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Fewer women in the new Parliament of Greece

Novelties were registered in these fast-track elections of September, where in a matter of a few days only, parties were faced with an election campaign, almost without programmes and with candidates who would not get the cross of preference according to the electoral law, since the elections took place in less than 18 months from …

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Feminist Politics in Times of EU Austerity: Challenges and Strategies in a New Political Landscape.

Feminist Politics in Times of EU Austerity: Challenges and Strategies in a New Political Landscape. Contribution by Sissy Vovou, member of the collective TO MOV (tomov.gr) – Greece   A two day meeting at the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands on 17-18 of September. Twenty eight women were invited. Our collective was also invited and …

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Can EU countries still afford their welfare states?

Informative article with figures on the welfare state, very interesting for women and feminists fighting to strengthen it. The conclusion of course is characteristic of BBC articles rather than of feminist goals. To Mov As German Chancellor Angela Merkel is fond of repeating, the EU accounts for just 7% of the world’s population and a …

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Oscar Pistorius parole: a symbol of being rich and white in South Africa

“Oh, how fast five years passes in South Africa … feels like 10 months,” one Twitter user wrote in response to the news of Oscar Pistorius’s imminent release. It was a response which summed up the prevailing public sentiment in the country: resignation, cynicism, and a touch of dark humour. For blood-fatigued South Africans, the …

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Kids Point Out Dark Side Of Fashion Ads That We’ve All Been Ignoring

by Jamie Feldman “She seems to have an illness.” “Maybe she’s drunk.” “Maybe she took some pills with drugs or stuff like that.” Those are not the feelings typically expressed by adults when they see a fashion campaign. But get a group of kids together, and the not-so-pleasant truth comes out. Yolanda Domínguez , a Madrid-based …

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