International Women's Day

Beyonce Knowles and Lady Gaga are among 36 prominent women who have signed a petition calling March 8 on the G7 and the African Union to tackle female poverty.
      
The US singers were joined by actresses Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, Rosamund Pike and Rita Wilson in signing the letter, issued on International Women's Day.
      

What advice would you give to your teenage self? That's the question posed by youtube in an effort to mark International Women's Day. The company urges video uploaders to post a letter to their younger selves using the hashtag #Dearme.

Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8 and the 20th Anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Istanbul Stock Exchange (Borsa Istanbul) hosted an opening bell ceremony on March 6 in support of gender equality and women's economic empowerment.

President attends naming of British residence ceremony

BELGRADE -- British Ambassador Denis Keefe hosted a reception on Thursday to mark the designation of the name of the British residence in Belgrade after Elsie Inglis.

The diplomat and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic revealed a memorial plate bearing the Scottish doctor's name.

BELGRADE - Ambassador of Great Britain in Serbia Denis Keefe hosted a reception to mark the designation of the name of the British residence in Belgrade after Scottish doctor Elsie Inglis, and on this occasion he and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic also revealed a memorial plate bearing Inglis' name.

One of the men convicted of the gang-rape and murder of an Indian student that shocked the world has said he blames the victim for "roaming around at night".
      
The comments are made in a documentary to be screened on International Women's Day.
      

BELGRADE - In the context of reforms and European integration process, improving the position of women in Serbia is closely connected with the necessity to use all development potential of society, women involved in Serbia’s European integration process told Tanjug on the occasion of the 2014 International Women's Day.

BELGRADE - Women in Serbia are still discriminated, although progress has been made in this respect over the last few years, representatives of the institutions that take care of the position of women told Tanjug, and warned about the high level of violence against women.