Women in Germany
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| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 7 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 32.4% (2012) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 96.2% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 53.0% (2011) |
| Gender Inequality Index | |
| Value | 0.075 (2012) |
| Rank | 6th |
| Global Gender Gap Index[1] | |
| Value | 0.7583 (2013) |
| Rank | 14th |
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The traditional role of women in German society was often described by the so-called "four K" in the German language, namely Kinder (children), Kirche (church), Küche (kitchen), and Kleider (clothes), indicating that their duty was only to mainly take care of bearing and rearing children, attending to religious activities, cooking and serving food, and dealing with clothes and fashion. However, their roles have changed during the 20th century. After attaining the right to vote in German politics in 1919, German women began to take active roles in assuming positions customarily done only by German men. After the end of World War II, they were labeled as the Trümmerfrauen or "women of the rubble" because they took care of the "wounded, buried the dead, salvaged belongings," and they participated in the "hard task of rebuilding war-torn Germany by simply clearing away" the rubble and ruins of war.[2]
See also
- Open Christmas Letter (To the Women of Germany and Austria)
- Women in Nazi Germany
- Women in German
- Women in German history series
- Alice Schwarzer
References
- ^ "The Global Gender Gap Report 2013" (PDF). World Economic Forum. pp. 12–13.
- ^ Women In German Society, German Culture, germanculture.com
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