“Time is money? Not for women”

EU-wide, the so-called Gender Pay Gap was 16 percent in 2017. According to Statista, Germany’s gap is much higher, at around 21 percent. Worldwide, women earn an average of 23 percent less than men, and they are more likely to perform precarious or poorly paid work. Men have 50 percent more wealth than women, and women are significantly less socially secure and less likely to have access to retirement benefits – nearly 65 percent of all people who do not receive benefits in retirement age are women.

In international politics, the demand for gender equality is currently in focus. The Ministry for Development Cooperation aims to contribute to reducing and more fairly distributing unpaid care work in the Global South through three measures: