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In Europe, Switzerland was one of the last countries to establish gender equality in marriage: married women's rights were severely restricted until 1988, when legal reforms providing gender equality in marriage, abolishing the legal authority of the husband, came into force (these reforms had been approved in 1985 by voters in a referendum ...
Women sunbathing in monokinis/topfree on a beach in Barcelona 41°23′40″N 2°12′27″E / 41.39444°N 2.20750°E / 41.39444; 2.20750 Swimmers enter the water at Formentera , Public nudity on the beach is, in general, not illegal in Spain , however some local municipalities do outlaw nudity on beaches that are within city limits.
The number of women in the houses of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland increased. In Swiss National Council it went from 10 in 1971 to 50 in 2003, and from 1 to 11 in the 46-member Swiss Council of States. As of 2015 there were 64 women out of 200 members (32%) in the National Council and 7 out of 46 (15.2%) in the Council of States.
The European Court of Human Rights's ruling, in favour of the more than 2,000 Swiss women who brought the case, is expected to resonate in court decisions across Europe and beyond, and to embolden ...
Finland was also the first country in Europe to give women the right to vote. [5] [6] The world's first female members of parliament were elected in Finland the following year. In Europe, the last jurisdiction to grant women the right to vote was the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI), in 1991.
The Swiss women said Bern violated their right to life by failing to cut emissions in line with a pathway that limits global warming to 1.5C (2.7F) to fend off the most severe consequences of ...
Women in society. The evolution and history of European women coincide with the evolution and the history of Europe itself. According to the Catalyst, 51.2% of the population of the European Union in 2010 is composed of women (in January 2011, the population of the EU was at 502,122,750). [1]
By Cecile Mantovani and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber. VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) - Stefanie Brander, one of the more than 2,000 women over 64 who won a court case against Switzerland over climate ...