Briana Lambert
GCU 114
10/23/13
Status of Women in Germany
The people of Germany believed that the Women were made up of 3 K’s. Kinder meaning children, Kirche meaning church, and Kuche meaning kitchen. This was considered a women’s role/responsibility for many centuries in Germany. Throughout time Women’s rights in Germany have gradually increased. They were given the right to vote in 1919. There was a law past in West Germany in 1949 called the Basic Law. This law declared that men and women were equal. This was not strictly enforced until 1957 when the civil code was amended. In East Germany women were to stay in the working fields. In the 1950’s laws were made to help working mothers out. Women were capable of working and keeping up with the household at the same time. The east part of Germany relied on these women because the men were migrating to the west. Nearly one hundred percent of these women worked somewhere besides their home. In the 1977 there was a law that passed that gave women equal rights in West Germany. In both west and East Germany the women were excelling in the department of education. In the 1980’s West German women were able to attend the universities equal to how many men attended. A women’s salary in Germany is anywhere from 65 to 78 percent of a man’s. The higher positions in the workforce were dominantly male. Women were represented in the education and health. For example 75 percent of a total hospital staff would be women or more than half of a school staff would be made up of women. In 1980 an office for women’s affairs was created. This was too enforce that women occupy more jobs and equally as many as the men. The women in Germany are showing how importing their role is to everyone in the country.
In the graph you can see how much more men make and how little women make. This is because the women are always at home doing one of the K’s. (Kitchen, Children, Church)
Retrieved from:
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/blwh_germany_women.htm
Picture retrieved from:
http://www.bib-demografie.de/SharedDocs/Bilder/EN/Chart_Month/2013_06_household_income_women.jpg?__blob=normal&v=3
GCU 114
10/23/13
Status of Women in Germany
The people of Germany believed that the Women were made up of 3 K’s. Kinder meaning children, Kirche meaning church, and Kuche meaning kitchen. This was considered a women’s role/responsibility for many centuries in Germany. Throughout time Women’s rights in Germany have gradually increased. They were given the right to vote in 1919. There was a law past in West Germany in 1949 called the Basic Law. This law declared that men and women were equal. This was not strictly enforced until 1957 when the civil code was amended. In East Germany women were to stay in the working fields. In the 1950’s laws were made to help working mothers out. Women were capable of working and keeping up with the household at the same time. The east part of Germany relied on these women because the men were migrating to the west. Nearly one hundred percent of these women worked somewhere besides their home. In the 1977 there was a law that passed that gave women equal rights in West Germany. In both west and East Germany the women were excelling in the department of education. In the 1980’s West German women were able to attend the universities equal to how many men attended. A women’s salary in Germany is anywhere from 65 to 78 percent of a man’s. The higher positions in the workforce were dominantly male. Women were represented in the education and health. For example 75 percent of a total hospital staff would be women or more than half of a school staff would be made up of women. In 1980 an office for women’s affairs was created. This was too enforce that women occupy more jobs and equally as many as the men. The women in Germany are showing how importing their role is to everyone in the country.
In the graph you can see how much more men make and how little women make. This is because the women are always at home doing one of the K’s. (Kitchen, Children, Church)
Retrieved from:
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/blwh_germany_women.htm
Picture retrieved from:
http://www.bib-demografie.de/SharedDocs/Bilder/EN/Chart_Month/2013_06_household_income_women.jpg?__blob=normal&v=3
Economic System of Germany
Germany is the fourth largest economy in the world. It is the third largest exporter. In 2011 $1.408 trillion dollars worth was exported. When is comes to raw materials Germany is not so high. The only to materials that are available in large amounts would be lignite and potash salt. Lignite is burned in power plants and that is one of Germany’s main source of electricity. Other basic resources are imported from other countries. Thirty seven of the five hundred largest stock market companies are out of Germany. Popular ones that people may know of here in the United States would be BMW and Volkswagen.
Germany is the fourth largest economy in the world. It is the third largest exporter. In 2011 $1.408 trillion dollars worth was exported. When is comes to raw materials Germany is not so high. The only to materials that are available in large amounts would be lignite and potash salt. Lignite is burned in power plants and that is one of Germany’s main source of electricity. Other basic resources are imported from other countries. Thirty seven of the five hundred largest stock market companies are out of Germany. Popular ones that people may know of here in the United States would be BMW and Volkswagen.