Women in Lithuania currently do not hold a single cabinet post, their salaries are over 15% less than men’s, and the gender equality index is below the European Union average. That situation would resolve itself […]
The Lithuanian Film Center, together with the Center for Equality Advancement and the Lithuanian Center for Human Rights, is launching a project which aims at ensuring that the film industry is a safe environment for […]
Lithuanian Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, who is running for leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), proposes to introduce gender quotas for currently male-dominated management boards at state-owned and municipal companies. […]
Even though some of the world’s most powerful nations are, or are likely to soon be, led by women, equal gender representation in politics and parliaments is still just an aspiration. Lithuanian gender studies scholar Eglė Krinickienė says that more female MPs leads to better social policies and even economic results. […]
Vilnius University Gender Studies Centre director Professor Dalia Leinartė has been elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women for the second time at the United Nations […]
The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) has passed a set of legal amendments design to prevent gender-based discrimination in the workplace and to make existing Lithuanian discrimination laws more similar to European Union law.
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It is time to break the silence around domestic violence in Lithuania said the Swedish Ambassador to Lithuania Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin as she launched an exhibition about women stories of domestic violence. “I think it is […]
Members of the Lithuanian parliament have rejected a bill outlawing gender-based harassment, as required by the European Union. […]
For several years, Lithuanian education specialists have been noticing a worrying trend – Lithuanian boys’ school grades have been falling steadily. […]
Lithuania’s equal opportunities ombudsman received a record number of complaints in 2015. Since the establishment of the office in 2015 the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman received 265 complaints and 165 inquiries. 65 complaints were investigated and […]
Lithuania has been ranked second in the world for the number of women in top management positions in corporations, according to the last global survey by consulting firm Grant Thornton. […]
Despite having significantly higher levels of education on average than men, Lithuania women make up only a quarter of the leadership positions with real decision-making responsibilities both in the public and private sector. […]
British broadcaster BBC aired a documentary about Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Saturday as part of a series on the world‘s most influential women. […]
People in Lithuania have become more forthcoming in reporting discrimination. The Seimas Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson has received 260 complaints so far this year, significantly up nearly 30% on the 202 submitted last year. […]
Men dominate central banks, finance ministries and boardrooms throughout Europe with only one in every 25 top jobs held by a woman, according to a new report on equality between women and men. […]
Lithuania’s Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson‘s Office has launched an investigation into the sale of T-shirts allegedly insulting women by one Vilnius shop, and also turned to prosecutors over this incident. […]
The Lithuanian government has decided to reintroduce military conscription this year, after which the Ministry of National Defence compiled a list of almost 37,000 eligible young men who might be drafted for the military service this year. This has sparked much controversy and a heated debate in the Lithuanian public. […]
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