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Business Planet

Pushing all the right buttons: the network empowering female entrepreneurship

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet heads to Italy to look at an online community that’s inspiring women to start, run and grow successful businesses.

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A dessert fit for the desert

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Jessical Préalpato talks about the pressures of being labelled the World’s Best Pastry Chef and gender equality within the restaurant industry as she is commissioned to create a special dessert for the France Pavilion at Expo 2020.

Cry Like A Boy

Where black women stand in feminism and patriarchy | View

"As the writer Gatra Kilomba says, the black woman is the other of the other, that is, the white woman." #CryLikeaBoy

Living

Three inspiring women-led projects tackling the climate crisis

From reusable sanitary pads to sustainable fishing, these women are changing the world one project at a time.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul awarded 2020 Vaclav Havel prize

Loujain al-Hathloul received the Council of Europe's Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The activist had pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia.

World News

Do some COVID vaccines affect women differently?

Questions have been raised around the different ways in which vaccines can impact women compared to men

Poland

Poland moves a step closer to quitting domestic violence treaty

The Polish government claims the Istanbul Convention does not respect religion and promotes controversial ideologies about gender.

Green News

The inspiring women providing solar power to war-torn Yemen

Electricity is almost non-existent in parts of the country after 6 years of war, but these women want to change that.

Turkey

Protests over Turkey's withdrawal from women's treaty

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Istanbul after Turkey pulled out of an international agreement designed to protect women from domestic violence.

United Kingdom

Sarah Everard: Met Police officer appears in court charged with murder

Everard's disappearance sparked a public debate about women's safety.

My Europe Series

Europe's week: A year of the COVID pandemic and women's day

These have been the key talking points in Brussels this week.

Europe News

'Motherhood biggest obstacle to my career,' says leading scientist

"It was a very difficult time for me to balance my teaching and research activity due to the duties connected to the role of mother, but I overcame this," said Dr Maria Rosaria Capobianchi.

Climate

Why two women spent a year in the Arctic without men

Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm were making climate history, but then the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

Poland

This Polish teen's cosmetics website is helping women escape violence

Poland has one of the worst records on preventing violence against women in Europe.

People

This woman spends her days dog sledding in the mountains

Norway-based dog sledder Blanka Csizmadia calls the mountains her office. In this video she shares the ups and downs of life with dogs as colleagues.

Climate

Killed for campaigning: Meet the women fighting the coal giants

Women are being killed for their environmentalism, suggesting a link between patriarchal violence and activism.

Russia

Russia: Valentine's Day flashlight protests demand Navalny's release

The protest, dubbed "Love is stronger than fear," was called by Navalny's allies for Valentine's Day in solidarity with people detained in recent opposition protests.

Living

The book is helping the environment, one love story at a time

A social enterprise is crowdfunding for the book which will help fund environmental projects in the country.

Vatican

Pope appoints first woman to senior Synod post with voting rights

Nathalie Becquart's appointment to the Synod of Bishops reflects Pope Francis' wish to see women play a greater decision-making role in the Church, the Vatican says.

Switzerland

Switzerland marks 50 years of women's vote and mulls gender gap today

The European nation prides itself on being one of the world's oldest democracies and yet only allowed women to vote as late as 1971.

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