European Defence, the EU and NATO

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1516_en.htm

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/06/22-euco-security-defence/

http://www.newsweek.com/eu-defense-fund-tackle-russia-military-trump-nato-622648

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40217085

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operations_of_the_European_Union

http://egmontinstitute.be/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SPB81.pdf

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/07/eu-prepares-a-defense-union-that-could-alleviate-not-aggravate-trumps-concerns-on-nato.html

http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/ari1-2017-keohane-threes-company-france-germany-uk-european-defence-post-brexit

Gender Equality

SDGs

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs

click on the various SDGs to see the connection with women

e.g. SDG 5

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs/sdg-5-gender-equality

Italy

http://www.wikigender.org/countries/europe-and-central-asia/gender-equality-in-italy/

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/note/join/2014/493052/IPOL-FEMM_NT(2014)493052_EN.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/files/epo_campaign/131203_country_profile_italy.pdf

http://datatopics.worldbank.org/gender/country/italy

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

http://www.italyun.esteri.it/rappresentanza_onu/en/comunicazione/archivio-news/2015/03/2015-03-11-martelli-girls-at-the-centre.html

http://www.cidu.esteri.it/resource/2016/12/49123_f_PlanofAction132520162019.pdf

http://www.italyun.esteri.it/rappresentanza_onu/en/comunicazione/archivio-news/2016/10/consiglio-di-sicurezza-dibattito.html

http://www.italyun.esteri.it/rappresentanza_onu/it/comunicazione/archivio-news/2016/09/71ma-unga-evento-di-alto-livello.html

The Glass Ceiling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_ceiling

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/opinion/for-women-glass-ceilings-and-glass-walls-too.html?_r=0

http://gradblog.schulich.yorku.ca/breaking-through-the-glass-ceiling-women-in-business-2017/

https://www.atg.world/view-article/Women Transforming India 2017 Breaking the glass ceiling Recognizing women by Govt India-375

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/03/daily-chart-0

https://www.thelocal.it/20170125/why-women-need-to-keep-marching-in-italy

europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-489_en.pdf

http://www.soroptimisteurope.org/the-21st-sie-congress-14-16-july-in-florence-italy/

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/6/lakshmi-puri-speech-at-forbes-powerful-women-summit

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/3/progress-for-women-in-politics-but-glass-ceiling-remains-firm

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/14/helen-clark-i-hit-my-first-glass-ceiling-at-the-un