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EU hearing highlights long road to banning anti-LGBTQ 'therapy"
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (514+ words) Only eight EU countries have banned conversion therapies so far The European Commission wants to follow up on the citizens" initiative aimed at banning conversion therapies that claim to "cure" homosexual or transgender people, but the road to achieving this…...
EU's top court sides with Commission, finds Poland in violation of EU law
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (352+ words) The ECJEU finds Poland's constitutional rulings from 2021 breached primacy and uniform application of EU law The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has ruled that Poland breached fundamental EU law principles by allowing its Constitutional Court to challenge the…...
Hungary police recommends charging Budapest mayor over pride parade
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (349+ words) The mayor called the accusations "absurd", saying the municipality has the right to "hold any event it wants on its own public property" Budapest's opposition mayor Gergely Kar'csony said on Thursday that police had recommended charges against him for organising…...
From Exclusion to Equity: Closing the Gender Gap in Healthcare
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (371+ words) Women's health continues to face critical gaps in research, care, and access, hindering progress towards true gender equality in healthcare. The pharmaceutical industry must lead by addressing women's underrepresentation in clinical research, promoting patient-centered care, strengthening prevention, and fostering systemic…...
Closing EU's healthcare gender gap, advancing women’s health equality
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (130+ words) Improving Europe's gender-responsive approach to healthcare can strengthen resilience, advance health equity, put women's needs at the centre of innovation Improving Europe's gender-responsive approach to healthcare can strengthen resilience, advance health equity, put women's needs at the centre of innovation…...
Top EU court forces Poland to recognise same sex marriages from other EU countries
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) Refusing to recognise would infringe on gay couples' "freedom and the right to respect for private and family life," the Court said Poland must recognise same-sex marriages lawfully performed in other EU countries despite its domestic ban, the EU's top…...
Commission launches infringement procedure against Slovakia over anti-LGBTQ+ constitutional reform
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (272+ words) Brussels has sent Bratislava a formal notice requesting further explanations, to which Slovakia must respond within the usual two-month deadline BRATISLAVA " The European Commission announced on Friday that it has opened an infringement procedure against Slovakia, following its recent controversial…...
Kazakh parliament passes Russian-style anti-LGBTQ law
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (359+ words) Several other countries, including EU members Hungary and Bulgaria, have also passed anti-LGBTQ "propaganda" laws that critics say are inspired by Russia Kazakhstan's parliament on Wednesday passed a bill to ban the promotion of what it calls "non-traditional sexual orientation…...
Timmermans boosted by gay youth controversy
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (1410+ words) In today's edition: a gay rights controversy jolts the Dutch election as centrist parties eye a comeback, Pedro S'nchez's fragile alliance unravels after Catalan separatists cut ties, and Berlin urges restraint as EU-China trade tensions escalate over mineral export curbs…...
Closing Europe’s gender health gap is Penilla Gunther’s personal crusade
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (927+ words) Gunther's deeply personal mission is shaped by her experience as a two-time cancer survivor and recipient of a heart transplant For Penilla Gunther, president of the European Patient Safety Foundation, the campaign for equitable healthcare is not a distant policy…...