Feminist theory
Woman’s Day marked by warnings of violence against women
Ljubljana – The Slovenian PEN Centre and Mira, the women’s committee at the centre, warned of violence against women ahead of Woman’s Day, 8 March, while the Manager Association warned of inequalities at work, aggravated by the Covid-19 epidemic. A number of online discussions on the problems and potential of women will be held today.
NASA stares into dark, freaky pit on Mars
If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze into you. Nietzsche could have been talking about Mars
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‘Let’s Escape’ at Sanatorium
Sanatorium presents French artist Agnès Guillaume's first solo exhibition in Turkey, 'Let's Escape.'
As an escape of the tangible and against any kind of certitude or single mindset, the exhibition is a call to come back to reality with a more open-mind, critical, and personal gaze.
The exhibition can be seen between Feb 18 and April 4.
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Rd 86 pct of Romanian citizens believe women and men have equal rights (survey)
Round 86 pct of Romanian citizens believe that women and men have equal rights, according to an opinion barometer conducted in order to measure the public perception of the SDG5 Sustainable Development Goal - Gender Equality. "Nearly three quarters of respondents (73 pct) consider that gender does not matter in working relationships.
For Montenegro’s Female Journalists, Equality is a Myth
As a result, I was condemned by the community and subjected to a torrent of insults and name-calling because I was a woman violating the customary rules.
I was threatened with guns and rape, which I duly reported to the police, who duly failed to react. Those were the years of war heroes and brave men, and women were important only because they bore sons who would go into war.
Balkan Women Plan Protest Marches Across Region
Women's rights activists all over the Balkans will be leading other rights organisations and leftist groups at a series of rallies on Thursday, marking International Women's Day and demanding better rights and more equal treatment.
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Gender equality forum held in Bucharest
Sweden is "a leader in gender equality", but this is not an excuse to diminish the efforts made in this field, Swedish Ambassador in Bucharest, Anneli Lindahl Kenny, told a Wednesday's forum on gender equality.
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Anti-sexism campaign launched
In an effort to crack down on sexism in the workplace, the General Secretariat for Gender Equality is preparing a TV advertisement aimed at raising public awareness about the issue, and to explain what sort of behavior is considered harassment.
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Social media illusions
If you follow those who only complain about negativities around them but offer no solutions, it becomes easy to believe that the world is no longer a place that can be lived.
Yes, we do encounter many incidents that make life unbearable. We know that every era comes with its unique and seemingly unsolvable problems, just as we experience today.
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Conference to celebrate two decades in women's studies
The 20th year of the Gender and Women?s Studies Graduate Program is now being celebrated with a three-day event, the International Conference on Knowledge and Politics in Gender and Women?s Studies, between Oct 9 and 11 at ODTÜAnkara?s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) institutionalized feminism and began its quest to give master?s diplomas to people from different generations of feminist