Gender equality

Strengthening the EU’s global leadership on water resilience
Access to safe water is foundational to health and economic development. The EU’s upcoming strategy should effectively support countries suffering from water insecurity.

Revealed: NATO downplays climate and gender language to appease Trump

Haseloff, Schwesig, Amthor: Wer wird was im Kabinett?

France, Belgium scoff at anti-DEI letter from Trump administration

Netherlands tightens US travel advice for LGBTQ+ people

Union: Aufstand der Frauen gegen Merz
Italy approves draft law outlawing violence against women
The country is grappling with its long history of violence against women by current or former partners.
Belgium’s new Cabinet is a boys’ club
Lack of diversity could have a negative impact on issues like abortion legislation, experts warn.
Spain’s disgraced football chief Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexual assault
Rubiales was fined €10,800, but the court gave him no jail time.
It’s time for Europe to lead on abortion rights, say lawmakers, NGOs
Pro-choice advocates want Europe to enshrine the right to abortion in the EU Charter and provide funding for women in need.
Jimmy Carter: The last progressive evangelical
The former president embodied a strain of Christianity that emphasized caring for those on the margins — but was eclipsed by the Religious Right.
Macron thanks Gisèle Pelicot for speaking out in French mass rape trial
Several top European politicians praise assault survivor for her courage.
Report reveals 1 in 3 women in the EU have been victims of violence
But only a quarter of those women report attacks to the authorities, according to a new survey.
Unprecedented support for democracy
How Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway aim to strengthen Europe’s civil society
Petro-patriarchy and the pope: Saudis, Vatican lead women’s rights backlash at COP29
EU delegates left the room in protest against gender language backtracking.
Being president is a man’s job, roars Belarusian dictator
“God forbid” that a woman should lead, despot declares.
Várhelyi vows to champion women’s rights as he pursues EU health chief job
Hungary’s Commission nominee still avoided saying what he would do to ease access to abortion.
WTO chief braces for a fresh fight with Donald Trump
Donald Trump and the WTO’s first African leader Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are worlds apart — and both want a second term.
Sexual assault allegations leave Spanish left-wing coalition partner reeling
Íñigo Errejón resigned and his former chief of staff was expelled in a snowballing scandal.
Von der Leyen pressures EU countries to swap women in as commissioner picks
European Commission president’s drive for gender equality looks set to fall short.
Bulgaria nominates a man and a woman for EU commissioner post
Sofia puts forward Ekaterina Zaharieva and Julian Popov.
Slovak education chief refuses to implement anti-LGBTQ+ measures in schools
“I absolutely reject any politicization of education,” says Education Minister Tomáš Drucker.
Cyprus nominates Costas Kadis as EU commissioner
Costas Kadis is an environmental science professor who has held ministerial portfolios.
Bulgaria’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law is official. Opponents beg EU to take action.
The legislation triggered protests across the country and condemnation from human rights groups.
French authorities to investigate Algerian boxer Khelif’s cyberbullying charges against Elon Musk, J.K. Rowling
Khelif hit back against high-profile personalities over gender claims.
Times change in Brussels, but Maroš Šefčovič is forever
Slovakia’s commissioner has been in Brussels for a very long time.
French prime minister hopefuls line up for post-Olympics race
On your marks, get set, go: The Olympics respite is over and France now has to fix its political crisis.
Croatia’s Dubravka Šuica renominated as EU commissioner
Commissioner for democracy and demography poised to clinch second term.
Right-wing surge obstructs gender balance in European Parliament
There’s been a marked decline in women MEPs in the European Conservatives and Reformists group of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Photography’s eternal present at Arles
This year’s Les Rencontres d’Arles photography festival pays homage to female artists amid a dystopian squint, highlighting overlooked worlds.