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One in three EU women face violence, most cases unreported, survey finds

Physical and sexual violence affects roughly a third of women in the European Union ​during their lifetime but most incidents go unreported, a survey revealed. The results of the survey,…

Business · 20 Jul 2025 Women’s share on German company boards slips slightly: study A study reveals that women represent 37% of supervisory board seats at German firms, slightly down from last year, while their management… UK · 16 Apr 2025 UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex UK Supreme Court rules biological sex defines women's legal status. Cyprus · 16 Mar 2025 Cyprus has the lowest number of female MPs in the EU Cyprus has the lowest percentage of women MPs in the EU at 14.3 per cent. Sports · 7 Feb 2025 ‘Historic’ 1st women’s Panini sticker album The FIGC introduced the historic Panini album for Italian women players, featuring 322 stickers, highlighting the growth of women's football. Germany · 31 Jan 2025 Germany offers maternity leave for women after miscarriage Bundestag extends maternity leave for women suffering miscarriages post-13 weeks. Business · 26 Oct 2024 Number of female business leaders in Britain falls in 2024 The number of women who hold executive reins in corporate Britain has fallen for the first time in eight years in an… Sports · 22 Oct 2024 Women footballers call on FIFA to end partnership with Saudi Aramco A group of over 100 professional women's soccer players sent an open letter to FIFA urging the world governing body to end… Italy · 12 Oct 2024 Italy’s women doctors outnumber male medics for first time Italy's women doctors outnumbered their male colleagues for the first time last year, physicians' pension agency Enpam said in a report this… Afghanistan · 23 Aug 2024 Taliban laws ban women’s voices and bare faces in public Taliban impose strict laws on women, public conduct, and media.