With clear words, is the Minister Maas on women’s day to more commitment to equality. In his authority he has increased the proportion of women in management positions already.
Federal government called on foreign Minister Heiko Maas has in the run-up to the women’s day, increased efforts for gender equality. “Equality is a matter of justice” and “without equality there is no real democracy,” said Maas, in a speech to the International women’s day. It “to representation, to participation, equal opportunities and equal rights”.
“Every sincere Democrat,” would “without If and But for women’s rights, for equality”, said the SPD politicians, according to the speech text. “If it means to be a feminist, or a Feminist, then we need to 82 million feminists and feminists in Germany.” Strongly Maas warned at the same time, in front of the rear steps on the subject of equality. “If in the German Bundestag today, fewer women than 20 years ago, then something goes wrong,” criticized the Minister of foreign Affairs.
foreign Minister Maas: “… then we need to 82 million feminists and feminists in Germany.”
With a view to their own authority, pointed to the Maas to the fact that 20 years ago the proportion of women among new hires in the higher service in ten to 20 percent. Meanwhile, in the newly selected 74. Attachécrew of the Federal foreign office, 54 percent women, and thus for the second Time, more than half the Crew female. At the Department head level, the proportion of women had risen to 45 percent.
’t worry about the defamation of the equality policy,
care international him “the populist call for strong leaders”, as well as defamation of a progressive gender equality policy as a “gender-madness”. The Minister of foreign Affairs announced that, even at the international level, the German diplomacy is going to work for the equality of women, for example through the promotion of women’s networks in Africa and Latin America.
As a member of the UN security Council, Germany would be in the “for the equal participation of women in all phases of conflict management”. The International Peace Institute have found that a stable peace is about a third more likely to occur when women are involved in the process, said Maas. So far, only eight out of 100 chairs were “in peace negotiations by women”.
