Women

Gender equality in Germany has not been reached. But it is safe to say that emancipation has made a lot of headway in the past five decades. Then the Corona crisis hit and caused a traditionalization effect.

On International Women's Day, some 20,000 people took part in a rally in Berlin this afternoon. It included a wide range of parties and organizations from the…

On Sunday, feminists and their supporters of all genders were expected to take part in protests connected to International Women's Day all over Germany.…

Fellow men, ahead of International Women's Day there is an important question: How emancipated are we? I would say there is room for improvement. In other words: We suck big time.

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…

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 one in three women is, or has been, affected by violence.

The Federal Republic of Germany will not charge luxury taxes on sanitary products anymore, including tampons, sanitary napkins and similar products. In 2020,…

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 they believed a transport service provider did not have the right to stage activities of this kind or educate people. But many Berliners do support Equal Pay Day.