The EU Parliament finalized recommendations for the EU’s position on the UN global gathering on women’s rights in March 2025, urging leadership in promoting gender equality through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. MEPs emphasized the importance of upholding women’s rights as a foundation of the EU’s external action, advocating for gender budgeting, mainstreaming, and enhanced data collection, as well as increased measures to combat gender-based violence, including online abuse and a consent-based definition of rape.
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East Yorkshire skipper describes ‘panic and worry’ after North Sea collision
Neil Robson, owner of Genesis Fishing Ltd in Bridlington, known as the “Lobster Capital of Europe”, relies on the shellfish trade for his family business, catching crab and lobster for both UK and international markets. When a major collision between an oil tanker and cargo ship occurred in the North Sea, causing a large fire off the coast of Hull, Robson, who was on board his boat Genesis, expressed concern for the safety of those...
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