Woman

The woman lives in Sydney

Today the International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries all over the world. Rightly so. But how should it be done?

My answer is this: By addressing the overwhelming global inequalities between men and women. 

And by us men taking a clear stand, speaking out against gender-based violence and against the lack of rights, representation and resources for women. 

For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers told The Associated Press.

The majority of Greeks (72 percent) believe that the shortage of women in the country's political sphere is harmful to democracy, yet 89 percent of women have never considered running for office, a study by the Research Center for Gender Equality (KETHI), an independent body, has found.

Mothers, prostitutes or independent working women... In Yeşilçam - classıc Turkish cinema - women were usually represented in cliché ways such as the ones mentioned above, rather than portraying complex women characters.

Women in the European Union earned an average of 16 percent less than their male peers in 2016, official statistics agency Eurostat said Wednesday.

"For every euro that a man earned by the hour, a woman made an average of 84 cents," Eurostat said in a press release issued ahead of International Women's Day Thursday.

Only three state universities in Turkey have women rectors, despite women making up 43.58 percent of all academics in the country, daily Habertürk reported on Jan. 9.

From tomorrow men will be able to give birth. This is what the scientists say, and they assure that, thanks to the possibilities offered by modern transplantology, this will actually be a reality.

As women around the world come forward with stories of sexual harassment, a report by the Thomson Reuters Foundation shows that Cairo is the world’s most dangerous megacity for women, and has become more perilous since the 2011 uprisings.

When people say gender equality is a must for development, they are not just speaking empty words. Research indicates that if women participate in working life equally with men, $12 trillion more will be added to the global economy.