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
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
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 the extent to which European countries had developed gender equality considerations in their policies designed for the active inclusion of vulnerable groups in society. It provided concrete policy examples across the three pillars of the active inclusion strategy – adequate income support, inclusive labour markets, and access to quality services. It said that proper gender mainstreaming of policies, for the most part, was still underdeveloped.
Source: Marcella Corsi and Manuela Samek Lodovici (with Angela Cipollone, Carlo D'Ippoliti and Silvia Sansonetti), Gender Mainstreaming Active Inclusion Policies: Final synthesis report, European Commission
Links: Report
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 new book examined gendered citizenship, focusing on European societies. It considered the limitations on achieving gender-equal or gender-equitable citizenship; and the differences between gender equality policy, diversity policy, and gender mainstreaming.
Source: Elzbieta Oleksy, Jeff Hearn and Dorota Golanska, The Limits of Gendered Citizenship: Contexts and complexities, Routledge
Links: Summary
Date: 2010-Dec
