Jainism in Europe Mahavir and Nakoda Bhairavji Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur also have UK centres in Leicester, London and Manchester. Jainism A Way of Life by Vinod Kapashi Jainism in Europe The credit of introducing Jainism to the West goes to a German scholar Hermann Jacobi who translated some Jain literature and published it in the series 'Sacred Books of East' in 1884. In Europe, the largest Jain populations are in Britain with a population of about 25,000 (as of 2006). Jains living outside India belong to various traditions, Digambara, Shvetambara, Terapanthi, Sthanakvasi, Shrimad Rajchandra are all represented. In many cases, they gather
Women in Europe Women in Europe The evolution and history of European women coincide with the evolution and the history of Europe itself. According to the "Catalyst", 51.2% of the population of the European Union in 2010 is composed of women (in January 2011, the population of the EU was at 502,122,750). Categorically, modern-day women in Europe are women who live in or are from the European continent, which includes women from sovereign states such as women from Albania, Malta, Portugal, Turkey, and Vatican City. European women also include women from states with limited recognition internationally, such as Abkhazia, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus,