The age of impunity is over for male violence against women, say campaigners after the actor was found guilty of sexual assaultWhen Gรฉrard Depardieu, one of Franceโs biggest cinema stars, was placed on the sex offender register this week after being fo…
Admiral Ben Key was due to retire from his position this summer, after serving as the head of the Royal Navy since 2021.
Attitudes in France โbarely evolvingโ amid โcollective denialโ years after the #MeToo movement began, according to parliamentary commissionSexual violence and sexual harassment are โendemicโ in Franceโs entertainment industry, a damning report by Frenc…
The PRA and FCA will no longer bring forward proposals to require City of London firms to set diversity targets.
“We are taking immediate legal action due to false and defamatory nature of the allegations”, a Meta spokesperson told Euractiv
As a former member of parliament, Davies is entitled to a parliamentary pass and access to the estate for life.ย
Rubiales was fined โฌ10,800, but the court gave him no jail time.
The former Finnish PM’s filing will be heard by a Helsinki court Friday morning.
Meet the leading candidates to become Canadaโs next Liberal leader.
Haenel says Christophe Ruggia subjected her to โpermanent sexual harassmentโ during making of film when she was between 12 and 15In one of the first French #MeToo cases to come to court, a film director has denied charges of sexual aggression against a…
Female pilgrims tell of terrifying aggression, the lingering effects and their belief that their cases are far from isolatedIt was on the outskirts of the northern Spanish town of Mieres, as she raced past colourful houses built of stone and wood-frame…
Sexual aggression said to be โendemicโ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at riskโI feared for my lifeโ: stories of sexual harassment on the Camino de SantiagoLone female pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago have s…
รรฑigo Errejรณn resigned and his former chief of staff was expelled in a snowballing scandal.
Dozens of accused deny rape, despite video evidence showing unconscious Gisรจle Pelicot snoring loudlyTaking the stand in Franceโs biggest ever rape trial, Patrice N, 55, an electrician from the southern town of Carpentras, said he was a โjovialโ guy an…
From Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to the U.K.โs Kemi Badenoch, politicians are embracing the burger.
Man in Rotterdam faces โฌ100 penalty after law introduced across Netherlands to tackle harassment in public spacesA court in the Netherlands has fined a man for harassing and intimidating a woman on a street in Rotterdam, in the first conviction under a…
โIt’s a very, very strange week,โ said a filmmaker who documented the clerical assaults.
The vice president sought to dismantle Trumpโs caricature of her.
The vice president sought to dismantle Trumpโs caricature of her.
Dr. Ceren Kasฤฑm, Postdoctoral
Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons
INTRODUCTION
The first-ever binding European
Union (EU) legal instrument to…
Three-quarters of LGBTQ+ people in the EU think that their governments arenโt doing enough to fight discrimination and intolerance.
Former Spanish soccer federation chief faces one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for alleged actions in the aftermathThe former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of the national team pla…
Awkward questions that turned up evidence of harassment and discrimination last year have been dropped this time around.
Prosecutors are also asking for 1.5 years in prison for three Spanish football executives accused of coercion.
PM is suing over lewd videos that used her face superimposed onto someone else’s body.
The College of Europe ends powerful Professor Oliver Costa’s contract.
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“It’s hard to be a woman in politics,” said Jรฉromine Andolfatto, policy and campaign officer at the European Women’s Lobby.
Some 42 percent of those surveyed also said they had witnessed harassment in the workplace.
Film-maker held to account for dismissing claim of 1983 sexual assault against Charlotte Lewis as โheinous lieโThe film director Roman Polanski has gone on trial for libel in Paris after accusing a British actor who claimed he abused her of โa heinous …
Actorโs landmark address comes amid claims arts sector has shrugged off sexual abuse for decadesThe actor Judith Godrรจche has denounced Franceโs โincestuousโ film industry and called for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into sexual violence…
Star tells audience at prestigious Cรฉsar awards that they need to challenge powerful and abusive men whatever the career riskJudith Godrรจche has urged the French film industry to break its omertร on sexual abuse in an unprecedented address to the count…
Actor, who has accused two directors of raping her as a teenager, to address Franceโs most prestigious film awards ceremonyJudith Godrรจche, an actor who has accused two high-profile directors of raping her as a teenager, will address Franceโs most pres…
‘The Committee considers that the Defendant cannot continue in his role as [redacted], nor as a professor at the College of Europe.’
Female students accuse professor of years of misconduct.
Belgium is talking up ways to get online content creators to behave.
This rippling controversy over one of the countryโs most successful cultural exports points to something dank in French politics and culture.
Actors, writers and celebs have lined up in defense of Gรฉrard Depardieu, alongside the French president.
An open letter penned by dozens of actresses and other artists in defense of Gerard Depardieu, the cinema giant accused of sexual harassment, has laid bare divisions in France over the #Metoo reckoning with sexism.
A spate of recent scandals might mean the system is working.
Film star Gรฉrard Depardieu is accused of sexual assault.
Dino Maglio, a former Italian police officer, opened up his home to young women travellers, many of whom suffered at his hands. As scattered as they were, legal action seemed impossible. But as their numbers grew, so too did their determination …When…
English media rules are chilling journalism around the world.
The mounting accusations against the French film star have sparked a fresh debate about sexual violence in France.
Screening of film on French TV prompts some in industry to say they will not work with actor again after rape allegationsFigures in the French film and TV industry have said they would not work again with the actor Gรฉrard Depardieu, after a documentary…
Katrรญn Jakobsdรณttir says she wants country to achieve full gender equality by 2030 as third of population attend event in capitalThe prime minister of Iceland has said she wants to achieve full gender equality in her country by 2030 as she joined an es…
Who you gonna believe? Me or your own lying AIs?
Bulgaria’s nominee for EU research and culture commissioner sailed through European Parliament grilling.
Spanish regional bosses U-turn and demand resignation of defiant federation head.
Public fury continues to grow over the handling of sexual-abuse allegations following a controversial kiss at the Womenโs World Cup final.
Football’s governing body is investigating allegations that Luis Rubiales kissed a star player without her consent.
Spain forward rejects FA chiefโs claims as โcategorically falseโ as the national womenโs team refuses to play until he resignsโข โEgo above dignityโ: Rubialesโ defiance over kiss shocks SpainThe Spain forward Jenni Hermoso has said she did not consent t…
Womenโs and menโs players and clubs join politicians in condemning football chiefโs refusal to resignFor a brief moment, it looked like it would be a victory for feminism. After days of uproar across Spain and around the world, media reports had sugges…
The government will take action to force out Luis Rubiales, Teresa Ribera tells POLITICO.
Luis Rubiales dramatically U-turns on planned resignation.
Luis Rubiales will resign on Friday as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after he faced widespread backlash for his behaviour after the Spanish womenโs national team won the World Cup. The kiss โ without consent โ to…
Women should be able to swim in the sea without harassment. Marseilleโs anti-abuse app helps, but it shouldnโt be necessaryHow often do you think about the fact that you have a body? This isnโt a grand philosophical question, even though it may sound l…
Huge poster highlighted a February report finding that 4,815 children were abused by Portuguese Catholic Church clergy.
Lizzo has responded to her three former dancers who are accusing her of sexual harassment and are suing for damages over emotional distress, unpaid wages and disability discrimination.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the prominent Brexiteer’s case raises free speech questions.
Judge trying case of caretaker accused of sexually assaulting teenage student rules grope too fleeting to be a crimeAn Italian judge has provoked outrage after clearing a school caretaker of sexually assaulting a teenage girl because the grope lasted o…
A recent survey found half of respondents faced psychological harassment in the Parliament and 16 percent faced sexual harassment.
POLITICO investigation finds three women in their 20s allege the MP harassed them in similar circumstances.
Commons standards committee say Pincher โ whose conduct brought down Boris Johnson โ should get eight-week parliament suspension.
At 67, ‘the cock goes away and the prostate comes,’ Vittorio Sgarbi says.
