Um mundo de mulheres

Michael Kountouris, «Politicalcartoons.com»

Honor Mahony escreve no EUobserver:

Women earn an average of 17.4 percent less than men across the EU’s 27 member states, with the greatest gender pay difference seen in Estonia, EU statistics released ahead of international women’s day show.

Part of a campaign to raise awareness of a situation that has changed little in recent years, EU studies show the discrepancy is largely due to an undervaluation of women’s work, stereotyping and problems with balancing work and private life.

[…] The pay gap means that women are at greater risk of poverty in later life with less accrued pension over the years they have worked. Some 21 percent of women aged over 65 risk poverty. This compares to 16 percent of men in a similar situation.

Para celebrar o dia Internacional da Mulher, o openDemocracy apresenta uma série de artigos sobre a Mulher e sua actual condição. De destacar «A world of women», e uma entrevista, «Women’s rights in an economic crisis», de Jane Gabriel a Yakin Erturk da Comissão sobre o Status da Mulher da ONU.

E no dia da Mulher, uma leitura ao The WIP (The Women’s International Perspective), um site noticioso feito exclusivamente por mulheres e para todos.

Petar Pismestrovic, «Kleine Zeitung»