Equality

First female judges in State Council in Egypt

Egyptian female judge Yassmen Omar sits in her first court hearing at the State Council headquarters in Giza, Egypt, 06 March 2022. Egypt’s president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has announced in June…

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EP Socialists want more gender equality through the EU budget

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament noted that only 21.7% of EU programmes had gender-related indicators in the last pluriannual EU budget for the period 2014-2020. This means…

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European Commission appoints the first ever Anti-Racism Coordinator

The European Commission has appointed Michaela Moua as its first ever Anti-Racism Coordinator, delivering on an important commitment set out in the EU anti-racism action plan. In her new role, the…

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Maltese Editorials’ Perspectives

Times of Malta says that until everyone is safe, some isolation will be necessary to curb the spread of Covid-19 The Independent says that we shouldn't sacrifice Gozo on the…

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Record €1.8 billion funding for projects promoting rights and values in the EU

The European Parliament gave its final approval for two new funding programmes: the Justice programme and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme. The budget for both amounts to €1.8…

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Malta: NGO Repubblika accuses Government of having no policy on racism

The rule of law NGO Repubblika proposed to the government to enforce the obligation on Public Broadcasting to provide space for minorities. This is one of 17 proposals made by…

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Malta: ‘This generation is tasked with stamping out racism for good’ – Malta U19 keeper Rashed Al-Tumi

Malta under-19 goalkeeper Rashed Al-Tumi has called on his generation to stamp out racism and xenophobia as “its duty”, saying racism should be addressed at its root. Source: Malta Today…

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