SION, Switzerland, July 4 (Reuters) - On the terrace of a restaurant in the Swiss city of Sion sits a group of pioneers of women's football in Switzerland who have seen the beautiful game change beyond recognition. For ⁠72-year-old Madeleine Boll, seeing ...

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) -Europe's top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change, in a decision that will set a precedent for future ...

Women across Switzerland are on strike today in protest at the slow progress in tackling the gender pay gap and inequality. Women do ask for pay rises but they don't get them Equal pay day: women will now work for free until end of year International Women ...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday in favor of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government’s inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heat waves. The European court’s decision ...

STRASBOURG, April 9 (Reuters) - Europe's top human rights court ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government violated their human rights by not doing enough to combat climate change. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR ...

(Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves. The association of Swiss ...

BERN, SwitzerlandBERN, Switzerland — Storied coach Pia Sundhage was hired Tuesday to lead the Switzerland women’s soccer team that is hosting the 2025 European Championship. Sundhage was a standout forward playing for Sweden and then a two-time Olympic ...

A group of older Swiss women are taking their government to Europe’s top human rights court, claiming its failure to act on the climate crisis is violating their human rights. The case, which begins in Strasbourg on Wednesday, is the first climate ...

GENEVA — Women across Switzerland walked off the job, burned bras and blocked traffic Friday in a day of demonstrations to demand fairer pay, more equality and an end to sexual harassment and violence. It was the first such protests in the Alpine nation ...

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favor of a group of elderly Swiss women who argued that their government isn’t doing enough to fight climate change, putting them at risk of death from heat waves. In what is being seen as a ...

In Switzerland, on June 14, all over the country, women went on strike. The quiet, peaceful and well-organized nation was overwhelmed by a purple wave of protesters demanding pay equality, the end of sexist and sexual violence, and the fall of patriarchy.