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Germany’s parliament is more female than it was (The Economist/DPA)
Tuesday, November 08, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Germany’s parliament is more female than it was
The Economist
Apolitical man is disgusting, but a political woman is appalling…In history there are no more cruel phenomena than political women,” wrote Richard Wagner to Franz Liszt, his fellow composer, about Ortrud, the sorceress in his opera “Lohengrin”....
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Susanne Hennig-Wellsow is stepping down after leading the Left party for a little over a year - DW
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Germany: Left party leader Hennig-Wellsow steps down
DW
A little over a year after taking over the leadership of the Left party, Susanne Hennig-Wellsow is stepping down, citing private reasons and a need for party renewal. She also criticized the party's handling of sexism. The co-leader of Germany's...
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DW
Thursday, July 01, 2021
Germany: Annalena Baerbock becomes prime target of sexist hate speech
DW
Threats against politicians have sharply risen ahead of September's general elections. The leading candidate to replace Angela Merkel has rapidly become the prime target for misogyny, vitriol, and fake news. It's been barely three weeks since ...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Germany targets gender gap with quotas for business and politics
Bloomberg
Germany is pushing to narrow the gender gap with new targets aimed at increasing the role of women in board rooms and in the country’s largest political party. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal that would increase...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
German SPD chief vows women to get half of party cabinet jobs
The leader of Germany's Social Democrats on Sunday pledged a 50-50 male-female split of the party's cabinet posts in a planned new 'grand coalition' with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, according to a newspaper interview. Sigmar Gabriel,...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel won a second term in office on Sunday, telling Germans: "I'm very happy tonight." Born Angela Kasner in Hamburg in 1954, she moved with her family to East Germany when she was only a toddler after her father, a...
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