Women's Day in Germany
This piece of news is from Finland and media called "Helsingin Sanomat". It was published 8.3.2019.
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006027285.html
This year Germany is celebrating the centennial of women's right to vote, although in Finland it was celebrated already in 2006. Schools, stores and offices are closed on Friday because of the Women's Day. For the first time it's a day off in Berlin. But nurses have to go to work. Jenny Funke-Kaiser says that many nurses would like to have a day off, but instead they must go to work to take care of patients. The day is harder than usual because kindergartens are closed. Activists are organizing a protest already a day before Women's Day, so that those who have to work on Friday can show their opinions too. In Berlin there is less day offs on weekdays than in other German states. Berlin's politicians wanted to level the situation. Iris Spranger wanted to get the Women's Day free. Spranger wants more women in politics. In Germany only 31 percent of parliamentarians are women. Franziska Giffey says that in Germany equality politics are not going anywhere. Giffey says that the biggest problem is that women get 21 percent less pay than men. In Finland the difference is 17 percent. And women get 53 percent less pension than men because there is not enough women in leading positions.
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006027285.html
This year Germany is celebrating the centennial of women's right to vote, although in Finland it was celebrated already in 2006. Schools, stores and offices are closed on Friday because of the Women's Day. For the first time it's a day off in Berlin. But nurses have to go to work. Jenny Funke-Kaiser says that many nurses would like to have a day off, but instead they must go to work to take care of patients. The day is harder than usual because kindergartens are closed. Activists are organizing a protest already a day before Women's Day, so that those who have to work on Friday can show their opinions too. In Berlin there is less day offs on weekdays than in other German states. Berlin's politicians wanted to level the situation. Iris Spranger wanted to get the Women's Day free. Spranger wants more women in politics. In Germany only 31 percent of parliamentarians are women. Franziska Giffey says that in Germany equality politics are not going anywhere. Giffey says that the biggest problem is that women get 21 percent less pay than men. In Finland the difference is 17 percent. And women get 53 percent less pension than men because there is not enough women in leading positions.
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