Category: Equality
What’s in it for HER?
The recent rhetoric about the need to increase female participation in the labour market may be a welcome change to those who have been calling for the need to address gender inequality in the country. But the measures introduced in the so-called ‘family budget’ need context and evaluation.
Seeing black and right
Racism is increasing. Meanwhile, the authorities are not sufficiently empowered to address it, legal remedies are ineffective, and political rhetoric is not backed by adequate funds.
An open letter to Joyce Cassar and Anna Vella
In their letter sent to women across Malta, Joyce Cassar and Anna Vella from the movement against divorce, call on women to vote against the abandonment of women and against hurting children. This open letter to them is my reply.
With women like these…
The fact that Kate Gonzi and Michelle Muscat don’t see eye-to-eye on divorce is less noteworthy than the fact that they equally define themselves as wives and mothers rather than women capable of independent thought.
A matter of choice
Osama Bin Laden’s death may have eclipsed all other news, but the Prime Minister’s comments on female participation in the labour face still deserve attention.
