“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.
Sebihana Skenderovska, Deputy President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum, remembers her treatment as the only Roma girl at her school and describes her painful transition to the world of work.
The Council of Europe’s group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings (GRETA) urged the French authorities to launch a coordinated national action plan on trafficking as a matter of priority and recommended that a nation-wide referral mechanism be set up to formally identify victims of trafficking and ensure that they are helped and protected.
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.
