Dr Christine Loudes, Campaign Director for Amnesty International, asks whether the Belgian Presidency of the European Union will work to provide greater protection for females. Aissatou Diallo was 14 years old when she was held down forcibly by six people while the seventh person cut her in her home in Guinea. She was made to [...]

Gender awareness expert Dr Jane Hailé discusses whether the world needs more women in decision making positions. The last couple of years have been difficult ones for the several of the so-called Bastions of Male Privilege – the Banking and Financial Sector globally, the Catholic Church, the British Parliament with its expenses scandal. For the [...]

Cet article existe en français On Tuesday, Belgian MPs, members of the Belgian Parliament’s Social Affairs Committee voted – unanimously – a resolution to include the proposal for a European minimum wage on the agenda of the EU Presidency chaired by Belgium starting in July 2010. (1) Hyperlinks are missing … contact me on corine [...]

This article has been sent to Blogactiv by Dr Dan Luca, expert in EU Communication Techniques. Successful European integration requires more than the implementation of efficient institutions and the harmonization of national and European policy making. It also involves processes of communication and the appearance of public sphere that allows citizens to get involved in [...]