Four distinguished academics - Didier Pralon from France, Ioannis Simonidis from the United States, Maria del Amor Lopez Jimeno from Spain and Luo Jinlin from China- were declared Ambassadors of Hellenism for 2009 by the Athens Prefecture in a special ceremony that took place on March 5, at the Athens Concert Hall. 

Women & Mass Media

On the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8), the Secretariat General for Communication-Information and the Secretariat General for Gender Equality are jointly hosting a conference on "Women and Mass Media" on March 12.  

Secretariat General for Information: About Greece- Women and Politics ;  Secretariat General for Gender Equality: Report of Policies and Actions on Gender Equality (2004-2008); International Women’s Day: Events in Athens  

EU Statistics on Women

According to the European Union’s latest report on women’s position  in the economy, education and daily life throughout the E.U, over 250 million women are living in the EU - approximately 5.5 million of them live and work in Greece. Indicating an ageing population - for the year 2008 - more than half the female population both in the EU and Greece is aged 25-64 (54% in the EU and 55% in Greece). 

For the year 2007, the pay gap reported between men and women is 17% for the European Union and 20% for Greece. For every 100 managers, there are 32 women in the European Union 32 and 28 in Greece. Also, the statistics show that both in the EU and Greece, women represent half the student body.