Society

In the “Society” category, experts, insiders and role models report on topics such as career opportunities for women, women as role models, gender portrayal in social media and the gender pay gap. Here, personalities who want to change something and do not accept the status quo have their say. You can learn from their experiences and expand your network. “Society” is an offer of the herCAREER expo, the leading expo for women’s career planning. You can get to the ticket store for admission tickets here.

Freedom to abort

2024-07-02T09:01:38+02:0004. Mar 2024|Society, Politics|

"The right to abortion is legally established in France. Now, the 'freedom to abort' is set to receive symbolic constitutional status. The Senate has already approved it," writes DER SPIEGEL. [...]

Young women are becoming increasingly left-wing, while young men are becoming increasingly right-wing

2024-03-07T14:37:49+01:0028. Feb 2024|herWHY, Politics, Society|

"Young women are becoming increasingly left-wing, young men increasingly right-wing. The reason: patriarchal feelings of threat are systematically cultivated," writes Markus Theunert in the Tages-Anzeiger. Financial Times, other [...]

Paid Parental Leave for Fathers

2024-07-23T18:58:19+02:0026. Feb 2024|Politics, Society, Family & Compatibility|

"EU law provides for paid parental leave for employed fathers shortly after the birth of a child. However, the coalition government is not implementing the plan for the time being. A father [...]

Femicide in Austria

2024-07-23T18:55:42+02:0026. Feb 2024|Politics, Society|

"On Friday, four women and a girl were killed in Vienna. One incident occurred in a brothel and claimed the lives of three women. In a second case, a mother and her [...]

Fight for a New Russia

2024-09-11T20:47:04+02:0020. Feb 2024|Politics, Society|

"Three days after the death of her husband, Yulia Navalnaya announced on Monday that she would continue Alexei Navalny's work and fight for a new Russia," writes Süddeutsche Zeitung. [...]

Gülsah Wilke: Shooting Star of the Technology Scene

2024-09-18T18:24:34+02:0020. Feb 2024|Science, Digitalization & Technology, Society|

"Once, the German-Turkish woman was supposed to attend a secondary school. Today, Gülsah Wilke is a shooting star in the technology scene. The story of an unlikely rise," reads the subtitle of [...]

The inheritance question: Do we need higher taxes and more transparency?

2024-02-19T11:50:09+01:0019. Feb 2024|Law & Taxation, Society, herVIEW|

The annual inheritance volume in Germany (including gifts) amounts to up to 400 billion euros, as estimated by a study commissioned by the Hans Böckler Foundation in 2017. 400 billion per year. [...]

“We Are the Fire Wall”

2024-09-18T18:47:56+02:0012. Feb 2024|Society, Politics|

'That a research effort now leads to millions of people taking to the streets, that a movement is emerging from this, has never happened in the Federal Republic,' said Jeannette Gusko, managing [...]

Putin’s War Against Women

2024-09-18T18:40:36+02:0006. Feb 2024|Politics, Society|

In the first novel by Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen, she addressed the sexualized violence inflicted on women in Estonia during the Soviet occupation. She has now written the essay "Putin's War Against [...]

men and women’s world views are pulling apart

2025-02-10T08:49:42+01:0005. Feb 2024|Society, herVIEW|

„Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching“, writes John Burn-Murdoch in the Financial Times. Every generation tends to have a [...]