19.12.2016 , in ((Experiences, Good Practices, Politics))
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Stefanie Kurt and Loulayane Pizurki-Awad
Le Tribunal administratif fédéral a admis un recours déposé contre une décision de refus par l’ancien Office fédéral des migrations d’octroyer la naturalisation facilitée à une ressortissante française exerçant l’activité de péripatéticienne. L’ancien Office fédéral des migrations a qualifié d’incompatible l’exercice de cette profession avec l’obligation de fidélité inhérente à l’existence d’une communauté conjugale, condition pour l’octroi de la naturalisation facilitée.
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16.12.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Margarite Helena Zoeteweij
The issue of whether EU (labor) migration law respects the principle of gender equality as it is supposed to is so far understudied. This attempt of exposing some gender-related flaws in the EU migration law shortly discusses the gender-neutrality of the EU Blue Card Directive and the Seasonal Workers Directive as two examples of EU migration law. And, it is used as evidence that the EU asylum and migration law does indeed contain traces of gender-discrimination.
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09.12.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Metka Hercog
Recently we witnessed the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States of America. Given that he has no prior political experience, his election was for a long time considered unthinkable. And since he built his election campaign on xenophobic, racist and sexist language, many dreaded such an outcome. Immediately, questions were also raised about what Trump’s election means for international relations and whether it will boost other populist movements worldwide.
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05.12.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Stefanie Kurt
Switzerland introduced women’s suffrage at the federal level through a popular vote on 7 February 1971. To most readers this will seem very recent indeed. Yet at the cantonal level it was only in 1990 that the last canton also introduced women’s suffrage. Overall, it took 142 years before every political body at the federal and cantonal levels recognized the right of women to vote and the right to be elected.
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25.11.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Eva Zschirnt
Die Schweiz ist eines der wenigen westlichen Länder, das kein umfassendes Anti-Diskriminierungsgesetz hat. Unter anderem im MIPEX Index wird auf diesen Umstand hingewiesen – und dass es keine Gleichstellungsbehörde gibt, die sich für potentielle Opfer von Diskriminierung einsetzt. Insgesamt landet die Schweiz auf dem viertletzten Platz von 38 Ländern, die MIPEX untersucht hat, mit nur 31 von 100 möglichen Punkten, gefolgt von der Türkei, Japan und Island.
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