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Gender equality

Gender equality is the state of equal access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender.

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Harriet and Araya, a Thai female couple, hold their 5-month-old daughter Lea.

Thailand moves closer to legalizing same-sex marriage

Harriet and Araya, two Thai women married in the UK, hope to soon see genuine gender equality in their home country.
EqualityMay 19, 202403:10 min
A job advertisement with the abbreviations m/f/d (male, female, diverse) can be seen on a tablet

Germany's Bundesrat passes gender self-identification law

Germany's upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, has passed the country's Self Determination Act.
PoliticsMay 17, 2024
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Meet the Gambian women doing 'men's jobs'

A mechanic and a 3D printing entrepreneur are working in areas considered taboo workspaces for women in Gambia.
BusinessMay 14, 202406:01 min
Two pensioners sit on a bench in a park.

Germany: One in five older women faces poverty

Doing the unpaid work of caring for family members often leaves older women financially worse off than older men.
SocietyApril 24, 2024
A woman wearing a niqab walks down the street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 8, 2023, with balloon decorations for International Women's Day in the background

Why is Saudi Arabia heading top UN women's rights forum?

Despite ongoing repression back home, Saudi Arabia will head the UN Commission on the Status of Women next year.
Human RightsApril 2, 2024
Woman wearing cleaning gloves

Congo: From cleaning rags to business riches

How a DRC entrepreneur started cleaning houses and turned it into a multi-city business.
BusinessMarch 7, 202403:24 min
DW 77 Percent | Edith Kimani - DW Moderatorin

The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth

In this special edition, we see Monrovia from the sky, hear views on gender equality and meet young drug addicts.
SocietyFebruary 14, 202426:05 min
Female cadets undergo military training in South Korea

South Korea party urges mandatory military service for women

A new conservative political party is looking to tap into male discontent over women being exempted from conscription.
SocietyFebruary 8, 2024
DW Eigendreh | Challenging sexism in football: Tanzania's women referees

Challenging sexism in football: Tanzania's women referees

The women among Tanzania's football referees want more professional recognition.
SportsFebruary 1, 202401:18 min
Rainbow and transgender flags on sale at the Rainbow Pride Bratislava Parade, Bratislava, Slovakia, July 22, 2023

Slovakia: Surgery once again a condition for gender change

The revocation of guidelines on gender transition in Slovakia has caused dismay and concern in the LGBTQ+ community.
DiversityJanuary 12, 2024
A burqa-clad woman walks with a girl along a street in Kabul

Afghanistan: Calls for ending Taliban's 'gender apartheid'

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and Afghan activists have slammed the world for paying lip service to women's rights.
EqualityDecember 20, 2023
A protester holds up a sign saying "End the gender pay gap"

EU: Gender pay gap still at 13%, commission says

Progress on closing the gender pay gap in the EU has been slow, but a new directive aims at stopping employers from payi
SocietyNovember 14, 2023
Protesters gather in Iceland's capital in support of women's rights

Iceland: Women hold all-day strike for gender equality

Iceland's prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir took part in the country's second all-day strike for gender equality.
PoliticsOctober 24, 2023
Geschlechtliche Lohnunterschiede

Do partner-dependent women hinder feminism?

Are working women who rely on partners to cover their bills slowing the feminism drive?
SocietyOctober 19, 202319:59 min
Group of business people discussing in meeting

Germany: More women join executive boards

The number of women on German company boards is increasing. But a look abroad shows how gender equality can also work.
BusinessOctober 18, 2023
Senegal | Frauen kämpfen um gleiche Zugänge zu Landrechten

Senegal women's group push for equal land rights in Africa

African women tend to own less land than men. One village in Senegal is fighting for gender equality in land rights. 
EqualitySeptember 26, 202301:28 min
DW Sendung - The 77 Percent

Rwanda: challenges and progress in gender equality

DW traveled to Kigali to find out more about the advances and challenges in Rwanda's gender equality journey.
EqualitySeptember 16, 202308:29 min
DW Sendung - The 77 Percent

The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth

Are men and women equal? The 77 Percent tackles gender equality on the continent.
SocietySeptember 14, 202326:05 min
Ngangom Bala Devi working with young female footballers

Manipur violence threatens women’s football status

Manipur has long dominated women's football in India, but that success has been jeopardized by violent outbreaks.
SoccerSeptember 4, 2023
A symbolic image of a young woman in Vietnam, wearing a pointed hat and a white shirt, standing next to blue shutters

What's behind Vietnam's worsening sex ratio imbalance?

Vietnam finds itself alongside countries like China and India when it comes to skewed sex ratios.
SocietyAugust 31, 2023
A still from a video by the Khateera media platform.

The 'dangerous' feminists behind a Lebanese media outlet

A popular Beirut-based media platform tackles local taboos like sex, love and gender roles with distinctive humor.
EqualityJuly 29, 2023
Two women wearing blue burka and a child get into a yellow taxi

Afghanistan: No more taxis for women without burqas?

The Taliban punishes cab drivers who carry women not covered by burqas. Fewer and fewer women are traveling in cities.
SocietyJuly 29, 2023
Barbra Banda (Zambia) and Kathrin Hendrich (Germany) battle for the ball during the Womens International Friendly match between Germany vs Zambia in July 2023

Africa's World Cup women raise unfair pay and sexual abuse

Many players' enthusiasm for the 2023 Cup has been eroded by poor labor conditions, unfair payments and sexual abuse.
SoccerJuly 18, 2023
A women's beauty parlor in Kabul

Afghanistan: Taliban beauty salon ban worsens women's agony

The salons are one of the few remaining avenues for women to earn an income and socialize away from home.
SocietyJuly 6, 2023
A protester holds an ''End the gender pay gap'' placard in Parliament Square, London

Germany up to 6th in gender equality list, Iceland stays top

The United States slipped to 43 on the list while most countries noted a slight uptick towards gender parity.
Human RightsJune 21, 2023
Man with smoke coming out of his mouth, a motorcycle behind him

How 'toxic' are men in Germany?

How toxic are men in Germany, really? The results of a new survey on masculinity are disturbing.
SocietyJune 17, 2023
Thousands of people marching through Bern as part of the Feminist Strike

Thousands join Feminist Strike across Swiss cities

Feminist protesters have joined an annual strike against the gender pay gap and general discrimination.
Human RightsJune 14, 2023
Teenage students sit in a classroom in Rome listening to a female teacher

Italy shies away from sex education

Italy is one of nine EU countries without compulsory sex education. Experts say this puts young people at risk.
EducationApril 23, 2023
Rosalind Franklin looking into a microscope

Meet Rosalind Franklin and six other overlooked female scientists

Rosalind Franklin discovered our DNA’s double helix shape but didn’t get the credit. Her story isn't uncommon.
ScienceApril 21, 20239 images
HER-Women in Asia/Staffel 3

Taking the lead

Although today many countries are led by women, they are still underrepresented in politics and public life. Attitudes towards female politicians are still largely characterized by deeply ingrained stereotypes. So how do they cope? Three politically active women from three Asian countries tell us their stories.
EqualityApril 20, 202317:24 min
HER-Women in Asia/Staffel 3

Breaking chains

Economic insecurity is part of a cycle of disadvantages for women, often caused by discrimination in employment and education. Women often don't control key assets such as the family home, property, or the right to make financial decisions, further limiting their chances to break the poverty cycle. HER meets three women striving to change that.
EqualityApril 20, 202319:17 min
A swimming costume on the edge of a swimming pool in Berlin.

Berlin clarifies gender equality rules for topless bathing

The city's pool operator has said all genders must be treated equally, after the case of Lotte Mies made headlines.
SocietyMarch 28, 2023
Hand holding contraceptive pills

Men want the pill and they are ready to use it responsibly

There's high demand among men and their partners for male contraceptive pills, a new study shows.
ScienceMarch 13, 2023
Condoms in different colored wrappers

Will male birth control pills ever work?

A male pill could become available soon, but an on-demand male contraceptive may have more potential. Would you take it?
ScienceMarch 10, 2023
DW Podcast | Inside Europe | provisorisch f ROAD

Inside Europe 09.03.2023

A Women of Europe special edition: We hear from the Russian Feminist Resistance and Ukraine's frontline as well as the nonagenarian performer Thelma Ruby. Also: Trail-blazing Hungarian politicians from opposite sides of the political divide, Sasha Talaver on Soviet gender narratives, UK campaigners against police misogyny, and a dead French woman still saving lives from beyond the grave.
PoliticsMarch 9, 202355:00 min
A woman voter and her baby in Nagaland

Women's Day: Why so few women in India's state legislatures?

India's Nagaland broke the "bamboo ceiling" with female politicians, but women are still woefully underrepresented.
PoliticsMarch 8, 2023
Mo Ibrahim pictured at his office in London in 2020

African governance 'backslides' on democracy

The latest report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation rates the African continent as less secure than it was a decade ago.
PoliticsJanuary 26, 2023
A woman wearing boxing gloves and a burqa on the outside of a boxing ring

In pictures: Afghan women protest Taliban sports ban

The Taliban has prohibited women from participating in sports. But some women have been defying the ban.
Human RightsJanuary 23, 20236 images
A closeup of hands holding a white mobile phone and a bank card

Why women and investing aren't a match in Germany

Women tend to leave investment decisions to their male partners. So-called finfluencers are trying to change this.
BusinessJanuary 6, 2023
Homeschooling in lockdown, Rotterdam

Gender equality under threat due to COVID — EU report

The coronavirus pandemic has meant progress on gender equality is slower than hoped, the Gender Equality Index reports.
EqualityOctober 24, 2022
A picture of Karin Radstrom in front of a Daimler truck

Attracting female top managers getting tougher in Germany

Small- and mid-sized German businesses are losing the race to hire more women for leadership roles.
BusinessOctober 19, 2022
Students in one of the girls' high schools joined the nationwide anti-government demonstrations after death of Mahsa Amini in Iran

Deaths of Iranian schoolgirls further stoke public fury

Security forces are increasingly targeting schoolgirls to put an end to the mass anti-regime protests in recent weeks.
Human RightsOctober 19, 2022
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How to wrestle with gender norms and win

The story of two women pursuing their dream to become professional wrestlers.
EqualityOctober 2, 202219:23 min
A male and a femal construction worker showing the difference in their pay during a protest in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate

Why women still earn less than men in Europe

Even though the EU was founded on the principle of gender equality, women still earn less than men.
BusinessSeptember 18, 2022
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Pandemic worsens gender equality

Women in Uganda have been hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than men.
ScienceAugust 12, 202204:37 min
A delegate walks past a poster of the Azimio la Umoja (Aspiration to Unite) coalition displaying the presidential candidate Raila Odinga (L) and his running mate Martha Karua

Kenyan election: Female candidates face violence, abuse

Many Kenyan women fighting for political participation must deal with verbal, online and physical harassment.
Human RightsAugust 3, 2022
Protesters in Turkey with raised arms

Why a European treaty protecting women became politicized

The Istanbul Convention seeks to end violence against women — but some governments are resisting it. DW explains why.
PoliticsJuly 20, 2022
Demonstrators supporting the #MeToo movement stage a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Seoul

World in Progress: New beginnings?

Anti-feminism on the rise in South Korea and an exodus of Iran's highly skilled citizens.
Human RightsJune 22, 202229:59 min
A youth activist protest against rape in Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepal: Sexual crimes spark debate on rape laws

Nepal's restrictive statute of limitations in cases of sexual violence has been a barrier for survivors to seek justice.
SocietyMay 31, 2022
Women in Japan holding a banner on gender rights

Japan: Why are so few women in top managerial roles?

Despite decades of promises, Japan lags behind other industrialized nations in gender equality.
SocietyMay 12, 2022