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Across Europe, governments in recent years have been increasingly hostile to immigration. British Prime Minister David Cameron was noted for a factually-questionable anti-immigration speech in March and German Chancellor Angela Merkel the same month vetoed Bulgaria and Romania’s accession of the Schengen Area of free movement of persons. As Corina […]

In the conservative Muslim culture of Mali, women fulfill their traditional gender roles of raising children, tending the home and working on the family farm. However, increasing internal and external economic pressures are pushing them to find alternative means of income to supplement their household needs and even to reach […]

What is the place of working women in France in 2013? The influence of women continues to be recognised as International Women’s Day on 8 March provides an opportunity to reflect on the achievements of women and the challenges they have faced in history and will face in the future […]

The rise of the Far-Right Front National movement in France

In countries hardest hit by the global financial crisis, unemployment for young professionals can reach nearly 50%, far superior to unemployment rates among the active population over 25. For those lucky enough to find jobs, they are often precarious short-term contracts that offer little hope of future stability, even for […]