Gender Equality in the EU
The Research
This policy report looks into the Istanbul Convention on gender-based violence. With a cross-country analysis, we assessed the effects of the Convention and looked at the relevance of its definition of gender and violence today. Through mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods, we investigated the impact of the Convention's ratification on different subsets of the population and on the perception of the matter in the media.
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The Team
Irene Brusini
MSc European and International Public Policy
The two things that have always characterised Irene since she was young are her strong sense of justice and her scientific attitude. She balances the two by applying scientific methods to public policy research, with a particular interest for gender equality, redistribution and development economics. She hopes to go into public policy consultancy or government work.
Silvia Picalarga
MSc European and International Public Policy
Silvia studied her undergraduate degree at the University of Bocconi in International Politics and Government. She has worked as an intern at the Italian Prime Minister's Cabinet for Family Policies and now interns at the OECD in the public management and budgeting division.
Anastasia Kotroni
MSc Development Management
Anastasia is from Greece but has spent most of her life travelling. She has lived in the US, Libya, Slovenia, and now the UK. She did her undergraduate in Business Economics and Geography at the University of Glasgow where she got interested in development economics. Her research interests include gender equality, environmental policy and development economics. Her ideal post-graduation plans would be to work for development organisations in research, policy-making or project management.
Stella Canessa
MSc International Political Economy
Stella studied economics at Brown University in the US and has spent time working as a research assistant for the University of Warwick on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market during her postgraduate studies at the LSE. She is now a pre-doctoral fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research where she works on gender, family and labour economics.
Habiba Paracha
MSc Human Rights
Habiba is a Human Rights and Politics student interested in the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in Western democracies. As an undergraduate, her degree in International Relations makes her well versed in taking a global view of different situations. Post-graduation, she hopes to take on consulting or research roles.
Lara Davidoff
BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economy
Lara grew up in Mexico but studied in the French system and moved to the UK 5 years ago. She is very interested in understanding the ways in which world economies impact the political spectrum, but also passionate about moral dilemmas. After completing her undergraduate degree, she plans to pursue additional studies in international law, as she intends to advocate for underprivileged people and bring justice to underserved communities.
Anna Zech
MSc Political Economy of Europe
Anna has made her way through a variety of European countries and universities before coming to LSE. She normally works on topics related to fiscal and monetary policy in Europe with a fascination for the ECB, but she also feel strongly about women's rights and wanted to get some hands-on experience in policy research. She has learned a lot from her team and could not be happier to have had the chance to work on such an important issue. After graduation she aims to complete a traineeship at one of the EU institutions and do a PhD.