Rights and equality
Is Chinese A.I. Bluffing its Way into Europe?
in depth
Thursday 03 October 2019 |
Vincent Lorin | Voxeurop
Locked for years in digital alienation, the EU has set a new standard on data protection and privacy, wrestling back some control from Silicon Valley. But with the coming of age of AI-based applications, Chinese firms strive in turn for a piece of the colony.
European reporters more and more obstructed in their work
Tuesday 30 April 2019 |
Emanuela Barbiroglio | Voxeurop
Reporters Without Borders’ 2019 Index shows that journalists’ working conditions in Europe are declining year after year, and that the death of four reporters in two and a half years should sound as a warning signal for those who care about democracy and freedom of the press.
People behind bars in Europe
Friday 11 January 2019 |
Alexander Damiano Ricci | Voxeurop
Since the turn of the century, the Old Continent stands out as the only macro-region experiencing declining numbers in its prison population. However, positive developments in Russia are key in explaining the trend. The EU benefits from the positive dynamics in Eastern and Central Europe. Recent data for Italy are worrisome.
Why are there relatively fewer suicides in prison in the Balkans than elsewhere in Europe?
Monday 14 May 2018 |
Lorenzo Ferrari | OBC Transeuropa
The suicide rate in Balkan prisons is low compared to the rest of Europe, in part because of the different composition of the prison population.
Citizens' rights: where EU and UK differ
in depth
Thursday 31 August 2017 |
Eszter Zalan | EUobserver
The rights of EU citizens living in the UK and those of the UK nationals living in EU countries is a key issue of the Brexit negotiations
Women on the boards of directors (Eige)
Wednesday 12 June 2019 |
OBC Transeuropa The European Institute for Gender Equality (Eige) collects and harmonises data on managers and board members at the European level.
The gender gap at EU elections
in depth
Tuesday 19 March 2019 |
Nikolaj Nielsen | EUobserver
Women across Europe don't tend to vote as much in European elections, compared with men. That fact poses questions on the growing gender gap in both politics and representation in the European Parliament.
Sweatshops on wheels
Tuesday 16 October 2018 |
OBC Transeuropa To observe the working conditions of truck drivers in Europe makes it possible to notice some crucial limits of the current state of European integration.
Parenting in Europe: who’s staying at home with the kids?
in depth
Thursday 08 November 2018 |
Laura Filios | OBC Transeuropa
Too many fathers delegating childcare to their partner; mothers staying too long outside the workforce; an uneven range of rights and guarantees: how and why parental leave is changing in Europe.
Croatia, where the streets have no (women's) names
Tuesday 11 December 2018 |
Ana Kuzmanić Ivana Perić
| H-Alter
The visualisations of urban public space are an important part of the process of creating collective memory and imagining (a different) future. In the toponymy of Croatian cities there is almost no trace of women. In 55 out of the 64 cities included in our analysis, the percentage of streets named after women is lower than 5 percent.
