Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
David Young – Belfast Telegraph – Monday, 29 April 2013 (originally published 27 Apr) Two Romanian women arrested in Belfast on suspicion of involvement in a trans-European prostitution racket are to be extradited to Sweden. Two female suspected victims of sex trafficking were rescued in the Belfast operation. Items including documents, phones and computers were [...]
Elisabeth Pain – Science Careers – Monday, 22 April 2013 (originally published 16 Apr) Earlier this month, the European Commission released its latest snapshot of the representation of women in science. The message that emerges from the oddly named report, She Figures 2012: Gender in Research and Innovation, is hardly surprising: Women are still underrepresented [...]
James Kanter – New York Times – Tuesday, 23 October 2012 (originally published 22 Oct) BRUSSELS — A proposal to require company boards to be made up of at least 40 percent women is set to face a big test Tuesday when the European Commission plans to decide whether to keep the measure alive despite [...]
Daniel Johnson – Telegraph – Thursday, 3 November 2011 (originally published 28 Oct) She’s been patronised and ridiculed – but Angela Merkel’s quiet diplomacy has won the euro a reprieve. Helmut Kohl once patronised her as “mein Mädchen” (“my girl”); Nicolas Sarkozy sneers at her privately as “la Boche” (the French equivalent of “Jerry” or “Kraut”); [...]
Martin Banks – TheParliament.com – Wednesday, 29 June, 2011 (originally published 28 June) EU commissioner Cecilia Malmström has admitted that “more needs to be done” to stamp out sexual exploitation of children. The official, who is responsible for home affairs, described the offence as “the most horrible crime imaginable”. The former MEP was speaking at [...]
