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The European Institute for Gender Equality Officially Opens

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

August 16, 2010 - 7:30am (Print)

The European Institute for Gender Equality is a new European Union agency intended to support EU Institutions and Member States in promoting gender equality.

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Europe: Work Remains on Reaching Gender Equality

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

July 7, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

A conference of European Ministers focused on gender equality finds that making gender equality a reality - in practice as well as in law - remains a challenge.

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Lithuania Adopts Homophobic Law

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

May 11, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

A Lithuanian law potentially criminalizes almost any public expression of or information about homosexuality, effectively preventing LGBT people from accessing information, support and protection needed to be free of discrimination and stigma.

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Poland: When "Conscience Clauses" Mean Women Die

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

May 3, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

What happens when a doctor's conscience tells him the life of a non-viable fetus is more important than the life of the pregnant woman and what is the responsibility of the state?

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Pregnant Women and Children in Poland Left Without Care?

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

July 11, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

The Polish Ministry of Health is presenting new threatening plans that would limit protection for women and children within the existing healthcare system.

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Irish Women Challenge Abortion Ban in European Human Rights Court

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

July 9, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is currently considering the admissibility of a legal challenge by Irish women, who claim their rights were denied when they were forced to terminate their pregnancies outside Ireland.

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European Women Will Travel for Abortions

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

June 29, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

International travel to secure a safe abortion is a reality for women around the world, from Kenya, Mexico, and Poland to Ireland.

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More Restrictive Law on Late-Term Abortions Comes to Germany

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

June 25, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

German women seeking abortions at a late stage of pregnancy will face stringent consultations and will be required to undergo a waiting period of at least three days before a physician can make a final decision allowing the abortion.

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Coercively Sterilized Romani Woman Will Receive Compensation

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

June 12, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

After three years, the Hungarian government has finally decided to provide financial compensation to a Romani woman who was coercively sterilized in 2001.

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Abortion Law Liberalized in Catholic Monaco

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

June 5, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

A new law legalizes "hard case" abortions including rape, fetal deformity, fetal illness or life endangerment, causing reaction from Catholic authorities.

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