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 A growing sexual assault and harassment scandal surrounding German TV director Dieter Wedel took on a political dimension Friday as accusations of a cover-up hit a public broadcaster. https://www.thelocal.de/20180126/metoo-moment-hits-germany-with-tv-director-abuse-scandal Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:30:02 +0100 metoo-moment-hits-germany-with-tv-director-abuse-scandal NetzwerkB association members spoke out in regards to the #MeToo campaign in a press release on Thursday, calling for the end to limitation periods for acts of sexual harassment and assault. https://www.thelocal.de/20180111/limitation-periods-must-be-abolished-german-association-responds-to-metoo Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:04:39 +0100 limitation-periods-must-be-abolished-german-association-responds-to-metoo The former Minister for Families Kristina Schröder said on Wednesday that the #MeToo debate was not necessarily a good thing for the German workplace. https://www.thelocal.de/20171227/metoo-debate-could-totally-sterilize-german-workplace-ex-families-minister-warn Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:28:12 +0100 metoo-debate-could-totally-sterilize-german-workplace-ex-families-minister-warn The global #MeToo campaign hasn’t quite taken off the same way in this country as it has in others, such as the US and Sweden. The Local looks at what this says about German culture - particularly in the workplace. https://www.thelocal.de/20171220/metoo-campaign-workplace-germany Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:28:57 +0100 metoo-campaign-workplace-germany According to results of a recent YouGov poll carried out in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Germans are less likely than other European countries to consider some risque actions as acts of sexual harassment. https://www.thelocal.de/20171110/germany-one-of-the-most-tolerant-countries-to-sexist-jokes-in-europe-survey-reveals Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:46:05 +0100 germany-one-of-the-most-tolerant-countries-to-sexist-jokes-in-europe-survey-reveals A new campaign by the helpline "Gewalt Gegen Frauen", meaning “Violence Against Women”, hopes to have a big effect, although the displays themselves are only a few centimetres tall. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/pint-sized-campaign-to-combat-violence-against-women-makes-a-big-impact-in-hamburg Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:15:25 +0200 pint-sized-campaign-to-combat-violence-against-women-makes-a-big-impact-in-hamburg In wake of the global #MeToo campaign, recently launched to raise awareness of how widespread assault and harassment are, The Local spoke to people on the streets of Berlin to find out whether they had ever experienced sexual harassment before. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/video-is-sexual-harassment-a-big-problem-in-germany Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:11:27 +0200 video-is-sexual-harassment-a-big-problem-in-germany A groper has been given a prison sentence in Germany, probably for the first time since the tightening of the sexual harassment law. https://www.thelocal.de/20170512/man-sentenced-to-prison-for-groping-woman-under-new-german-law Fri, 12 May 2017 17:40:40 +0200 man-sentenced-to-prison-for-groping-woman-under-new-german-law A young woman from Berlin told a court on Tuesday that an Imam hypnotized her as a form of marriage counselling, but then proceeded to sexually molest her when he thought she had lost consciousness. https://www.thelocal.de/20150826/imam-hyponitzed-and-groped-me-woman-claims Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:05:45 +0200 imam-hyponitzed-and-groped-me-woman-claims In a survey of workers presented on Tuesday, Germany's anti-discrimination office found that half of respondents had experienced sexual harassment and that only 19 percent knew their legal rights. https://www.thelocal.de/20150303/sexual-harassment-women-transgender-intersex-rife-in-workplaces-report Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:20:11 +0100 sexual-harassment-women-transgender-intersex-rife-in-workplaces-report