Inequality in the labor market
"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
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
‘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
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
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
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 [...]
“Time is money? Not for women”
The inequality of income and wealth is evident not only between countries and population groups, but there's also a glaring difference between women and men. This is confirmed by a recent study [...]
More part-time with fewer hours
The employment rate of women has been steadily increasing for years. It has only now become clear to me that the number of hours worked by women has been declining significantly for [...]
Submit herCAREER Expo as educational leave to your employer
Statutory educational leave for participation at the herCAREER-Expo Did you know that you are legally allowed to have an educational leave in some German states? And did you know that [...]
Women on the board – an instance for doubt
There are hardly any women on the boards of German companies, and therefore "an instance for doubt" is missing, says the new member of the German Council of Economic Experts (#Wirtschaftsweise), Monika [...]
