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.

Every other woman works part-time

2024-05-09T12:21:29+02:0002. May 2024|Society, Family & Compatibility|

Every other woman works part-time: "Even last year, the majority of women in Germany worked part-time. While every other employed woman worked part-time, it was only about 13 percent for men, as [...]

“Hard work unfortunately does not lead to the same level of success for everyone.”

2024-05-03T16:43:58+02:0002. May 2024|Society, Business Work New Work, Career path & Application|

"Martha A. Dudzinski is an expert at accomplishing a lot in little time – because she has to for health reasons." Kathrin Werner and Nils Wischmeyer interviewed the social entrepreneur and head [...]

Germany is lacking more than 13,000 women’s shelter spaces

2024-05-09T12:22:07+02:0029. Apr 2024|Politics, Society|

In Germany, there are a total of 7,786 spaces in shelters for women and their children. According to the Istanbul Convention (in which states have agreed on guidelines for the protection of [...]

Gender differences in career choices between women and men

2024-05-01T16:52:10+02:0023. Apr 2024|Business Work New Work, Society|

The gender-specific differences in career choices between women and men have decreased over the past ten years. Gender-specific differences in career choices between women and men have decreased [...]

Cum-ex Chief Investigator Leaves Public Prosecutor’s Office for Non-Governmental Organization

2024-05-09T12:23:01+02:0023. Apr 2024|Politics, Society|

Germany's leading Cum-ex investigator, Senior Prosecutor Anne Brorhilker, is leaving the Cologne Public Prosecutor's Office (thus relinquishing her civil service status) to become the Managing Director of the non-governmental organization Finanzwende, in [...]

Are men in the envy hell?

2024-05-09T12:23:19+02:0022. Apr 2024|Society|

The psychologist Martina Lackner writes in Business Punk about the effects of gender equality on the mental health of men, which she observes in her practice. Men are increasingly confronted with feelings [...]

Why “Tomorrow is Another Day” became a hit in Italy.

2024-04-22T16:14:39+02:0022. Apr 2024|Society, Family & Compatibility, herVIEW|

Instead of being excited about blockbusters like "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer," 5.5 million Italians were captivated by a black-and-white film about domestic violence in the autumn of 2023. It [...]

Dr. Joy Buolamwini – the conscience of the AI industry

2024-05-09T12:22:36+02:0022. Apr 2024|Science, Digitalization & Technology, Society|

"Dr. Joy Buolamwini is considered the conscience of the AI industry – and one of its most powerful women. Even people like US President Joe Biden listen to her. Also because she [...]

Moral AI – How do we get there and how can you get involved?

2024-05-16T09:50:12+02:0018. Apr 2024|Society, Science, Digitalization & Technology, Academy|

Watch the full & free video now! Video on Demand What if a machine would determine who gets an organ and who does not? Can Artificial Intelligence [...]

Abortions in Germany

2024-05-11T16:45:24+02:0015. Apr 2024|Politics, Society, Health, Female Body, Soul & Mental Health|

Abortions in Germany: "80 percent of people in Germany consider the illegality of abortions to be wrong": The taz reports on a survey by Civey commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Family [...]