Gender equality
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International Women’s Day: Investing in women’s empowerment and gender equality
In 2024, over halfway to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, as we commemorate International Women's Day, it is crucial to reflect on our collective journey towards gender equality and envision the path ahead.
Bulgaria: Equal Male-Female Part-Time Work in Q3 2023
In Bulgaria, the latest data from the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) reveals a notable trend: in the third quarter of 2023, both women and men registered equal shares of part-time employment, each at 1%.
Gender Pay Gap Widens in Bulgaria: Women Earn 12.6% Less Than Men
In Bulgaria, a stark reality persists: women continue to face significant disparities in earnings compared to their male counterparts, with the latest data from the National Statistical Institute revealing a troubling trend.
Women's rights group laments gender disparities in local politics
In an appeal for increased gender equality in local politics, Turkish Women Mayors Platform head Nurgül Uçar Aktuğ has expressed concerns over the strikingly low number of elected female local administrators.
Deputy minister rejects link between sex education and suicide
Sex education is a right of children and adolescents and the state has an obligation to provide it, Deputy Education Minister Domna Michailidou has told Parliament, rejecting claims from an opposition MP that the subject contributes to divorce, suicide and abortion.
Campaign launched to encourage more women Mukhtars
Seven women who co-founded the Global Equality and Inclusion Network Association (KAPI) have embarked on a mission to bolster the representation of female mukhtars (heads) in villages and facilitate training for the "Open a Door" campaign.
Ayşe Kaşıkırık, in 2021, founded the KAPI organization in collaboration with six female associates.
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Work equality in Greece still lags behind, SEV survey shows
Working women in Greece are paid less, have lower representation in executive positions and still face a number of stereotypes in their jobs, a survey by the Federation of Hellenic Enterprises said on Thursday.
Japan wants 30% of Management Positions in Major Companies to be held by Women by 2030
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida today ordered his government to begin work on increasing the number of women in senior positions in large companies by 30 percent by 2030, reported AFP.
Women will account for just 11.4 percent of top executives at major companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2022, according to a study, with the percentage increasing in recent years.
Gender inequality soars during disasters, report says
In the report prepared by the Women's Platform for Equality (EŞİK), it is emphasized that the prevalent gender inequality and discrimination deepen in times of disaster.
The report, which also includes the narratives and observations of EŞİK representatives in the region, commented that "gender even determines the places where women die."