WOMEN'S RIGHTS : EQUAL RIGHTS ARE ONE THING, ON THE FIELD IT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER.

International Women's Day, on 8 March, is a yearly reminder that around the world women are not treated as equals by men. What is the landscape like in Europe? Beyond the values of equality, beyond the rights and legislation in force in most EU countries - legislation which Ukraine, in particular, can only dream of - what is it like for women in practice?

At work, at home, in politics, practical challenges remain. The EU's Vienna-based European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has published the widest-ranging survey in the world on the topic - with 42,000 women polled - revealing that a third of EU women report having been the target of physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15. Where is progress?

It seems beyond belief that a right that is as well-established as the right...