27 May - 2 June 2019 | 326 comments (326 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Europe CAMPAIGN 2019 (none / 0)

winding up
OpEd | European Elections 2019 - what now for racial diversity?
What is the goal?

to truly represent the full diversity of its population in the Parliament.

What is the barrier, or problem?

Although this election brought a welcome increase in the numbers of racial and ethnic minorities elected, Brexit will roll back most of the gains.
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The United Kingdom elected the most POC ["people of color"] MEPs, and when they leave in October, it will greatly reduce racial representation in the European Parliament. After Brexit, not only will there be seven less MEPs of colour, but there is a risk that commitment to equality and diversity principles such as equality data collection, positive action, and even the acknowledgement of racism as a major issue, is likely to falter.

waitwut

We also see that minorities are not a monolith and the elected ethnic minority MEPs represent a range of political stances. Far-right parties such as Le Pen's Rassemblement National and the UK's Brexit party will send one MEP each to the European Parliament, and Belgium's New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) - known for its strong opposition to the UN's migration pact - elected Belgium's only MEP of colour, Assita Kanko.

UN: Nearly 71 million now displaced by war, violence at home
cascade of misplaced precision

archived Anglo-merican disease
They are not all going back to where they came from.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jun 19th, 2019 at 05:11:19 PM EST
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Re: Europe FEMINISM (none / 0)

Statistics are at the heart of achieving SDGs ["Sustainable Development Goals"], says gender equality advocate
What is the goal?

developing public policy ... to set targets [OF WHAT?]. For example, with regard to employment policies, it will be decided that a measure should benefit [HOW?] two million long-term unemployed people [WHERE?] between the ages of 30 and 50 [WHY?].

What is the barrier, or problem?

official statistics are not collected in a systematic manner. Political and statistical experts should work together but, unfortunately, this is not the case.

waitwut

It is more difficult to have statistics on women [?]. For example, the agricultural sector employs many women in the South. However, they are part of the informal [sic] employment sector, which does not necessarily [!] respect labour laws.
So there are many legal violations in this sector. But this finding is not based on sector-related studies [!]. Everyone knows this reality but it is not supported by official statistics, which means that this issue is not taken into account in public policies in the agricultural sector.

What was the question?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jun 19th, 2019 at 05:30:02 PM EST
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