Gender and Society

Even today, fewer women than men choose to pursue a profession or course of study in the sciences. Companies, foundations and schools have launched a variety of initiatives intended to change this.More ...

“Mädchenmannschaft” writes about women in traditionally male professions and female pop culture: “A forum for everyone wishing for a better society”.More ...

To increase the proportion of women in senior academic positions, the Robert Bosch Foundation and the publishing house Spektrum der Wissenschaft have jointly created the AcademiaNet Internet portal.More ...

Climate change affects women to a much greater extent than men, yet their needs often go unnoticed.More ...

Muslim boys are strong and brave, girls are chaste and obedient. There is now a project that is to help the boys break with such traditional behaviour patterns and to stand up for an end to honour being used as a means of suppression.More ...

In gender walking participants scrutinise the city from a very particular perspective: the view through gender glasses.More ...

There are still far fewer women than men in management positions in German companies. An interview with Marion Weckes, economist in the Department of Co-determination at the Hans Böckler Foundation.More ...

Mum at work, Dad at the diaper-changing table. In Germany, just about one in seven new fathers takes advantage of the paid parental work leave introduced in 2007. And there are more and more of them.More ...

Men earn much more in Germany than their female counterparts in spite of the fact that women are either equally or more qualified. In most EU-countries, the difference is marginal.More ...

Children’s television and films are a big part of children’s daily lives and colour their view of the world. They also influence their visions of what it means to be a girl or a boy, a woman or a man.More ...

Classes in which girls and boys are taught together have been regarded as extremely modern since the 1950s and 60s – and were intended to give a boost to the disadvantaged girls in particular.More ...

The art market is booming, but the gender category doesn’t appear to play much of a part in this. On the other hand the Female Trouble exhibition in Munich focuses on fractures and changes to gender images since the 19th century. An interview with curator Inka Graeve Ingelmann.More ...

Product design is not neutral either, it reflects our images of male and female in diverse ways. An interview with design researcher Uta Brandes.More ...