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The traditional role of women in German society was often described by the so-called "four Ks" in the German language: Kinder (children), Kirche (church), Küche (kitchen), and Kleider (clothes), indicating that their main duties were bearing and rearing children, attending to religious activities, cooking and serving food, and dealing with ...
From 1919 through the 1980s, women comprised about 10 percent of the Bundestag. The Green Party had a 50 percent quota, so that increased the numbers. Since the late 1990s, women have reached a critical mass in German politics. Women's increased presence in government since 2000 is due to generational change.
Feminism in Germany as a modern movement began during the Wilhelmine period (1888–1918) with individual women and women's rights groups pressuring a range of traditional institutions, from universities to government, to open their doors to women. This movement culminated in women's suffrage in 1919.
The candidate's struggles reminded female politicians in Germany that even after 16 years of Angela Merkel, the country has a long way to go. Being a Woman in German Politics Still Isn’t Easy ...
Women in Germany earned 18% less on average than men last year, due largely to a levelling-off in earnings after having children and taking part-time work, the Federal Statistics Office said on ...
The opponents of women's studies in Germany and Switzerland—professors and members of parliament—argued that the Russian Ukas from 1873 portrayed an image of a politically subversive, morally corrupt Russian woman. [33] As a reaction, the German women's movement created a picture of the German student which was the exact opposite of the ...
Women in Germany receive a third of the retirement income of their male counterparts, in what has been called the "gender pension gap." One in five women aged 65 or over is at risk of poverty in ...
Three former sovereign states had a female head of state or government in the 20th century: East Germany, Tannu Tuva and Yugoslavia. The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who ...