Women

Celebrating the feminist movement's achievements of the past century is one of the purposes of International Women's Day, which has been an official holiday in Berlin since last year. Another is to keep on fighting for equality.

The times are changing. So are the beauty contests. Today, they are about personalities more than about shiny fingernails or bikinis. But the beauty aspect is…

On today's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the world is still a sorry sight in this regard. This applies to Germany too, where…

The Federal Republic of Germany will not charge luxury taxes on sanitary products anymore, including tampons, sanitary napkins and similar products. In 2020, the tampon tax will decrease by 12 percent.

In Germany, a national discussion on tampons and sanitary napkins has been going on for months. The problem is that the state is taxing them as luxury items.…

The minute the Equal Pay Day was announced, criticism was expressed, as expected. Some men dared to say they did not want to be discriminated. Others stated…

On countless banners reading "Viva la Vulva" or "Do not apply laws to my body", especially young women expressed their pro choice position and rejected abortion laws passed by parliaments with male majorities.

I did bring up my big daughter by showing her that she can become anything she wants. But I did not really have to tell her because she figured it out herself.…

There are countries in which women accounted for less than a fifth of all members of parliament in 2018. They are Hungary, where only 13 percent of all MPs were…

For women and men who support them, the struggle continues. Equal pay is a subject Germany discusses on a regular basis, since it still has not been achieved. Discrimination in general has not completely vanished.