“The debate around new media content and regulation has often focused on concerns for freedom of expression and data protection, largely overlooking the effect, both positive and negative, that it can have on gender equality,” states a report to the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Commission.
Fairness at home, at work and in decision-making and a relentless campaign against violence towards women are the organisation’s key themes marking International Women’s Day.
Parliamentary Assembly experts want to use today’s zero tolerance for female genital mutilation as the springboard to a safer and more just world for women.
After suffering genital mutilation twice, Teliwel Diallo became an outspoken critic of the practice. Her defiance made her enemies. Her life was endangered and she was forced to flee her home in Guinea.
In this podcast, Snežana Samardžić-Marković discusses young people’s contribution to European democracy promotion and the Spring launch of the online anti-hate speech campaign.
