To name things is to write their history. It also gives them an existence. An interview with historian Christelle Taraud, on the difference between "feminicide" and "fémicide": the history of a word that is born in Brussels in the 1970s, bears witness to the murders of women in 1980s Mexico, and returns with #MeToo.
The #MeToo movement and feminist activism around the world have thrown the spotlight back onto one of feminism's historic slogans: "The personal is political". How can we talk about femicide and patriarchy without taking into account the powerful – even structural – relationship between love and violence? Italian essayist Lea Melandri speaks with Francesca Barca.
New cross-European investigation with Noteworthy finds Ireland’s response to violence against women hindered by insufficient records.
Investigation by Noteworthy and European colleagues shows Ireland ranking among highest number of reported rapes in 2022.
A new cross-border data investigation by EDJNet reveals gaps in the registration of femicides in Europe and the ineffective protection of women against crimes of sexual, physical, psychological and economic violence over the last decade.
A new digital advertising era will phase-out third-party cookies that track users' online behaviour. EUrologus compiled what under the EU’s data protection umbrella European internet users can expect in the near-future.
In the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections, five in ten Portuguese voters did not go to the polls, and there is a general trend towards increased abstention rates. This increase can be attributed to factors such as inequality, low salaries and lower levels of education.
Fine particle pollution causes premature births, illness, and, in Slovenia, more than 800 preventable deaths every year.
Large forest and grassland fires are one of the most dramatic consequences of the ongoing climate catastrophe. Year after year, media coverage of fires ravaging Canada, Australia, Greece or Portugal is increasing; rising temperatures, however, mean that the threat is growing in many areas of the world – including Central Europe.
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory they highlight.
