Italian government’s support for women’s shelters shouldn’t be limited to this crisis
Within a couple of weeks, Italy has gone from having a few cases of COVID-19 to having the highest number of deaths in the world. … Read more
Portuguese Court of Appeal: “The adulterous Woman”
In October 2017, the Porto Court of Appeals (Tribunal da Relação do Porto) upheld the year-long suspended sentence of two men convicted of assaulting a … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Joana Vasconcelos
Joana Vasconcelos was born in 1971 in Paris, but she is currently based in Lisbon, Portugal. Her parents had fled Portugal due to the dictatorship of … Read more
#WAVEmembers: National Coalition ”Life without Violence”, Republic of Moldova
In 2015, in Moldova several non-governmental organizations and public institutions active in the field of preventing and combating gender-based violence decided to form a joint … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Laura Papo Bohoreta
Laura Papo Bohoreta can be seen as a prototype of a career mom. Laura Papo Bohoreta was a Sephardic-Bosnian writer, journalist and artist. She contributed … Read more
WAVE CALL FOR YOUTH AMBASSADORS 2020
We are looking for the 2nd generation of WAVE Youth Ambassadors. Since October 2018, the WAVE Youth Ambassadors support the Step Up! Campaign in mobilizing … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
“I don’t have a feeling of inferiority. I never had one. I’m as good as anybody, but not better” Katherine G. Johnson: The female mathematician … Read more
#WAVEmembers: Crisis Centre for Women, Russia
This week we meet one of the newest WAVE members from Russia: the Crisis Centre for Women, based in Saint Petersburg. The Crisis Centre … Read more
Inspiring Thursday Anna Hutsol (Hanna Huzol)
At this time, in this country, only radical women’s protest can shake the world of passive women.” (interview given to osocio.org on August 2nd 2011) … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Obiageli Ezekwesili
“We need a collaborative disruption of the present acceptance of extremism, especially targeting women. Wherever women are being attacked by extremist ideas – whether it’s … Read more
