January 28, 2014
“What does it mean to be gay when it means you aren't considered a 'real' Hungarian?” asked CEU Assistant Professor of Gender Studies Hadley Renkin, whose work focuses on post-socialist sexual politics and sexuality's implications for changing conceptions of citizenship. Renkin, an anthropologist, is currently examining the dramatic rise in public homophobia in Central and Eastern Europe, which has led to violence and cancelation of Gay Pride events.
October 1, 2013
In 1991, the European Court of Justice ruled in favor of a French factory where women worked night shifts. While the employer had violated the legal ban on night work for women, the Court followed his argument that the ban amounted to gender discrimination. As a result, the countries of the European Union had to abolish gender-specific night work prohibition, and the majority did so by in essence removing night work restrictions for women.
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