Austerity measures and deepening economic crises across Europe are increasing cases of discrimination against women, a new study co-led by the University of Leicester has discovered. Women are particularly missing out on bonuses and promotions, and discrimination based on prejudices and gender stereotypes is very much alive in EU countries, the researchers state...Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella [co-author, says:]..."[In] Romania...women in child-bearing years are simply not selected for a job [and] parents with prams are not welcomed into shops for fear of shoplifting...The report looks at the position of working parents across the EU Member States with a view to highlighting gaps, as well good practices...[T]he EU has successfully established a common ground and often domestic legal provisions go beyond the obligations set by the EU...[However], "[w]hilst, on paper, the law exists and is comprehensive, in practice it is too often circumvented," [says] Dr Caracciolo di Torella...