Publié jeudi 20 mars 2008 à 09h25
par
elwira30
dans Démocratie et diversité européenne (vu 851 fois et 3 commentaires)
It’s been
100 years since the women of the New York textile factory went on
strike to demand better working conditions and the right to vote.
A whole century had passed since that event. Today we live in a
world where nobody is surprised to see women on the elections
lists. But when news came out that a 25-year-old woman saved an
airplane at the Hamburg airport during the Emma hurricane, there
was disagreement as to what consisted bigger news – that she was
young or that she was a woman? The interviews with famous women –
politicians, chairpersons, directors – often include a question:
how do you manage to reconcile your work with the role of the
mother and wife. Does one ask a man how he reconciles his
professional and family functions?
Today women have a right to vote (although still not everywhere
in the world), study, work in different professions because many
decades ago the most courageous of them challenged the status
quo. Of course they suffered from contempt but today their rights
are an obvious thing.
We, European Socialists, have to fight against further
stereotypes in the perception of women and fight for changes not
only in the law but also in people’s minds. We must do that to
create tools to help women reconcile the professional career with
family life. So that no one would be...
Publié mardi 18 mars 2008 à 14h19
par
Duncan Anderson 
dans Démocratie et diversité européenne (vu 484 fois et 1 commentaires)
With the introduction of so many digital TV channels it would be practical for the EU to have at least one digital TV channel showing the European Parliament in work. It would also make sense to have other digital channels for the various European committees and even the Council of Ministers.
It would certainly help a lot of average Europeans find out how the EU really works rather than hearing the lies spread by the Europhobic isolationists.
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Publié vendredi 14 mars 2008 à 11h50
par
AnneSofie
dans Démocratie et diversité européenne (vu 811 fois et 1 commentaires)
Among the activities
of the gathering of Scandinavian PES activists in Jørlunde,
Denmark, was a discussion group on the PES manifesto theme 'European democracy and diversity':
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