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The results of the first Pisa study since the Covid-19 pandemic were published on Tuesday. Around 690,000 schoolchildren aged 15 and 16 from 81 countries were tested. Compared to previous surveys, performance has declined in most countries. Almost all the top spots are occupied by East Asian states - along with Estonia. Europe's press looks at why.

Basismodelle, Governance und Marktkonzentration stehen ganz oben auf der Liste der Bedenken der Interessengruppen, während sich die politischen Entscheidungsträger der EU auf die Verabschiedung des weltweit ersten KI-Gesetzes vorbereiten.

Coup dur pour Badredine Bouanani ! Déjà en manque du temps de jeu, il a contracté une blessure qui va l’éloigner des terrains pour une […]

L’article Coup dur pour Bouanani avant la CAN 2023 est apparu en premier sur .

EU-Wissenschaftler erklärten am Mittwoch, dass 2023 das bisher wärmste Jahr sein wird, da die globale Durchschnittstemperatur in den ersten 11 Monaten des Jahres mit 1,46 °C über dem Durchschnitt von 1850 bis 1900 den höchsten Wert aller Zeiten erreicht hat.

Sur le pas de plusieurs pays européens, le Royaume-Uni a décidé de durcir ses conditions d’immigration pour contrôler les arrivées massives de migrants. Dans ce […]

L’article Le Royaume-Uni durcit les conditions d’obtention des visas de travail est apparu en premier sur .

Plusieurs produits en provenance du Bénin pourront désormais entrer sur le territoire nigérian. Le grand voisin de l'Est a autorisé l'entrée sur son territoire, de 42 produits Made in Bénin. Un acte fort qui renforce une fois encore, les relations fraternelles, d'amitié et de coopération, vieilles de plusieurs décennies entre les deux pays.

Liste des produits autorisés

Produits alimentaires
1- Riz
2- Margarine
3- Palmniste
4- Produits à base d'huile de palmne
5- Huiles végétales
6- Viande et produit
7- Carnés transformés
8- Légumes et produits
9- Végétaux transformés
10- Volaille et produits transformés à base de volaille
11- Conserves de poisson en sauce (Geisha)/sardine
12- Cure dents
13- Verre et articles en verrerie
14- Ustensiles de cuisines
15-Vaisselle
16- Les bouteilles de gaz
17- Achats de tomates/concentrés de tomates

Textiles
18- Pagnes tissés
19- Vêtements

Matériaux de construction
20- Ciment,
21- Tôles d'acier laminées à froid
22- Tôles d'acier galvanisées,
23- Brouettes,
24- Tête de casseroles,
25- Boîtes et conteneurs métalliques,
26- Articles en émail,
27- Füts en acier
28- Tubes en acier
29- Fil machine déformé et non déformé
30- Barres de fer
31- Barres d'armature
32- Treillis métallique
33- Clous en acier
34- Clôtures et poteaux de sécurité et de rasoir
35- Panneaux et panneaux de particules de bois
36- Panneaux et panneaux de fibre de bois
37- Planches et panneaux de contreplaqué
38- Portes en bois
39- Carreaux vitrifiés et céramigques

Produits industriels-Transports
40- Avions/ Jets privés
Cosmétiques et Divers
41- Encens indiens
42- Savons et cosmétique.
Dans le cadre de la coopération entre le Bénin et le Nigéria, le président Patrice TALON a effectué mercredi 06 décembre 2023, une visite d'Etat chez son homologue nigérian, Mohamed Bola TINUBU.

While some strengths may have been overlooked recently, leading to a more pessimistic outlook on the EU and the euro area than the truly deserve, are there reasons for optimism?

En Espagne, les experts et les associations de patients saluent la qualité des traitements post-AVC, mais demandent que plus d’attention et de ressources soient accordées pour résoudre les défis de la gestion pluridisciplinaire dont les patients ont besoin une fois sortis de l’hôpital.

Poverty and gender equality are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and are key strategic areas for Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It has been often argued that poverty is gendered: at the 1995 UN World Conference on Women, 70 per cent of the world’s poor was said to be female. However, that figure is not backed by sound scientific evidence. There are several challenges to examining the relationship between gender and poverty. The main one is that monetary poverty is calculated at the household level: it is not possible to distinguish the poverty status of different household members. Theoretically, it is possible to analyse poverty by gender by focusing on non-monetary dimensions, as several feminist scholars advocate. However, the most well-known indices of multidimensional poverty have the same problems as those for income poverty: they are computed at the household level. Therefore, we do not really know if – or to what extent – poverty is gendered. Recent studies conducted by IDOS researchers help fill this gap by analysing gender disparities in multidimensional poverty in more than 80 low- and middle-income countries and using individual-level indices, which encompass three dimensions: education, health and employment. This policy brief summarises the main findings of the IDOS studies and presents key policy recommendations. The research reveals the female face of poverty. In recent years, female multidimensional poverty has been higher than male multidimensional poverty almost everywhere: on average, the former is about 70 per cent higher than the latter. Depending on the specific poverty index used, women make up between 54 and 63 per cent of the impoverished population. Gender disparities vary substantially across the world: the largest disparities are visible in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia. The research also shows that from the late 1990s/early 2000s most countries experienced increased gender disparities in poverty, a process often referred to as the “feminisation of poverty”. This largely occurred in Europe and Central Asia, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean. The very large gender disparities in MENA and South Asia have persisted for decades. The studies also find that the increase in gender disparities occurred especially in rural areas and was mostly driven by an increase in disparities in access to paid employment. To tackle the gendered nature of poverty, we recommend:
• Incentivising women’s employment and pro-moting the care economy. Care policies can partly free women from their care duties and/or recognise the economic value of care work, thereby increasing employment opportunities for women. Expanding the (professional) care sector – and more generally, the service sector – also creates job opportunities for women.
• Adopting gender-responsive social protection. Cash transfers can benefit women in particular but should include clear gender-equality goals and be designed to challenge existing gender norms (rather than reinforce them).
• Tackling gender norms. Eliminating discriminatory laws and regulations can help in the short term; education and awareness campaigns are critical in the long run.
• Advocating for and realising the (gender) data revolution. It is necessary to invest in ad-hoc data collection focused on individual and female experiences of poverty.

Poverty and gender equality are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and are key strategic areas for Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It has been often argued that poverty is gendered: at the 1995 UN World Conference on Women, 70 per cent of the world’s poor was said to be female. However, that figure is not backed by sound scientific evidence. There are several challenges to examining the relationship between gender and poverty. The main one is that monetary poverty is calculated at the household level: it is not possible to distinguish the poverty status of different household members. Theoretically, it is possible to analyse poverty by gender by focusing on non-monetary dimensions, as several feminist scholars advocate. However, the most well-known indices of multidimensional poverty have the same problems as those for income poverty: they are computed at the household level. Therefore, we do not really know if – or to what extent – poverty is gendered. Recent studies conducted by IDOS researchers help fill this gap by analysing gender disparities in multidimensional poverty in more than 80 low- and middle-income countries and using individual-level indices, which encompass three dimensions: education, health and employment. This policy brief summarises the main findings of the IDOS studies and presents key policy recommendations. The research reveals the female face of poverty. In recent years, female multidimensional poverty has been higher than male multidimensional poverty almost everywhere: on average, the former is about 70 per cent higher than the latter. Depending on the specific poverty index used, women make up between 54 and 63 per cent of the impoverished population. Gender disparities vary substantially across the world: the largest disparities are visible in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia. The research also shows that from the late 1990s/early 2000s most countries experienced increased gender disparities in poverty, a process often referred to as the “feminisation of poverty”. This largely occurred in Europe and Central Asia, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean. The very large gender disparities in MENA and South Asia have persisted for decades. The studies also find that the increase in gender disparities occurred especially in rural areas and was mostly driven by an increase in disparities in access to paid employment. To tackle the gendered nature of poverty, we recommend:
• Incentivising women’s employment and pro-moting the care economy. Care policies can partly free women from their care duties and/or recognise the economic value of care work, thereby increasing employment opportunities for women. Expanding the (professional) care sector – and more generally, the service sector – also creates job opportunities for women.
• Adopting gender-responsive social protection. Cash transfers can benefit women in particular but should include clear gender-equality goals and be designed to challenge existing gender norms (rather than reinforce them).
• Tackling gender norms. Eliminating discriminatory laws and regulations can help in the short term; education and awareness campaigns are critical in the long run.
• Advocating for and realising the (gender) data revolution. It is necessary to invest in ad-hoc data collection focused on individual and female experiences of poverty.

Poverty and gender equality are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and are key strategic areas for Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It has been often argued that poverty is gendered: at the 1995 UN World Conference on Women, 70 per cent of the world’s poor was said to be female. However, that figure is not backed by sound scientific evidence. There are several challenges to examining the relationship between gender and poverty. The main one is that monetary poverty is calculated at the household level: it is not possible to distinguish the poverty status of different household members. Theoretically, it is possible to analyse poverty by gender by focusing on non-monetary dimensions, as several feminist scholars advocate. However, the most well-known indices of multidimensional poverty have the same problems as those for income poverty: they are computed at the household level. Therefore, we do not really know if – or to what extent – poverty is gendered. Recent studies conducted by IDOS researchers help fill this gap by analysing gender disparities in multidimensional poverty in more than 80 low- and middle-income countries and using individual-level indices, which encompass three dimensions: education, health and employment. This policy brief summarises the main findings of the IDOS studies and presents key policy recommendations. The research reveals the female face of poverty. In recent years, female multidimensional poverty has been higher than male multidimensional poverty almost everywhere: on average, the former is about 70 per cent higher than the latter. Depending on the specific poverty index used, women make up between 54 and 63 per cent of the impoverished population. Gender disparities vary substantially across the world: the largest disparities are visible in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia. The research also shows that from the late 1990s/early 2000s most countries experienced increased gender disparities in poverty, a process often referred to as the “feminisation of poverty”. This largely occurred in Europe and Central Asia, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean. The very large gender disparities in MENA and South Asia have persisted for decades. The studies also find that the increase in gender disparities occurred especially in rural areas and was mostly driven by an increase in disparities in access to paid employment. To tackle the gendered nature of poverty, we recommend:
• Incentivising women’s employment and pro-moting the care economy. Care policies can partly free women from their care duties and/or recognise the economic value of care work, thereby increasing employment opportunities for women. Expanding the (professional) care sector – and more generally, the service sector – also creates job opportunities for women.
• Adopting gender-responsive social protection. Cash transfers can benefit women in particular but should include clear gender-equality goals and be designed to challenge existing gender norms (rather than reinforce them).
• Tackling gender norms. Eliminating discriminatory laws and regulations can help in the short term; education and awareness campaigns are critical in the long run.
• Advocating for and realising the (gender) data revolution. It is necessary to invest in ad-hoc data collection focused on individual and female experiences of poverty.

La menace persistante du terrorisme chimique, biologique et radiologique a réuni les délégués américains du bureau de la sécurité internationale et de la non-prolifération du […]

L’article L’Algérie et les Etats Unis renforcent la coopération sur le terrorisme chimique est apparu en premier sur .

Es bestehe die Möglichkeit, eine Einigung über die EU-Pläne zur Gentechnik noch vor den Europawahlen im kommenden Juni zu erzielen, sagte die Berichterstatterin Jessica Polfjärd. Sie betonte, dass dies notwendig sei, um die Landwirte angesichts der wachsenden Umweltprobleme zu unterstützen.

Die Europäische Kommission hat am Mittwoch (6. Dezember) eine Reihe von Maßnahmen und Empfehlungen für verschiedene Politikbereiche zur Bekämpfung von Hassverbrechen in ganz Europa, insbesondere gegen jüdische und muslimische Gemeinschaften, vorgestellt – doch einige sagen, dass sie nicht ausreichen. 

Die Europäische Arzneimittel Agentur (EMA) wird nächste Woche die erste Liste kritischer Arzneimittel veröffentlichen. Dies ist Teil der EU-Strategie zur Bekämpfung von Arzneimittelknappheit, die auch andere Maßnahmen wie Lagerhaltung und Diversifizierung der Lieferkette vorsieht.