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The Czech Republic has just assumed the rotating presidency of the EU. One of its outspoken female journalists says the country lags on women’s rights. “There is absolutely no pro-women culture,” says Jana Ciglerova.
The untold stories of everyday women in the former Soviet bloc are being brought out from behind the curtain of obscurity. A women’s oral history project has been going on for 10 years and spans at least eight countries.
Prague is hosting a photography exhibit that documents the sexually degrading ads that pervade the city. Women’s rights activists say it’s a chance to talk about a subject that receives little critical attention in the former Soviet bloc.
Roma women in the Czech Republic say the communist practice of sterilizing “undesirables” survived beyond 1989. Authors of a government report on the charges, due out soon, acknowledge flaws with the medical-consent procedures.
A Czech initiative to study schoolbooks for gender bias wrapped up late last year. Activists see the government effort as a step in the right direction. Seventh in a series on women and education.
Advocates working against domestic violence say some of the hardest women to reach are migrant Latina women. One organization in Florida, which offers one-stop services and Spanish-speaking counselors, provides a model for outreach success.
As the May deadline for the Czech Republic’s European Union entry approaches, the issue of girls and prostitution along the border between Germany and the Czech Republic has become a source of controversy.