Womens day: swallow the pill

The writing's on the card (Image: ycguitar814/ Flickr)

The economic crisis will cause female unemployement to increase in 2009. According to the international labour organisation (ILO), 22 million women might wave bye bye to their jobs. Will equality at work and in the home be threatened? Another reason to refocus on women’s rights? Contraception and the ‘most favoured European woman clause’: what is the European Union doing? International women’s day is 9 March 2009

TESTIMONY Only an Austrian man could have helped invent the pill

Only an Austrian man could have helped invent the pill

A new generation of young women who are fed up with ingesting a concoction of hormones every day are in search of an alternative to the oral contraceptive as a contraceptive method. Reflections on the occasion of international women’s day on 9 March. Testimony from a young female

by Katharina Mauer @ // 06/03/09

health, public health, sexuality, contraception, society

PANORAMA Contraception: buying the morning after pill in Europe

Contraception: buying the morning after pill in Europe

This form of emergency birth control appeared in French and UK pharmacies in 2000 and 2001. The basics on how the situation looks in other countries

by Isabelle Curet @ // 04/03/09

contraception, feminism

FOCUS Women's Day, a European clause

Women's Day, a European clause

Uniforming the laws concerning the rights of women in the EU from the top down is an exciting idea and a necessity that is gaining support from militants all across the EU

by Jane Mery @ // 07/03/08

charter of fundamental rights, politics, integration, european constitution, men and women, society, feminism

PANORAMA

Feminism in Europe

Long a part of the mainstream, but women have not gained ground since the eighties. Many dismiss the feminist concept completely, others see 'new feminism' taking a step backwards

by lena meier (und kk) // 24/10/07

elisabeth badinter, quentin tarantino, rodríguez zapatero, angela merkel, nicolas sarkozy, society, feminism

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