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Reserved seats in Parliament hurt rather than help Kenyan female candidates 1
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 25/08/2017
As Kenyans voted in the country’s latest general election, the constitutional requirement to implement its two-thirds gender rule came under more scrutiny.
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Gender-mainstreaming in Italy: When assets are considered liabilities 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 29/11/2016
Gender-mainstreaming means bringing the interests of women and men to bear on the policy agenda to achieve gender equality. In spite of the literature quantifying the positive impact of higher female employment on fiscal sustainability and growth, Italy moves slow.
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Politheor’s Special Report: The Gender Agenda 5
- Human Rights and Migration, Special Report
- 25/11/2016
Why do we need a gender agenda?
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Crossing the invisible borders: Violence against refugee women 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 02/01/2016
The commotion caused by Köln events during New Year’s Eve, when organized gangs of man sexually assaulted and mugged women across the city, has brought to light the problem of sexual violence against women. This kind of violence, dramatic consequence of unequal power relations, is exercised worldwide: Let us think of the thousands of gang rape cases registered in India, or, not so far away, the statistics of the last survey of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights unveiling a 11 % of women who have experienced some form of sexual violence during their lives.
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Are women the answer to Bangladesh’s climate question?3
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 26/03/2015
The discourse at the international level has largely ignored gendered aspects and responses to climate mitigation issues. Several studies have proved that climate change has adverse impacts on the disadvantaged and poverty stricken groups, women being most affected amongst them.
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