Categoria: gender equality
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How can people make decisions about their bodies and/or their relationships if they don’t have access to reliable information regarding sexual education? That’s why days like the International Sexual Health Day exist. To remind us that sexual health isn’t limited to disease prevention but also involves consent, respectful relationships, and the right to access reliable…
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Summer means sunshine, resting, holidays, swimming pools and the beach… But while these words mean freedom for some people, they mean oppression for others. Every summer, the same debate comes back. In the summer, the beach and the pool become places of political and social tension. For women, access to the water is highly watched…
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What parts of her body should a woman show when she goes swimming? For over a century, governments and local authorities in Europe and elsewhere have often felt they had to response at this question. Whether it involves forcing women to cover up or ordering them to bare more skin, regulating women’s swimwear is nothing new. To understand the current…
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In the early hours of 28 June 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a bar frequented by LGBTIQA+ people in New York City, sparked several days of protests. What initially appeared to be yet another act of police repression quickly became a historic moment of resistance. The Stonewall Riots did not create the movement for…
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Can we truly speak of equality when some people still hesitate to hold their partner’s hand in the street for fear of being insulted, threatened or attacked? Across Europe, important progress has been made in recent years. LGBTIQA+ people are more visible, legal protections have improved in many countries, and public support for equality has…
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We all use social media apps for many reasons: to share news, to talk about our interests, to learn about the latest releases. But on these digital spaces violence is often facilitated, even though that the general public isn’t aware of it. “Rape academy” – the name is enough to understand what is going on,…
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Recent debates and evolving eligibility rules in international sports have reignited a difficult but necessary question: how do we balance fairness, inclusion, and non-discrimination in women’s competitions? The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced a new policy targeting transgender athletes and their ability to participate in the Olympic Games, starting from the 2028 Los Angeles…
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World Water Day 2026: corporate greed and water scarcity leave 2.1 billion people without clean water. Nestlé’s impact on global resources and how to join the fight for water justice and gender equality.
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Ever heard someone tell you that you can’t work in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields just because you’re a woman? These old and outdated stereotypes are vanishing, but still – unluckily – exist in our society. Women and girls have the same potential as anyone else, but often lack equal opportunities. For the…
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6 February 2026 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also called “female genital cutting”, a useless and painful practice still used in various countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This terrifying practice is considered a ‘social norm’ in those culture that perform it, but is considered a…