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Further information on Equal Pay Day

Further information on Equal Pay Day

Equal opportunities in working life

Women's Minister Haderthauer: "Women are still losing out in the battle for power and money". Press release by the Bavarian State Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Family Affairs and Women on International Women's Day 2011 (07.03.2011).
http://www.arbeitsministerium.bayern.de/cgi-bin/pm.pl?PM=1103-070.htm

Minister for Women Haderthauer: "We need a greater appreciation of all female life plans!". Press release from the Bavarian State Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Family and Women on International Women's Day 2010 (05.03.2010).
http://www.arbeitsministerium.bayern.de/cgi-bin/pm.pl?PM=1003-067.htm

"Family-friendly flexible working hours - a building block for overcoming the shortage of skilled labour", IZA Research Report No. 33, prepared for the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. The document is available as a PDF at:
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/reports/report_pdfs/iza_report_33.pdf

Institute for Employment Research Brief Report 3/2011: In the new federal states, women are significantly more frequently represented in management positions than in western Germany. This applies in particular to the public sector. However, even here the proportion of women in management positions still lags well behind the proportion of women in employment. The report is available as a PDF at:
http://doku.iab.de/kurzber/2011/kb0311.pdf

On 25 January, the expert report "Neue Wege - Gleiche Chancen. Equality of women and men in the course of life" for the Federal Government's first Gender Equality Report was submitted to the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth on 25 January. You can access the report and the summary at:
http://www.fraunhofer.de/ueber-fraunhofer/geschaeftsstelle-gleichstellungsbericht/index.jsp

At the last Bukof annual conference on 20 September 2011 in Cottbus, Dr Barbara Stiegler gave a presentation on the topic of equal pay. She analysed gender relations in the three areas of work, money and power.

Information on the gender pay gap

You can find figures, studies and data on the gender pay gap on the Hans Böckler Foundation's topic page "Gender - Equal opportunities in working life".
http://www. boeckler-boxen.de/1124.htm

The gender pay gap in a Europe-wide comparison illustrated as a graphic by the Hans Böckler Foundation:
http://www.boeckler-boxen.de/5788.htm

The latest figures on the gender pay gap in a press release from the Federal Statistical Office (25.20.2010) can be found at:
http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Presse/pm/2010/10/PD10__384__621,templateId=renderPrint.psml

General information on Equal Pay Day

Equal Pay Day was first initiated in Germany by the women's network Business and Professional Women Germany e.V. (BPW) in 2008. At www.equalpayday.de you will find lots of information on the background to Equal Pay Day, the partners and campaigns throughout Germany.