In , – also commonly referred to as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence (IPV) – is widespread and constitutes one of the more prevalent forms of violence against women. Since the 1970s, there has been a growing awareness in the country of the need to introduce legislative and other […]

Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a politician and lawyer. Since 1 August 2006, she has been a member of the  Swiss Federal Council, the executive authority of the Swiss Government. She is the fifth woman to be elected to the Swiss Federal Council since 1984. Political Career From 1999 – 2006, Doris Leuthard […]

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Discriminatory policies against migrant women 2.1 Why do discriminatory policies occur? 3 Trafficking: one of the worst forms of violence against women migrants 4 Consequences and costs of violence against women 4.1 Physical health problems 4.2 Psychological Problems 4.3 Social Problems and Social Cost 5 International Organisation for Migration […]

Experts suggest that most men and women need about seven to eight hours of sleep each night. Yet there are many differences in how men and women sleep. Women tend to sleep more on average but sleep less deeply and are more prone to sleep disorders, including insomnia. During their 20s and 30s, women also […]

Equality between women and men is one of the fundamental principles of the European Union (EU).See: Europa website. “Equality between men and women”. Retrieved 17 September 2012.See: European Commission. “Gender Equality”. Retrieved 17 September 2012. Over the years, the principle of gender equality has been reinforced with legislation, both generic and specific, obliging Member States […]

Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement. Although she was widely criticised for her militant tactics, her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women’s suffrage in . Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Political […]

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born in 1815, is thought to have been the driving catalyst behind the start of the in the . Friends with many suffragettes and abolitionists of the day, she was able to organize their passions to create the first woman’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Throughout her years active, she […]

Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706 – 1749) was a mathematician, physicist, and  author during the age of intellectual enlightenment. Châtelet’s research predicted what is today known as infra-red radiation and the nature of light. In the year of her death, she completed the work regarded as her outstanding achievement: her […]

Elfriede Jelinek (born 20 October 1946) is an feminist playwright and novelist. She was awarded the in 2004 for her “musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society’s clichés and their subjugating power. “ Table of Contents 1 Early Life 2 Political Activism […]

According to a report published on 2 March 2009 in the medical journal, The Lancet, over 100,000 young women (2% of all deaths) were killed in fires in in a single year. The causes of these deaths were not accidental, according to the authors, but rather a result of .  However, Indian Social Research Organisation […]