Brussels, 28 May 2018
AEDH welcomes the success of the referendum held on the 25th of May 2018 in Ireland which abolished the Eighth Amendment of its Constitution. Until then, the Eighth Amendment recognised “the equal right to life of the pregnant woman and the unborn”. On the sole condition
Pride 23e edition – Brussels, an example for Europe in terms of LGBTI rights
Brussels 21 May 2018
On Saturday 19 May 2018, the streets of Brussels are immersed in rainbow colours to celebrate the LGBTI community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex). More than 100,000 people came together to celebrate diversity and freedom of expression in a world where sexual orientation or gender
Iceland, the first country in the world to apply pay equity. The European Union and its Member States lagging behind …
As a pioneer in gender equality, Iceland enacted an exemplary law on the 1st January 2018 to prohibit wage differences between men and women in companies and agencies employing more than 25 people. The island country aims to completely eradicate the pay gap by 2020.
Concretely, companies must obtain a
COMAN-HAMILTON – Meeting with the couple that might put an end to discrimination against same-sex couples under the freedom of movements
On 21 November 2017, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gathered for the hearing on case C-673/16 – Coman e.a.
This is a stepping stone towards the full recognition of same-sex couples’ right to freedom of movement in the whole European
Voting, a right still denied to millions of European citizens
The right to political participation and the right to vote are fundamental rights for all citizens. They are at the heart of democracy and citizenship as recalled in Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which we have just celebrated the 69th anniversary.
In Europe, for millions of
Gender equality, + 4.2 points in… 12 years! What a progress…
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) published, on 11 October 2017, the third edition of the Gender Equality Index. Suffice to say that the results are far from satisfactory: in twelve years, the European Union progressed only by 4.2 points to reach the modest score of 66.2 out of