https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed February is the anniversary of women getting the right to vote in Switzerland, which happened in 1971. Here are 11 numbers which tell the story of women in Switzerland today. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190613/eleven-figures-that-tell-the-story-of-women-in-switzerland-today-gender-equality Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:20:45 +0200 eleven-figures-that-tell-the-story-of-women-in-switzerland-today-gender-equality A new survey looking at Swiss incomes last year reveals just how much men earned compared to women across a range of sectors. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190625/revealed-the-true-size-of-switzerlands-gender-pay-gap-swiss-salaries-womens-rights Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:21:47 +0200 revealed-the-true-size-of-switzerlands-gender-pay-gap-swiss-salaries-womens-rights The upper house of the Swiss parliament on Wednesday backed the introduction of quotas on the number of women serving in management and on the boards of large companies in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190620/swiss-senate-backs-quotas-for-women-at-top-levels-of-business Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:57:56 +0200 swiss-senate-backs-quotas-for-women-at-top-levels-of-business UPDATE: Unions have said several hundred thousand purple-clad protesters blowing whistles, banging pots and pans and brandishing feminist slogans filled the streets of Swiss towns and cities on Friday, as women across the country went on strike for equal pay. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190614/in-pictures-women-in-switzerland-rise-up-in-demand-for-equal-pay Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:06:11 +0200 in-pictures-women-in-switzerland-rise-up-in-demand-for-equal-pay Women across Switzerland are set to walk off the job and into the streets Friday to demand wage parity, nearly three decades after staging the country's first nationwide strike for equal pay. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190614/swiss-women-to-march-for-equal-pay Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:25:26 +0200 swiss-women-to-march-for-equal-pay A new study shows that the Swiss banking industry is beset by serious problems in the form of a growing pay gap between men and women. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190612/gender-wage-gap-grows-in-swiss-banking-sector-finance-salaries-switzerland Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:17:30 +0200 gender-wage-gap-grows-in-swiss-banking-sector-finance-salaries-switzerland Nearly 30 years after staging a first nationwide strike for equal pay, women across Switzerland say they are preparing fresh action to push for wage parity next week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190604/swiss-women-strike-for-equal-pay-again-three-decades-on Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:20:35 +0200 swiss-women-strike-for-equal-pay-again-three-decades-on Tired of seeing their holy texts used to justify the subjugation of women, a group of feminist theologians from across the Protestant-Catholic divide have joined forces to draft "A Women's Bible". https://www.thelocal.ch/20181127/swiss-womans-bible-offers-feminist-theology-for-metoo-moment Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:08:35 +0100 swiss-womans-bible-offers-feminist-theology-for-metoo-moment A Zurich firm is under fire for posting a job ad for "an uncomplicated woman aged 35 to 50 and without small children" to work night shifts in the company office. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180928/swiss-firms-job-ad-wanted-uncomplicated-woman-without-small-kids Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:28:49 +0200 swiss-firms-job-ad-wanted-uncomplicated-woman-without-small-kids Two years before the allegations against Harvey Weinstein spurred a global reckoning about sexual misconduct, the United Nations' oldest agency was exploring new ways to protect workers from harassment and assault. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180510/can-a-united-nations-treaty-really-help-the-metoo-movement-geneva Thu, 10 May 2018 10:57:52 +0200 can-a-united-nations-treaty-really-help-the-metoo-movement-geneva Swiss women only won the right to vote in 1971 but the country has come a long way since then when it comes to equality between the sexes. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180308/glass-ceiling-new-report-highlights-huge-gender-divide-on-swiss-boards-womens-rights Thu, 08 Mar 2018 11:14:40 +0100 glass-ceiling-new-report-highlights-huge-gender-divide-on-swiss-boards-womens-rights Equality between the sexes in Switzerland has taken a step backwards in the past year, as the country slips out of the top ten in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161026/report-swiss-progress-slows-on-gender-equality Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:54:55 +0200 report-swiss-progress-slows-on-gender-equality Switzerland has one of the largest gender pay gaps in Europe, meaning from Friday October 21st women in the country will effectively be working for free for the rest of 2016, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161021/swiss-women-will-work-for-free-for-the-rest-of-year Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:05:35 +0200 swiss-women-will-work-for-free-for-the-rest-of-year Two hundred leading Swiss personalities are supporting a bid to boost the number of women in executive positions through a quota system. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121009/campaign-seeks-boardroom-quota-for-women Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:31:00 +0200 campaign-seeks-boardroom-quota-for-women