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?

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 important role in our society.

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 Declaration on gender equality.

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, according to researchers, working women in the EU earn on average 16% less per hour than men in 2017.

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 ‘woman’ and its equivalents in other European languages, a concept that nowadays defines almost four billions human beings.

One in three women in the European Union has suffered a form of gender-based violence (FRA 2014). The Speak for Support (SOS-VICS) project, led by the University of Vigo, Spain, was a project cofunded by DG Justice to research how to improve communication between public service providers and foreign victims of gender violence who do not speak the language through professional interpreters in Spain.

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, according to researchers, working women in the EU earn on average 16% less per hour than men in 2017.

Tomorrow (11th February) the entire world is celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Although over the past 15 years the global community has put a special effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science, there is still a long way to go until achieving the desired Gender Parity.

This is the second article in a series of articles on the latest developments in Terminology without Borders, which has its origins in YourTerm MED. This was the initial project on medical terminology to be set up in cooperation with Translators without Borders (TWB) and participating universities. In September 2018, during a visit to the University of Vigo in Spain, TermCoord decided to apply this framework to other subject areas of interest, such as fisheries, (YourTerm MARE), education (YourTerm EDU) and women’s rights (YourTerm FEM).