Women's Day reminds us of inequality

International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, is an important opportunity to raise awareness of lacking equality, the daily Postimees writes: "Last Friday the European Commission reported that women in the EU earned on average 18 percent less than men. The pay gap has actually widened in some countries in the past 15 years, and European Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding has combatively called for companies to be penalised. The question, however, is whether radical measures like quotas or sanctions can improve the situation more than for example more parents' leave for fathers. The second important question pertains to domestic violence, even if the statistics showed a downwards trend in the number of cases in our country last year. ... International Women's Day should be the day we reflect on these things, but the problems shouldn't simply be swept under the carpet for the rest of the year."

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