1. Women in the Workforce / Frauen im Beruf
Eva Greiter, Lisa Nelz & Ida Lorenz

2. Women‘s rights For women and girls of many societies worldwide
Women‘s rights movement in the 19th century
Feminist movement in the 20th century
In some countires the rights are supported by law, local custom,..  in others they may be ignored
Difference on human rights

3. Equal employment rights For women and men
Non-discriminatory access of women to jobs and equal pay
The rights to have euqal benefits for equal work  in the early 1970‘s
The right for married women to be permanent employees  before: lost their jobs and sometimes women could not work without the consent of their husbands

4. Right to vote 19th century  demonstration for women‘s right to vote
„Women and the Republic“ is the best argument against women‘s suffrage
For education, control over family size, free speech,…

5. Some important rights Eleminating prejudice in public education
Full political rights to vote and to run for and to serve in public office
Rights to change nationality equal to men‘s rights
Marriage and divorce rights to be equal to men‘s, and elimination of child marriage
Equality in criminal punishment
Traffic in women, including exploiting prostitutes

6. National Organisation for Women - NOW
Summarizes key women‘s rights issues in 1996
Women‘s rights based on the idea of equality as an opportunity for women to „develop their fullest human potentials“
Areas of women‘s rights issues:
Employment, economics and education
Family, including marriage, divorce and home responsiblities
Political participation
Images of women in culture and social practice
„protectiveness“ in work, school, church, etc.

7. Organisations for Women

8. Women in the workforce
The situation for women have improved over the last years and decades.
Overall, the number of women in the workforce has increased from about 38% in 1960 to about 58% in 1995.
More women are:
Getting a college education
Not getting married
Not having children
Working in “Male” jobs

9. Changes for women in the workforce between 1960 and 2006

10. The situation in Europe
Many different countries  Each with their own characteristics and history on women’s rights
It must also be noted that, in spite of the 27 member states in the European Union having much in common, each of them has their own specific characteristics, and therefore its own history on women's emancipation, too.

11. The situation in Europe
Think of such differing countries as Portugal in the West; Poland in the East, Finland up at the top in the North, Greece in the South or Austria in the center. They are all different countries with their own values, beliefs, history, rules etc.

12. Education
In education, women are more successful than men in almost all EU countries.
Beginning courses at University (54%)
More successful in their final degrees (59%)
In education, girls and young women are more successful than boys and young men in almost all EU countries. More women begin courses at University (in 2003, this proportion lay at 54 percent EU-wide) and they are even more successful in their final degrees (59 percent).

13. Positions in the workforce
40% of female employees work in:
Health jobs
Upbringing and education
Trade and sales
Only 20% of men work in such jobs.
In spite of women’s high qualifications, they often find themselves in lower position and less well-paid jobs in comparison to men.

14. Political involvement
Women are under- represented in all countries in Europe (average involvement: 24%)
Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the Netherland: 40%
Germany, Austria, Spain and Belgium: 30%
Greece, France, Slovenia, Ireland and Romania: 15%
Malta and Hungary: 10%

15. Management positions
Women in management positions for the entire EU is 32%
Highest management levels in EU is only 10% woman

16. The Gender Pay Gap
Women earn over 16% less than men per hour in the EU

18. Uniting work and family
Companies don‘t like to employ and support women with family plans
Children as an obstacle for a women‘s career
women are overloaded with housework, childcare and job  even when they have a fulltime job they tend to do almost all the housework

19. Big society problem Educated women tend to be childless
38 % of studied women remain childless
countries like Sweden have better solutions for childcare more educated women have children

20. Solutions More support and payment from government
„Punks“ „Panks“ (professional uncle/aunt with no kids)
More flexible schedules at work
Husband and wife as a good team