Committed female: end of a contradiction?
100 years ago, international woman’s day was marked in Denmark. 8 March 2010 won’t iron out the incoherence of the general European feminine condition. Here, like elsewhere, women live out their freedoms on a daily basis, be it via the media in Cologne or their unique political engagement in Poland or France. Even the subtleties of a simple language honorific teach us to change our ideas on who we most jadedly slam as the ‘weaker sex’
Emmanuelle Cosse: 'in France we are not sufficiently open to change'
She's stood up for causes varying from HIV, gay and lesbian-friendly journalism to leftist radical journalism. Now the 35-year-old has launched herself into the political fray as a candidate on the 'Ecology Europe' party list in Paris. International women's day is not enough, but it’s vital, she says. Interview
Mrs, miss or ms?
In the run-up to international women's day on 8 March, one of the debates rolling around the cafebabel circles cropped up - when on earth do English-speakers address a woman by Ms?
Women's day: Femibook, testosterone and internet
100 years after the first international women's day was organised on 8 March in Copenhagen, a musing on where the woman's place rightfully is
