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.

Allianz: The Most Female Executive Board of All DAX Companies

2024-10-23T19:17:10+02:0009. Jan 2024|Business Work New Work, Society|

Allianz now has "the most female board of all DAX companies." Four women are on the company's executive board: Barbara Karuth-Zelle, Renate Wagner, Sirma Boshnakova, and now Claire-Marie Coste-Lepoutre, who succeeds Giulio [...]

Ferda Ataman on gender-inclusive language

2024-10-23T19:06:35+02:0009. Jan 2024|Politics, Society|

"The Federal Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Ferda Ataman, considers warnings about gender-inclusive language to be 'tactical noise' and bans a step backward. It's about showing respect to people, she says in an interview with [...]

Surgeon Dilek Gürsoy Has Become the First Woman in Europe to Replace a Heart with an Artificial One

2024-10-23T19:19:31+02:0008. Jan 2024|Science, Digitalization & Technology, Society|

Cardiac surgeon Dr. med. Dilek Gürsoy is a member of the herCAREER community, participating as a speaker at the Expo and as a podcast and interview partner. Recently, Süddeutsche Zeitung (€) interviewed [...]

Women in Leadership

2024-11-26T08:57:49+01:0019. Dec 2023|Society, Leadership & Communication, Business Work New Work|

According to the IAB Establishment Panel company survey conducted by the Institute for Employment Research of the German Federal Employment Agency, which surveyed 15,000 companies, the proportion of women in the top [...]

The CDU’s Old-Fashioned View of Women

2024-11-26T09:00:08+01:0019. Dec 2023|Society, Politics|

"If you want to know what's missing from the new CDU program, you only need to mention one name: Rita Süssmuth. She is not merely an elderly lady; she remains a political [...]

Women’s suffrage in Switzerland

2025-01-11T14:22:55+01:0015. Dec 2023|Politics, Society|

"Dr. Isabel Rohner was ten years old when the canton of Appenzell voted on women's suffrage. 'Equality became the theme of her life,' as noted in taz. The Swiss author now has a [...]

Why is mansplaining so common?

2025-01-27T08:46:59+01:0014. Dec 2023|Society|

"Dear men, why do we mansplain so often?" a reader asks in taz. A (unnamed) professor of Gender Studies at the University of Mainz responds. Mansplaining, the professor [...]

Reaching old age wealth

2025-01-27T08:39:43+01:0014. Dec 2023|Society, Money & Finances|

"Plan ahead, secure yourself, close the pension gap: Women are constantly drilled with this message. But they can achieve so much more," writes Christiane von Hardenberg on ZEIT ONLINE (€). "Is that [...]

“You can’t be a great manager without becoming a bias interrupter”

2023-12-12T10:46:01+01:0012. Dec 2023|Leadership & Communication, Society, herVIEW|

„Companies spend millions on antibias training each year in hopes of creating more-inclusive—and thereby innovative and effective—workforces. Studies show that well-managed diverse groups perform better and are more committed, have higher collective [...]

The Roots, Consequences, and Solutions to our Global Crisis of Connection

2024-05-06T11:22:53+02:0001. Jul 2022|Science, Digitalization & Technology, Academy, Society|

Watch the full & free video now! Video on Demand We are experiencing a crisis of connection, says Niobe Way, a psychology professor at New York [...]