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.

How can more women achieve top political positions?
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How can more women achieve top political positions?

Politics, Society, herVIEW

How can more women achieve top political positions?

2024-06-19T08:24:50+02:0019. Jun 2020|Politics, Society, herVIEW|

Not even 6 percent of world leaders are female. A look at parliaments and ministries also shows that women in politics are not a given. Finnish conditions are a rarity. [...]

Where are the female experts?
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Where are the female experts?

herWHY, Society

Where are the female experts?

2024-06-11T11:54:21+02:0011. Jun 2020|herWHY, Society|

"On television, experts explain the world week after week. Only a third of the guests are women. Why is that?" headlines DER SPIEGEL. Moreover, men fulfill different roles [...]

Radicalizing paternal actions
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Radicalizing paternal actions

Family & Compatibility, herVIEW, Society

Radicalizing paternal actions

2024-06-11T11:29:35+02:0011. Jun 2020|Family & Compatibility, herVIEW, Society|

The birth of a child is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on paternal actions and, if necessary, to radicalize them. The child is born into a world with traditional role distribution: working [...]

Theoretically, many men could also scale back their careers
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Theoretically, many men could also scale back their careers

herWHY, Society, Family & Compatibility

Theoretically, many men could also scale back their careers

2024-06-06T08:50:46+02:0006. Jun 2020|herWHY, Society, Family & Compatibility|

"It will be enlightening to see how women's participation in the labor market will develop this year and next. Theoretically, many men could also scale back their careers. However, the existing evidence [...]

Inequality in the labor market
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Inequality in the labor market

Politics, Society, herVIEW

Inequality in the labor market

2024-06-06T08:28:50+02:0006. Jun 2020|Politics, Society, herVIEW|

"Women earn only half as much as men over their lifetimes." This is the headline of a new study by the Bertelsmann Foundation, which shows that the inequalities between women and men [...]

Retraditionalisation is almost a trivialising word
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Retraditionalisation is almost a trivialising word

Family & Compatibility, herVIEW, Society

Retraditionalisation is almost a trivialising word

2024-06-04T09:59:31+02:0004. Jun 2020|Family & Compatibility, herVIEW, Society|

I am very impressed by the work of Professor Jutta Allmendinger, President of the Social Science Research Centre Berlin. She writes in Die ZEIT: ‘Women's satisfaction is plummeting, their satisfaction with their [...]

In the crisis, compatibility once again becomes a private matter
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In the crisis, compatibility once again becomes a private matter

Society, Family & Compatibility, herVIEW

In the crisis, compatibility once again becomes a private matter

2024-06-04T09:21:45+02:0004. Jun 2020|Society, Family & Compatibility, herVIEW|

‘Under the conditions of the crisis, the care of children, their education and the compatibility with employment is once again becoming a private matter,’ according to a study by the Konrad Adenauer [...]

No lobby for single parents, children, and women
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No lobby for single parents, children, and women

Politics, Society, Family & Compatibility, herVIEW

No lobby for single parents, children, and women

2024-05-22T08:15:16+02:0023. May 2020|Politics, Society, Family & Compatibility, herVIEW|

Families are becoming more vocal due to the lack of childcare options for their children. Rightly so, as Robert Habeck emphasized on Anne Will: "We have seen who has no lobby: I [...]

Back to old gender roles
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Back to old gender roles

Society, Family & Compatibility, herVIEW

Back to old gender roles

2024-05-07T11:29:42+02:0007. May 2020|Society, Family & Compatibility, herVIEW|

Meanwhile, we are also receiving messages from our visitors who are critical of the current situation. Women are expressing 'fear' that they are being thrown back to old gender roles due to [...]

Women in the Boardroom
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Women in the Boardroom

Society, herVIEW

Women in the Boardroom

2024-03-19T13:39:33+01:0020. Mar 2020|Society, herVIEW|

We are making progress, but it's too slow. That is the key finding of the sixth edition of Deloitte's "Women in the Boardroom" report, which found that women hold only 16.9% of [...]