A closer look at gendered political speech

Communication is one of the most important factors in the strategic self-representation of political leaders or candidates. This is especially important for women in politics who remain often unrepresented in leader positions. In order to be successful, women must cultivate an appropriate self-representation that reconciles on the one hand traditional attitudes towards gender, and on the other hand masculine prototypes of political leaders.

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Notting Hill Carnival, a journey to the Caribbean

Today, nations, people, cultures, beliefs, artistic practices, eating habits can be found all around the globe. Our world is an evolving, exciting, and interesting place but in the present day also violent and unjust. What we see right now is rising fear about ‘the other’. The word migration is currently part of our daily lives, in the news, in the press, on the radio. Fear about ‘those we don’t know’ is spread by a lack of dialogue, marginalization and discrimination. The notion of “us versus them” is suffocating us all. This is illustrated in the election results having a far-right tendency all over Europe.

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Komz a rez brezhoneg? Parles-tu breton?

Les nations multilingues existent partout dans le monde et de nombreux exemples peuvent être cités. Comme a dit Trudguill dans son livre, la difficulté serait plutôt de trouver un pays totalement monolingue. On pense souvent que l’Europe est faite de pays monolingues alors que la Charte européenne des langues régionales ou minoritaires regroupe aujourd’hui 79 langues parlées par 203 groupes linguistiques minoritaires. Cette charte adoptée en 1992, a pour but de protéger et promouvoir l’utilisation de langues minoritaires, pourtant un grand nombre d’autres langues régionales existent en Europe.

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