Published on International Women's Day 2013, this survey presents the views of European citizens on gender equality and the empowerment of women in developing countries. It also tests how people believe to what extent certain problems affect men and women in these countries.

The FRA delivered an opinion on 31 May on the proposed EU law on the property consequences of registered international partnerships, following a request from European Parliament on 25 April 2012. The proposed regulation (COM(2011) 127 final) does not offer civil partners the same choice as...

The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates into the UK law most of the rights in the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols , and authorizes UK courts to enforce these “Convention rights.” None of the existing legislation expressly prohibits sexual orientation discrimintation in...

The European Union has been active in the field of women in science for 10 years now. Since the beginning, we have concentrated on collecting information on the situation of women in European science, and on funding measures that encourage and retain women in science and technology careers. We...