On 6 April, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, met in Ankara with the President of the Turkish Government, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. However, in what seems to have been a deliberate diplomatic slight, there was no chair for her to sit at the official meeting.
Sadly, this is representative of the way in which deeply rooted sexist attitudes
affect women in all areas of life: in politics, in the workplace and in the wider society.
Read our Statement and Recommendations regarding the prevention and fight against sexism in the EU
here.