Lithuania’s Female President: The Baltic ‘Iron Lady’ – ,,Geležinė ledi’’ – pirmoji Lietuvos prezidentė Dalia Grybauskaitė [EN/LT]

Dalia Grybauskaitė has been twice elected as Lithuania’s president and has been hailed as an influential female leader. A discussion of her career and achievements.

Dukart išrinkta Lietuvos Respublikos prezidente ir buvo įvertinta kaip politinė lyderė. Trumpa diskusija apie jos karjerą ir darbus.

The Cologne attacks: the media, the hypocrisy of politicians and what should be done next – Die Übergriffe in Köln: Reaktionen in den Medien, Politiker-Scheinheiligkeit und was jetzt getan werden muss [EN/DE]

The sexual assault of women on New Year’s Eve in Cologne and other German cities has caused uproar in German society. In the subsequent nationwide discussion, however, concern was mixed with hypocrisy, racism and – sexism.

Die sexuellen Übergriffe auf Frauen am Silvesterabend in Köln und anderen deutschen Städten haben in der deutschen Gesellschaft einen Aufschrei hervorgerufen. In der darauf folgenden Diskussion vermischten sich jedoch Besorgnis mit Heuchelei, Rassismus und – Sexismus.

Women and the Economy: Why women becoming CEOs might not be the best benchmark for feminism – Sievietes un ekonomika: kāpēc sieviete-vadītāja ne vienmēr ir feminisma galvenais mērķis [EN/LV]

Latvia is praised as a country where 36% of leading positions in private business are occupied by women. As an intersectional feminist, our author however can’t but notice that the ruling ideology in Latvia is not friendly to women of humble backgrounds.

Latviju slavē kā valsti, kur 36% vadošo pozīciju lielajā biznesā ieņem sievietes. Kā intersekcionālā feministe, mūsu autore nevar nepamanīt, ka Latvijā valdošā ideoloģija nav draudzīga sievietēm ar pieticīgiem resursiem.