Women workers
Job opportunities in the digital sectors are growing, but the gender gap affects this field, too. Among countries in the European Union, Bulgaria is against the current: in fact, it stands out for the high rate of female employment in the sector. We looked at data and spoke to Sasha Bezuhanova to find out why.
A video depicting elderly women shoveling snow in the streets of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, triggered debate. But many Azerbaijani pensioners have no alternative: their poor pensions force them to continue working. An article by Kamran Mahmudov.
More in this newsletter: the red apple in Armenia symbolizes virginity, a tradition still imposed on girls until their wedding; the collapse of Agrokor and its several consequences reviewed by Giovanni Vale; the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Azerbaijan, celebrated amid a wave of prosecution against civil society and the opposition.
Short news: a global campaign has been launched to support secular daily Cumhuriyet; meanwhile, in Montenegro, the dismissal of public broadcaster director-general Andrijana Kadija, last week, looks like a new attempt of political interference over public service media in the country.
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