on 17 January on who should be their president for the next 30 months. Although the Parliament is fond of speaking about democracy, its internal procedures are not transparent, and women are still largely absent from its leading positions.
Currently women hold 35% of the seats in the EP. The European Parliament had had 13 president, and only two of those have been women.
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The members of the European Parliament will vote on 17 January on who should be their president for the next 30 months. Although the Parliament is fond of speaking about democracy, its internal procedures are not transparent, and women are still largely absent from its leading positions.
Currently women hold 35% of the seats in the EP. The European Parliament had had 13 president, and only two of those have been women.
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Europe: Universities need more women, gender balance at the top
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European universities are failing in the way they use human resources. Women are underrepresented at the top levels of academia, and there are good reasons to think that this damages universities.
In the 27 countries making up the European Union, 59% of university graduates are women, but only 18% of full professors are women. And only 9% of universities have a women at the top of the organisation. For more statistics, see the European Commission’s SHE figures.
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European universities are failing in the way they use human resources. Women are underrepresented at the top levels of academia, and there are good reasons to think that this damages universities.
In the 27 countries making up the European Union, 59% of university graduates are women, but only 18% of full professors are women. And only 9% of universities have a women at the top of the organisation. For more statistics, see the European Commission’s SHE figures.
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NDI: In Kosovo, Women Reach Beyond ‘Soft’ Issues in the Media
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20 Mar 2012 - When the Kosovar government released its ambassadorial nominations last fall, there was a glaring omission — no women were on the list. A group of women members of parliament (MPs) protested at a news conference, which led the government to increase the number of women nominees to one-third.
For the full story, see NDI.
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20 Mar 2012 - When the Kosovar government released its ambassadorial nominations last fall, there was a glaring omission — no women were on the list. A group of women members of parliament (MPs) protested at a news conference, which led the government to increase the number of women nominees to one-third.
For the full story, see NDI.
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OSCE Human Dimension Seminar
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OSCE Human Dimension Seminar
Human Dimension Seminars are organized by the OSCE/ODIHR in accordance with the decisions of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) Summits in Helsinki (1992) and Bu
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Workshop on East and West European history from the perspective of women
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Workshop on East and West European history from the perspective of women
We would like to invite you cordially to our workshop, concerning the
last 30 years of the East and West European history from the perspective
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Training on the Optional Protocol to CEDAW
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Training on the Optional Protocol to CEDAW
KARAT Coalition together with project partners in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine invites applications for participation in the training on the Optional Protocol to CEDAW which will take plac
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Lobbying for Women's Political Rights: Strategies for Poland and Ukraine
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March 7, 2007
Lobbying for Women's Political Rights: Strategies for Poland and Ukraine
This report describes a collaborative project between the Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies at Rutgers University; the Information Center on Women’s Organizations and Initiatives (OSKA) in Poland; and the Kharkiv Center for Women’s Studies (KCWS) in Ukraine.
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This report describes a collaborative project between the Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies at Rutgers University; the Information Center on Women’s Organizations and Initiatives (OSKA) in Poland; and the Kharkiv Center for Women’s Studies (KCWS) in Ukraine.