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Details of the cookies we use and the possibility to refuse them can be found in our privacy policy. By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies. Note Hide2016 is a year for women (currently)Barley to International Women's Day 2016 is a year for womenInternational Women's Day this year is political as it hasn't been for a long time. On the one hand, the focus is on labour market and social policy issues: wage fairness for women, the quota of women in companies, the reorganisation of the nursing professions. On the other hand, following the attacks on women on New Year's Eve in Cologne, there is a greater debate about gender relations, sexism and violence in our society. With the women's quota for companies, which entered into force at the beginning of 2016, more gender equity will also be brought into management positions. The law for more wage fairness is coming. It helps to close the gender pay gap and the resulting pension gap. If women work part-time on a permanent and involuntary basis, disadvantages are inevitable in the long term. That is why the right to return to the old working time will come. We want to do even more for families so that parents can decide more freely how to organise their lives. No matter what is important, work and family should fit together better. Nursing professions , an area in which a large number of women work – are being reorganised, modernised and reassessed. The law for more wage fairness is coming. It helps to close the gender pay gap and the resulting pension gap. If women work part-time on a permanent and involuntary basis, disadvantages are inevitable in the long term. That is why the right to return to the old working time will come. Nursing professions , an area in which a large number of women work – are being reorganised, modernised and reassessed. With the women's quota for companies, which entered into force at the beginning of 2016, more gender equity will also be brought into management positions. Sexism in the media and sexualised violence against women are attracting attention like they haven't for a long time. We will comprehensively reform the sex offenders' law to protect women and girls. Federal Justice Minister Heiko Maas has presented a corresponding bill, already last year, long before the attacks on women on New Year's Eve. We stand in solidarity with the thousands of women who have fled and their families. We want to take in refugees humanely and safely. This includes the protection of women travelling alone and other vulnerable groups in facilities and accommodation. Those who are particularly vulnerable must be afforded protection. This is not a luxury, but a necessity. We want all refugees – women and men – to take part in language and integration courses. In order to make this possible for parents, we have to offer childcare. The women who have fled and their daughters are our neighbours, classmates, colleagues, friends of tomorrow. All this serves our common goal: to live in a free and tolerant society in which women and men are equal. Share of the page:Further links/small printcopyright 2020 SPD