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.

“We can shape the future”

2024-05-29T09:38:49+02:0021. May 2024|Politics, Society|

"In Germany, we have so many assets that we can leverage. It's just that we tend to talk them down and underestimate them," says Vera Schneevoigt in an interview with Christoph Pause [...]

Small Progress in Gender Equality

2024-05-21T15:01:27+02:0013. May 2024|Politics, Society, herVIEW|

"Small Progress and New Setbacks" in Gender Equality ... ... are identified by the market and opinion research institute Ipsos based on its latest study, conducted worldwide in the winter of 2023/24 [...]

Are female doctors better than male doctors?

2024-05-09T12:19:53+02:0006. May 2024|Society|

Older women treated in hospitals by female doctors rather than male doctors have a lower mortality rate. This conclusion is drawn from a study by Japanese and US researchers, as reported by [...]

“Against Misogyny”

2024-05-09T12:25:02+02:0006. May 2024|Society|

On the occasion of the overturning of a verdict against US film producer Harvey Weinstein, ZEIT ONLINE interviewed Berlin-based lawyer Christina Clemm, author of the book "Against Misogyny". [...]

Hate online – systematic attacks on women

2024-05-06T10:42:09+02:0006. May 2024|Society, herVIEW|

How women are systematically attacked on the internet. A study by the BAG "Hate Online" analyzes misogynistic (anti-women) ideologies and practices, with a focus on Germany and insights from other European countries. [...]

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|Business Work New Work, Career path & Application, Society|

"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 [...]