SOCIAL - EMPLOYMENT - ÉDUCATION / Women

117,500 signatures to combat harassment at European Parliament

Brussels, 07/03/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European institutions are preparing to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March.  This year, like every year, a whole series of discussions and demonstrations of every kind are expected.  Nonetheless, the #MeToo denunciation campaign, launched in 2017, also seems to have left its mark on the European scene.

International Women’s Day appeared in the context of social change at the turn of the 20th century in North America and Europe.  It was made official in 1977 to take...