https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Progress in closing Germany's gender pay gap appears to be slowing, official data showed Tuesday, with a much more pronounced gap in the west of the country than in the east. https://www.thelocal.de/20251216/progress-slowing-on-closing-gender-pay-gap-in-germany Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:22:50 +0100 progress-slowing-on-closing-gender-pay-gap-in-germany Taxi vouchers to help women and gender-diverse people get home in Cologne at night have been snapped up as the city trials the new safety measure. https://www.thelocal.de/20241223/cologne-launches-night-time-taxi-vouchers-to-help-women-get-home-safely Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:33:08 +0100 cologne-launches-night-time-taxi-vouchers-to-help-women-get-home-safely Bright colours, rainbow flags and glitter: around 250,000 people demonstrated for tolerance and gender diversity at Christopher Street Day in Berlin on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20240729/in-pictures-berlins-csd-pride-parade-brings-colour-to-a-rainy-day Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:51:54 +0200 in-pictures-berlins-csd-pride-parade-brings-colour-to-a-rainy-day Hundreds of thousands of people are expected in Cologne again this year for Christopher Street Day (CSD) on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20240721/hundreds-of-thousands-expected-for-christopher-street-day-in-cologne Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:16:34 +0200 hundreds-of-thousands-expected-for-christopher-street-day-in-cologne LGBTQ+ celebrations are taking place across Germany this summer. Here's a guide to pride events you won't want to miss in some of Germany's large cities. https://www.thelocal.de/20240701/csd-in-germany-the-pride-events-you-wont-want-to-miss-this-summer Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:09:12 +0200 csd-in-germany-the-pride-events-you-wont-want-to-miss-this-summer A district in Hamburg allows women to swim topless at its public pools, but no one has really taken advantage of the offer. We look at what might be putting people off and where in Germany topless swimming is allowed for everyone. https://www.thelocal.de/20240521/topless-swimming-hasnt-taken-off-at-hamburgs-public-pools Tue, 21 May 2024 18:33:31 +0200 topless-swimming-hasnt-taken-off-at-hamburgs-public-pools In Germany, Switzerland and Austria, women are losing ground in the fight for pay equity, according to a recent analysis from the Munich-based Ifo Institute for Economic Research. https://www.thelocal.de/20240308/why-is-the-gender-pay-gap-so-big-in-german-speaking-countries Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:05:56 +0100 why-is-the-gender-pay-gap-so-big-in-german-speaking-countries As Germany celebrates International Women’s Day, many foreign parents say the government should consider new measures to improve gender equality within households.   https://www.thelocal.de/20240308/more-childcare-less-paperwork-how-germany-can-make-life-easier-for-foreign-parents Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:15:21 +0100 more-childcare-less-paperwork-how-germany-can-make-life-easier-for-foreign-parents According to the Germany‘s Statistical Office Destatis, three out of four women working full-time earn less than men - and in some cases significantly less. https://www.thelocal.de/20240306/in-stats-75-percent-of-full-time-working-women-in-germany-earn-less-than-men Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:59:20 +0100 in-stats-75-percent-of-full-time-working-women-in-germany-earn-less-than-men The proportion of employed mothers with young children on the rise in Germany - but the latest statistics also reveal persistent gender inequalities. https://www.thelocal.de/20230816/more-than-two-thirds-of-mothers-currently-employed-in-germany Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:10:07 +0200 more-than-two-thirds-of-mothers-currently-employed-in-germany Germany did better on gender inequality in 2023 than in 2022, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). But women working in the private sector aren’t seeing the same gains. https://www.thelocal.de/20230621/germany-ranked-sixth-in-world-for-gender-equality Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:45:23 +0200 germany-ranked-sixth-in-world-for-gender-equality To mark International Women’s Day, we take a look at ten influential German women who changed the course of history. https://www.thelocal.de/20230308/10-german-women-who-changed-the-world Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:08:58 +0100 10-german-women-who-changed-the-world Germany will amend its guidelines for donating blood so the same rules apply to everyone regardless of their sexual orientation, the country's health minister said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20230110/germany-to-lift-restrictions-on-gay-blood-donors Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:32:08 +0100 germany-to-lift-restrictions-on-gay-blood-donors The German government on Friday unveiled a plan to protect sexual and gender minorities from discrimination, including a bid to anchor their rights in the constitution. https://www.thelocal.de/20221119/germany-launches-plan-to-protect-lgbtq-rights Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:33:07 +0100 germany-launches-plan-to-protect-lgbtq-rights Germany's main opposition party, the centre-right Christian Democrats, on Saturday adopted a quota policy for women in senior leadership roles with a goal of gender parity by 2025. https://www.thelocal.de/20220910/german-opposition-adopts-gender-parity-target-for-2025 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:37:02 +0200 german-opposition-adopts-gender-parity-target-for-2025 A mosque in Berlin on Friday became the first in Germany to fly a rainbow flag in support of the LGBT community, ahead of two major gay pride events in the city this month. https://www.thelocal.de/20220701/berlin-mosque-flies-rainbow-flag-for-pride-month Fri, 01 Jul 2022 17:27:53 +0200 berlin-mosque-flies-rainbow-flag-for-pride-month Women in Germany continue to be paid significantly less than their male colleagues, with an average difference in wages of 18 percent. https://www.thelocal.de/20220307/women-in-germany-earn-nearly-a-fifth-less-than-men Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:01:36 +0100 women-in-germany-earn-nearly-a-fifth-less-than-men The city-state of Hamburg has spoken out strongly in favour of mandatory labels on social media images in order to hamper false beauty ideals that may impact young women's mental health. https://www.thelocal.de/20220202/hamburg-pushes-for-compulsory-labelling-of-beauty-filters-on-social-media Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:25:33 +0100 hamburg-pushes-for-compulsory-labelling-of-beauty-filters-on-social-media Women are still in the minority in the new Bundestag – they now account for 34 percent of parliament following last Sunday's general election, an increase of just three percentage points. Several prominent German politicians have some ideas on how to redress the balance. https://www.thelocal.de/20211003/how-can-germany-get-more-women-into-parliament Sun, 03 Oct 2021 15:16:39 +0200 how-can-germany-get-more-women-into-parliament German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Saturday that the pandemic risked rolling back progress made on gender equality, as women take on the lion's share of childcare in lockdown and are more likely to work in at-risk jobs. https://www.thelocal.de/20210306/pandemic-risks-undoing-gains-for-women-merkel-warns Sat, 06 Mar 2021 16:11:24 +0100 pandemic-risks-undoing-gains-for-women-merkel-warns