What is beauty? Can it be measured? In fact, we see that there is a very personal question and a clear answer. However, we can say that according to cultures, tastes are perceptions of beauty. Let’s take Korea. Did you know that in Korea, every part of the body has a certain size? Having a […]
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Rue-elles
Hey, I am Lena, and this article collaborates with my sending organisation from France, Intercultura. The project’s name is a play on words with “ruelle”, which means “little street”. “Rue” means “streets“, and “elles” is the subject pronoun for “she” in the plural. To understand better, I invite you to read on : “RUE-ELLES is a project that […]
Rachel Carson – Portrait
Rachel Louise Carson was born on the 27th of May in Pittsburgh and died in Silver Spring in the Maryland in 1964. She was a marine biologist, an ecologist activist, and one of the most important leading figures in the US. She marked the history of her country. Since an early age Rachel Carson was […]
Marie Curie – Portrait
Marie Curie, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, was born in Poland, November 7, 1867 in Varsovie. She grew up under the Russian occupation. Her father was a mathematics teacher and her mother a school teacher. She was a Polish and naturalized French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman […]
Women in Greece
The complicated explanation of an even more complicated question. In the past few decades, every country in the EU has lived a reform of gender roles, especiallywhen it comes to the opportunities and life stories of females. Apparently, women now canhave it all: in 2006 Greek Law 3488/2006 stated that from then on, women are […]
Climate change is not gender-neutral.
Wildfires, floods, sea level rise, droughts, food insecurity, climate refugees and so much more. All of this is a direct consequence of global warming, but we can still make a difference. We first have to understand the world to be able to change it. Let’s talk about climate change first. There are two types of […]
Top 10 books about women you need to read now
The #HotspotWeek dedicated to the Elimination of Violence Against Women is almost over, so to conclude we offer you a list of 10 books that tell very different stories with one thing in common: WOMEN. Read on and get inspired! Una donna by Sibilla Aleramo Published for the first time in 1906, through the pages […]
Irida: my experience working with refugee women in Greece
What is Irida My name is Magdaléna Kokonezis, I was born in Greece, to a Greek father and a French mother, but now I live in France. I finished my studies in 2019 and have now been volunteering for three months at Irida. This center dedicated to refugee women and their children is based on […]
Random Radio Show #8: International Women’s Day

In this shorter episode of Random Radio Show, we will celebrate awesomeness of our women and also mention some important women from the past and the present. International Women’s Day is here. Let’s celebrate 🙂
United Against Violence Towards Women
In 1999, the 25th of November was designated by the United Nations the «International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women».
Nowadays, on this date, campaigns are launched all over the world in order to raise awareness of this worldwide problem. Balkan Hotspot decided to join the cause and created a gallery of impactful images with some quite impressive messages and appeals. Take a look!