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Feminist economists call for debt moratorium for Greece

Resolution of feminist economists gathering at the IAFFE Conference in Berlin, July 16-18, 2015   We are shocked that the EU institutions and European leaders are imposing on the people of Greece a further program of austerity that will severely undermine the living conditions of women and men and plunge them into a deep crisis of …

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Dr. Maria Piniou-Kalli, founder of Greek torture rehabilitation centre, passes away

Dr. Maria Piniou-Kalli, founder and Director of the Medical Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (MRCT), in Athens, Greece and President of the IRCT from 1998 to 2003, passed away yesterday, 26 January 2015. Sentenced by the Greek Junta (1967-1974) to internal exile and imprisonment at Gyaros Island prison for her anti-dictatorial views, she served as …

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India’s Mars mission: Picture that spoke 1,000 words

When the crowded command control room of India’s Mars mission exploded into applause after it successfully put a satellite into orbit around the Red Planet, photographer Manjunath Kiran of the AFP news agency clicked this remarkable image of scientists congratulating each other. Wednesday’s picture arrived with a rather anodyne caption saying “staff from the Indian …

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The Policy of Gender Equality in Greece

Many thanks to the Centre for Gender Studies, Panteion University, School of Political Sciences. This note provides an overview of the itinerary of equality legislation and policies in Greece since the 1980s in the areas of employment, work/family reconciliation, decision-making, health and violence against women. the achievements and gains of the pre-2009 period are at risk in the current climate of …

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LEGO: Make Empowered Female Minifigs Permanent

Sign the petition! SAVE THE SCIENTISTS! News broke last week that the LEGO Ideas Research Institute is considered a “limited edition” item and no more sets will be produced for the sold-out set. Thousands of customers are deeply disappointed by this announcement. We want sets like the LEGO Ideas Research Institute to be a long …

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