The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a woman living in Ireland who had been forced by the legal ban on abortion there to go to another country in order to terminate a pregnancy (while in remission from cancer) had suffered a violation of her human rights.
Source: A, B and C v Ireland, European Court of Human Rights
Links: Text of judgement | BHA press release | FPA press release | HRW press release | NSS press release | BBC report | Guardian report | Morning Star report
Date: 2010-Dec
A report examined how participation by children and young people in decisions affecting their lives could contribute to the fight against child poverty and social exclusion in Europe.
Source: Mieke Schuurman (ed.), Valuing Children's Potential: How children's participation contributes to fighting poverty and social exclusion, Eurochild
Links: Report | Eurochild press release
Date: 2010-Dec
A position paper examined the issue of male violence against women at a European and national level, and made recommendations for action.
Source: Towards a Europe Free from All Forms of Male Violence Against Women, Centre on Violence against Women/European Women's Lobby
Links: Paper | EWL press release
Date: 2010-Dec
An article examined the educational gradient of childbearing in cohabitation in 8 countries across Europe. In all countries studied, birth risks within cohabitation demonstrated a negative educational gradient. When directly comparing cohabiting fertility with marital fertility, the negative educational gradient persisted in all countries except Italy, although differences were not significant in Austria, France, and West Germany.
Source: Brienna Perelli-Harris et al., 'The educational gradient of childbearing within cohabitation in Europe', Population and Development Review, Volume 36 Issue 4
Links: Abstract
Date: 2010-Dec
A report examined the main features of violence against women in Europe. It gave an overview of action designed to address this form of violence – in terms of prevention, victim support, and social reintegration – and highlighted the policy implications.
Source: Chiara Crepaldi, Manuela Samek Lodovici and Marcella Corsi (with Sandra Naaf), Violence Against Women and the Role of Gender Equality, Social Inclusion and Health Strategies: Synthesis report, European Commission
Links: Report
Date: 2010-Dec
A three-volume work examined kin relationships in contemporary Europe. It considered the strengths and weaknesses of the systems found in different countries, and the extent to which each could be influenced – for better or worse – by the state.
Source: Hannes Grandits, Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe (Volume 1): Century of Warfare – Eight Countries, Campus Verlag | Patrick Heady and Peter Schweitzer, Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe (Volume 2): View from Below – Nineteen Localities, Campus Verlag | Patrick Heady and Martin Kohli, Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe (Volume 3: Perspectives on Theory and Policy), Campus Verlag
Links: Summary (1) | Summary (2) | Summary (3)
Date: 2010-Dec
A number of European Union countries adopted new regulations permitting divorcing international couples to choose which EU country's laws governed their divorce – provided it was a jurisdiction to which they had a close connexion, such as habitual residence or nationality. The rules would apply in 14 European Union countries, not including the United Kingdom.
Source: Press release 20 December 2010, European Union
Links: Regulation | European Council press release | European Commission press release | GPASD press release
Notes: This was the first instance of European Union countries concluding legislation under the 'enhanced co-operation' mechanism – allowing 9 or more member states to move forward on a measure that was important to them but which was blocked on the basis of the normal voting rules.
Date: 2010-Dec
A new book examined the roles that households played in securing the well-being of individuals and families, highlighting the uneven experiences of men and women as both providers and receivers of welfare in European households.
Source: Tindara Addabbo, Marie-Pierre Arrizabalaga, Cristina Border as and Alastair Owens, Gender Inequalities, Households and the Production of Well-Being in Modern Europe, Ashgate Publications
Links: Summary
Date: 2010-Dec
