by yourterm | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM
FGM. Sometimes acronyms are hard to remember, but I truly believe everyone should engrave this on their mind: FGM, which stands for Female Genital Mutilation. Yes, it’s 2015 and we still have to talk about this barbarian and unacceptable practice. And as...
by yourterm | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM
March 8th is, since 1921, the day to remember the social, political and economic struggles of women all around the world. Where does this celebration come from and why is it celebrated on this day? The first Women’s Day was celebrated on February 28, 1909, in New...
by yourterm | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM
This week we have chosen “CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women” since today it is the International Women’s Day. This event reminds us of the remarkable goals achieved by women in the last century and their current...
by yourterm | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM
Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and advancement of all women in the world — such powerful and important concepts of today. But do you know whom we should thank for the opportunity to celebrate the recent promotion of women’s rights? It is due to the Beijing...
by yourterm | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM
Last week, during the plenary debate on Monday 13 of January, the European Parliament called again for more action to narrow the gender pay gap. This issue was introduced in the Treaty of Rome in 1957, when the equal pay for equal work principle was voted. Although,...
by yourterm | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM
The inspiration for this article came from a colleague and friend of mine who works at the Irish Language Unit of the European Parliament, whose obsession for etymology has soon infected me too. Starting with the Irish I set out to collect the etymologies of the word...