Greek Women

Influential Greek women have played a crucial role in Greece's history since antiquity -- read on to learn about ten women who shaped Greece today.

It is hard to imagine that just over 100 years ago, a woman could find herself being arrested for wearing a one-piece swimsuit at the beach!

Successful Greek women were celebrated by the Daughters of Penelope on International Women's Day in a webinar

Karpathos, the second-largest island in the Dodecanese island chain, is a place where women dominate.

Greek women are making a difference -- whether it's in the realm of politics, science, business, philanthropy or sport.

Greece is next to last among all European nations in terms of women in politics, according to research prepared by Eurostat.

Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis, who was among the first EU leaders to implement a strict quarantine in Greece, in now transferring the authority of enforcing the quarantine to Greek women. The decision took most by storm but police sources...

The decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday to propose a female candidate for the President of the Hellenic Republic sent shock waves through the male-dominated Greek political system -- and society itself. Mitsotakis proposed Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, first female...

This story was originally published by Joanna on LosetheMap.com. It's summer, and one of the most popular destinations this year, as usual, is Greece. For those of you who are missing summer in Greece or are looking for some general travel...

Women in Greece were paid an average of 12.5 percent less than men in 2014, the last year for which the country has provided data on the gender pay gap, according to a report by Eurostat on Wednesday, issued...