Sexism

"Discrimination works like a poison," she says, alluding to her own experiences as a teacher in Hungary, when she was struck by the racist and sexist remarks directed to Roma or half-black students by fellow classmates.

"It was a real challenge learning how to handle it," the energetic forty-something woman admits.

'Patriarchy murders': Women protest against femicide in Syntagma Square

In the aftermath of the confessed, cold-blooded murder of 20-year-old Caroline Crouch by her husband Babis Anagnostopoulos, a pilot, women's organisations held a demonstration today in Syntagma Square calling for the establishment of the term femicide as a distinct crime.

Ljubljana – The results of a survey by Legebitra, an advocacy group for LGBTI rights, have shown that schools are not safe spaces for members of the LGBT community. One in four LGBT students reported of having often heard homophobic remarks at school, and in more than half of the cases, school staff did not intervene.

The high walls surrounding houses in towns like Decan - built to 'protect' women from men's prying eyes - face scrutiny from activists who see them as symbols of still rampant gender inequality.

Twitter said he had violated “hate speech”

The prototypes of the conservative decades of the past made for male-dominated societies with women confined to formal roles within the home, dependent on and subjugated to their husband and dedicated to raising the children.

A film festival dedicated to children and young people and the principles governing the United Nations, the Olympia returns in its 23rd edition with 90 entries - features, shorts and docs - from 47 countries, addressing universal issues like war, violence, racism and sexism.

Many of Turkey's women Twitter users have given their male counterparts a taste of the sexist remarks and misogynistic often-heard proverbs which they hear almost on a daily basis.

Equality between women and men in Bulgaria has sharply decreased since 2006 - this was shown by the annual report of the World Economic Forum.

Women may have to wait more than two centuries for equality at work, according to a report on Dec. 17 showing gender inequality growing in workplaces worldwide despite increasing demands for equal treatment.