Young Feminist Europe’s Editor-in-Chief and board member, Alazne Irigoien, has written an inspiring article to The Progressive Post for their Digital Revolution and Democracy edition. Alazne clearly states that we need more gender balance and equality in progressive politics to truly advance Europe.
While efforts to tackle online harassment require all platforms to play their part, the root causes are to be found in the “old”, offline world – and will need to be addressed there.
Flip through Italian TV channels at any time of the day, and you’ll most definitely find a political chat-show. For a land obsessed with analysing its establishment’s dysfunctions, one particular glaring lack of these shows is Italy’s biggest elephant in the room: diversity, and a total lack thereof.
Women and girls are being sold more easily than ever before as the internet becomes a key facilitator of sex trafficking. EU member states need to legislate against the online sale of women and girls and raise awareness of the prevalence of sex trafficking online.
