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The Federal Government Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity (known as Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Equality for short and informally nicknamed the "Queer Commissioner") is an office in the federal Government of Germany that is tasked with promoting and defending LGBTIQ+ rights and fighting anti-LGBTIQ+ hate.
The National Council of German Women's Organizations initiated the establishment of the CEDAW Alliance Germany, and serves as its host institution. It is a founding member of the European Women's Lobby and its largest national chapter. The council actively engages in advocating for women's rights and equality in politics, work, and within the ...
Germany's Labour Minister, Ursula von der Leyen, a supporter of the quota in Germany, received a written order from Merkel to "alter her ministry's lack of an objection to the EU directive, so that the cabinet could present a unified face to Germany's EU officials". [46] However, in March 2015 the SPD party won the battle on female quota. A new ...
German lawmakers are expected to vote Friday on a government plan to make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official documents. The ...
The data show that the gender pay gap in Europe's biggest economy has remained unchanged since 2020. On an adjusted basis, the gender pay gap for 2023 was 6%, said the office. ... Women in Germany ...
Infanticide and abortion in early modern Germany (Routledge, 2016). Mason, Tim. "Women in Germany, 1925-1940: Family, Welfare and Work. Part I." History Workshop 1976 online. Moeller, Robert G. Protecting motherhood: Women and the family in the politics of postwar West Germany (U of California Press, 1996). Petschauer, Peter.
The average employed female employee in Germany earns 23.1% less than the average male employee, in comparison to 16.4% across the EU. There is also gender division between some industries, with most people in the manufacturing industry in Germany being men and most people in health and social work being women. [6]
Countries in Europe allowing gender self-identification. The law on self-determination with regard to gender entry (German: Gesetz über die Selbstbestimmung in Bezug auf den Geschlechtseintrag, SBGG), unofficially also called the Self-Determination Act (German: Selbstbestimmungsgesetz) is intended to make it easier for transgender, intersex and non-binary people in Germany to have their ...