Tag: Equality
Do women on Dax boards fail more often than men?
Dusseldorf When the sporting goods giant Adidas announced last week that HR manager Amanda Rajkumar was leaving the company after only two and a half years, it brought back memories…
For the first time, more women than men were elected to supervisory bodies
Dusseldorf More women are represented on the supervisory boards of Germany’s largest listed companies than ever before. This year, for the first time, more women than men were elected to…
For the first time, more women than men were elected to supervisory bodies
Dusseldorf More women are represented on the supervisory boards of Germany’s largest listed companies than ever before. This year, for the first time, more women than men were elected to…
Gender equality is important to our prosperity
Gender equality in employment is a central issue of justice and freedom. Because economic independence is one of the prerequisites for a self-determined life and for building up one’s own…
Spain’s President Sánchez announces quotas for women in politics and business
Pedro Sanchez At the beginning of the election year, the coalition government of Sánchez’s socialist party PSOE and the left-wing party Unidas Podemos are in trouble over a dispute over…
Brazil’s largest state bank gets a boss
Tarciana Medeiro Medeiros, it marks a cultural change in the bank in relation to politics. (Photo: dpa) Salvador Tarciana Medeiros started her career as a seller at the weekly market…
Why it pays to invest in gender equality
It has long been recognized that there are social and economic benefits to investing in gender equality or taking action to end violence against women and girls and to make…
Software Developer Lynç Yedi Saying “If There Was Equality You Would Be Unemployed”
While sensitive issues such as gender equality caused many discussions on social media, a new one was added to these discussions. The discussion, which started with the questioning of not…
New EU quota for women puts German companies under pressure
Dusseldorf Ursula von der Leyen already campaigned for equality between women and men when she was Federal Minister for Family Affairs and introduced, for example, parental leave and parental allowance.…
Why the traffic light does not dare to reform
Spouse splitting Spouse splitting favors marriages in which one earns more and the other less. The greater the income difference, the greater the tax advantage. (Photo: Getty Images (3) )…
Why the traffic light does not dare to reform
Spouse splitting Spouse splitting favors marriages in which one earns more and the other less. The greater the income difference, the greater the tax benefit. (Photo: Getty Images (3) )…
Every seventh board member in the top 200 companies is female
Berlin Company board members in Germany have become more female – even if the legal minimum for women only comes into effect from August of this year. In the fourth…
Von der Leyen wants to push ahead with the EU directive
Brussels, Berlin The EU Commission sees a new opportunity for a Europe-wide quota for women. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has discussed this with the French Presidency and with…
Finland’s Tradition of Equality to its People for Years
For years, we envied the Finnish people after reading the book titled “In the Land of White Lilies” by the Russian writer Grigory Petrov, which Atatürk strongly recommended. Today, we…