Latest items for Germany
Nov. 3, 2025, 3:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Germany, an abortion is not punishable for any party involved if it is carried out in accordance with the counselling requirement (§ 218a paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code (StGB)) or if there is a medical or criminological reason for the abortion (§ 218a paragraphs 2 and 3 StGB). For an abortion under the counselling requirement, the following conditions must be met: - The pregnant woman requesting the procedure must receive counselling at a state-approved pregnancy conflict counselling center three days before the procedure. - She must present a consultation certificate regarding this conversation to the doctor who is to perform the procedure. A doctor must perform the abortion...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Germany, an abortion is not punishable for any party involved if it is carried out in accordance with the counselling requirement (§ 218a paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code (StGB)) or if there is a medical or criminological reason for the abortion (§ 218a paragraphs 2 and 3 StGB). For an abortion under the counselling requirement, the following conditions must be met: - The pregnant woman requesting the procedure must receive counselling at a state-approved pregnancy conflict counselling center three days before the procedure. - She must present a consultation certificate regarding this conversation to the doctor who is to perform the procedure. A doctor must perform the abortion...more
Nov. 3, 2025, 3:41 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion is regulated in the German Criminal Code. Abortion is only exempt from punishment under very specific conditions: after counseling, or with criminological or medical indications" (para 1).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion is regulated in the German Criminal Code. Abortion is only exempt from punishment under very specific conditions: after counseling, or with criminological or medical indications" (para 1).
Nov. 3, 2025, 3:35 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Currently, abortion is considered illegal in Germany but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and a three-day wait period before she has the procedure" (para 2).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Currently, abortion is considered illegal in Germany but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and a three-day wait period before she has the procedure" (para 2).
Nov. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Germany's laws permit abortion on request, with a 14 week gestational limit.
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Germany's laws permit abortion on request, with a 14 week gestational limit.
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: CLCW-LAW-2
"During Friday's session, the Bundestag also approved a law giving married couples and their children more freedom to choose and change their last names... Currently, married couples in Germany must choose a joint family name for both spouses. If they do not do so, they retain the surnames they had before the marriage. The new law allows married couples to take a double name made up of their combined last names, usually, but not necessarily, joined with a hyphen" (para 25-28).
Variables: CLCW-LAW-2
"During Friday's session, the Bundestag also approved a law giving married couples and their children more freedom to choose and change their last names... Currently, married couples in Germany must choose a joint family name for both spouses. If they do not do so, they retain the surnames they had before the marriage. The new law allows married couples to take a double name made up of their combined last names, usually, but not necessarily, joined with a hyphen" (para 25-28).
Oct. 17, 2025, 5:09 p.m.
Countries: Czech Republic, Germany
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Surgical castration has been carried out on some sex offenders in the Czech Republic and Germany with the consent of the defendant" (para. 7).
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Surgical castration has been carried out on some sex offenders in the Czech Republic and Germany with the consent of the defendant" (para. 7).
Sept. 5, 2025, 12:12 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion on request is legal in...Germany…" (2). "Laws in fourteen European countries still require a mandatory time period to elapse between the date on which an abortion is first requested and the date on which it takes place. These countries are: Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia and Spain" (5). "Laws in twelve European countries require individuals seeking abortion care to undergo mandatory counselling or receive mandatory information from their doctors prior to abortion. These countries are: Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russian Federation and Slovakia. In a number of these countries, such as Germany...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion on request is legal in...Germany…" (2). "Laws in fourteen European countries still require a mandatory time period to elapse between the date on which an abortion is first requested and the date on which it takes place. These countries are: Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia and Spain" (5). "Laws in twelve European countries require individuals seeking abortion care to undergo mandatory counselling or receive mandatory information from their doctors prior to abortion. These countries are: Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russian Federation and Slovakia. In a number of these countries, such as Germany...more
Sept. 4, 2025, 12:23 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Cote D'Ivoire, Germany, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Taiwan
Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is .94. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 98% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 104%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is .94. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 98% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 104%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
April 15, 2025, 8:17 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"The German Bundestag, or lower house of parliament, on Thursday evening passed a law that extends maternity leave protection to women who suffer a miscarriage after 13 weeks of pregnancy" (para 1). "Under current German law, women are usually entitled to paid maternity leave starting six weeks before the birth and continuing for eight weeks after the birth" (para 4). "Previously, women who suffered a miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy had to actively apply for medical leave. Whether they would get it was sometimes unclear. With the new regulation, women who miscarry after the 13th week of pregnancy will have the option of taking maternity leave. However, women...more
Variables: GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"The German Bundestag, or lower house of parliament, on Thursday evening passed a law that extends maternity leave protection to women who suffer a miscarriage after 13 weeks of pregnancy" (para 1). "Under current German law, women are usually entitled to paid maternity leave starting six weeks before the birth and continuing for eight weeks after the birth" (para 4). "Previously, women who suffered a miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy had to actively apply for medical leave. Whether they would get it was sometimes unclear. With the new regulation, women who miscarry after the 13th week of pregnancy will have the option of taking maternity leave. However, women...more
March 27, 2025, 8:11 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In a country where society has appeared at times reluctant to turn away from traditional gender roles, the number of women in the highest elected body has been stagnating since 2013, when it hit a high of 36 percent. The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, pointed to this statistic during a speech at a recent Women’s Day celebration. 'When our democracy has a problem with women, then our country has a problem with democracy,' Mr. Steinmeier said. He noted that even if every elected woman from all of the country’s parties voted together as a bloc, they would not reach the one-third minority needed to block changes to the Constitution....more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In a country where society has appeared at times reluctant to turn away from traditional gender roles, the number of women in the highest elected body has been stagnating since 2013, when it hit a high of 36 percent. The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, pointed to this statistic during a speech at a recent Women’s Day celebration. 'When our democracy has a problem with women, then our country has a problem with democracy,' Mr. Steinmeier said. He noted that even if every elected woman from all of the country’s parties voted together as a bloc, they would not reach the one-third minority needed to block changes to the Constitution....more
March 27, 2025, 8:11 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3
"Andrea Römmele, a political scientist at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a keen watcher of German politics, said that one reason so few women were represented was that the pool of candidates was relatively small. Many women, she said, have to deal with dual pressures of work and raising a family. 'You can’t underestimate how work-intensive political work is,' she said. Another problem, she said, is that many networks within political parties — especially when it came to the Christian Democratic Union — formed years ago, when even fewer women were in position of power. 'It is striking when we now notice how far behind we are...more
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3
"Andrea Römmele, a political scientist at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a keen watcher of German politics, said that one reason so few women were represented was that the pool of candidates was relatively small. Many women, she said, have to deal with dual pressures of work and raising a family. 'You can’t underestimate how work-intensive political work is,' she said. Another problem, she said, is that many networks within political parties — especially when it came to the Christian Democratic Union — formed years ago, when even fewer women were in position of power. 'It is striking when we now notice how far behind we are...more
March 27, 2025, 8:11 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"Only 32 percent of the 630 new lawmakers are women, a drop from 35 percent when the last Parliament was formed in 2021. In a country where society has appeared at times reluctant to turn away from traditional gender roles, the number of women in the highest elected body has been stagnating since 2013, when it hit a high of 36 percent" (para 4-5). "He noted that even if every elected woman from all of the country’s parties voted together as a bloc, they would not reach the one-third minority needed to block changes to the Constitution" (para 6). "In the Parliament, or Bundestag, women make up only 12 percent...more
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"Only 32 percent of the 630 new lawmakers are women, a drop from 35 percent when the last Parliament was formed in 2021. In a country where society has appeared at times reluctant to turn away from traditional gender roles, the number of women in the highest elected body has been stagnating since 2013, when it hit a high of 36 percent" (para 4-5). "He noted that even if every elected woman from all of the country’s parties voted together as a bloc, they would not reach the one-third minority needed to block changes to the Constitution" (para 6). "In the Parliament, or Bundestag, women make up only 12 percent...more
March 27, 2025, 8:11 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Three-and-a-half years after Angela Merkel, the only woman to serve as chancellor, retired, German national politics seem to be backsliding when it comes to gender parity" (para 3). "When Chancellor Olaf Scholz formed his cabinet in 2021, he vowed that he would name as many women as men to be ministers. That balance stayed in place until Christine Lambrecht, the defense minister, was forced to resign over criticism about Germany’s provision of aid to Ukraine, and was replaced by a man. Mr. Merz has cited Ms. Lambrecht as an example to explain why, when he names a new, conservative-led government, he will not be striving for gender parity" (para 12-13).more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Three-and-a-half years after Angela Merkel, the only woman to serve as chancellor, retired, German national politics seem to be backsliding when it comes to gender parity" (para 3). "When Chancellor Olaf Scholz formed his cabinet in 2021, he vowed that he would name as many women as men to be ministers. That balance stayed in place until Christine Lambrecht, the defense minister, was forced to resign over criticism about Germany’s provision of aid to Ukraine, and was replaced by a man. Mr. Merz has cited Ms. Lambrecht as an example to explain why, when he names a new, conservative-led government, he will not be striving for gender parity" (para 12-13).more
March 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2
"The CDU leader introduced a gender-parity quota in 2022 for his party’s executive board" (para 16).
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2
"The CDU leader introduced a gender-parity quota in 2022 for his party’s executive board" (para 16).
March 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz, put a premium on gender parity in his centre-left-led government, maintaining a near 50/50 balance until the coalition imploded in November. His predecessor, Merkel, rejected quotas but steadily included more women in her cabinets during her 16 years in power. Her last cabinet had nine male ministers and eight women, including herself" (para 13-14).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz, put a premium on gender parity in his centre-left-led government, maintaining a near 50/50 balance until the coalition imploded in November. His predecessor, Merkel, rejected quotas but steadily included more women in her cabinets during her 16 years in power. Her last cabinet had nine male ministers and eight women, including herself" (para 13-14).
March 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"Germans elected fewer women to the parliament as a whole this time, making up 32.4% of the new class of MPs – down from 35%. The Greens will have the most female representation in their parliamentary group with 61%. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland has the least, about 12%, although it chose a woman, Alice Weidel, as its candidate for chancellor. The CDU and CSU are in the middle at about 23% and 25% respectively" (para 9-11).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"Germans elected fewer women to the parliament as a whole this time, making up 32.4% of the new class of MPs – down from 35%. The Greens will have the most female representation in their parliamentary group with 61%. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland has the least, about 12%, although it chose a woman, Alice Weidel, as its candidate for chancellor. The CDU and CSU are in the middle at about 23% and 25% respectively" (para 9-11).
March 3, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: France, Germany
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"After Romania, Poland (10.7 per cent), Czechia (10 per cent), Latvia (9.2 per cent), and Slovakia (7.7 per cent) saw the biggest year-on-year decline in births. Wealthy EU nations, including France and Germany, also saw a significant drop" (para 7-8).
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"After Romania, Poland (10.7 per cent), Czechia (10 per cent), Latvia (9.2 per cent), and Slovakia (7.7 per cent) saw the biggest year-on-year decline in births. Wealthy EU nations, including France and Germany, also saw a significant drop" (para 7-8).
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A total of 301 women were killed by their current or former partner in 2021" (para 10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A total of 301 women were killed by their current or former partner in 2021" (para 10).
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"One third of men in Germany find violence against women 'acceptable', according to survey results that campaigners described as 'shocking' on Sunday. A total of 33 per cent of men aged 18 to 35 years old said they found it 'acceptable' if 'their hand slipped' occasionally during an argument with their female partner, according to the survey set to be published by the Funke newspaper group on Monday" (para 1-2).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"One third of men in Germany find violence against women 'acceptable', according to survey results that campaigners described as 'shocking' on Sunday. A total of 33 per cent of men aged 18 to 35 years old said they found it 'acceptable' if 'their hand slipped' occasionally during an argument with their female partner, according to the survey set to be published by the Funke newspaper group on Monday" (para 1-2).
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"One third of men in Germany find violence against women 'acceptable', according to survey results that campaigners described as 'shocking' on Sunday. A total of 33 per cent of men aged 18 to 35 years old said they found it 'acceptable' if 'their hand slipped' occasionally during an argument with their female partner, according to the survey set to be published by the Funke newspaper group on Monday" (para 1-2). "Thirty-four per cent of respondents admitted that they had been violent towards women in the past" (para 3). "More than 115,000 women – or 13 women each hour – were victims of partner violence in 2021, according to federal police...more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"One third of men in Germany find violence against women 'acceptable', according to survey results that campaigners described as 'shocking' on Sunday. A total of 33 per cent of men aged 18 to 35 years old said they found it 'acceptable' if 'their hand slipped' occasionally during an argument with their female partner, according to the survey set to be published by the Funke newspaper group on Monday" (para 1-2). "Thirty-four per cent of respondents admitted that they had been violent towards women in the past" (para 3). "More than 115,000 women – or 13 women each hour – were victims of partner violence in 2021, according to federal police...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: DLB-DATA-1
"The nationwide survey, which polled 1,000 men and 1,000 women aged 18 to 35, was commissioned by children’s aid organisation Plan International Germany and carried out online from March 9 to 21. It further found that 52 per cent of men said they believed their role was to be the main provider in a relationship, and that their partner should mostly run the household" (para 6).
Variables: DLB-DATA-1
"The nationwide survey, which polled 1,000 men and 1,000 women aged 18 to 35, was commissioned by children’s aid organisation Plan International Germany and carried out online from March 9 to 21. It further found that 52 per cent of men said they believed their role was to be the main provider in a relationship, and that their partner should mostly run the household" (para 6).
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:40 p.m.
Countries: France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Other European governments – including in France, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, and Germany – took steps to facilitate access to medical abortion early in the pandemic by extending legal time limits, permitting self-management of medical abortion at home, and conducting consultations via telemedicine" (6).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Other European governments – including in France, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, and Germany – took steps to facilitate access to medical abortion early in the pandemic by extending legal time limits, permitting self-management of medical abortion at home, and conducting consultations via telemedicine" (6).
Feb. 4, 2025, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Germany, Spain, Sweden
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Consent-based rape law already exists in Sweden, Germany, Spain and more than a dozen other European countries" (para 8).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Consent-based rape law already exists in Sweden, Germany, Spain and more than a dozen other European countries" (para 8).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:04 p.m.
Countries: Germany, Italy, Peru, Uruguay
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany" (para 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany" (para 10).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Cases of domestic violence in Germany rose drastically during the pandemic, as they did elsewhere – but instead of returning to pre-lockdown rates they are still rising, even though women are not, at least in theory, confined to their violent homes any more" (par. 5).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Cases of domestic violence in Germany rose drastically during the pandemic, as they did elsewhere – but instead of returning to pre-lockdown rates they are still rising, even though women are not, at least in theory, confined to their violent homes any more" (par. 5).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Instead of acknowledging femicide as a massive problem for society as a whole, politicians from all sides tend to pay attention only when violence against women serves their political aims, namely: blaming foreigners, especially Muslims, for their supposedly misogynist worldviews. Cem Özdemir of the Greens, for instance, the minister of agriculture, wrote an opinion piece for the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently. Özdemir, himself a son of Turkish immigrants if it matters, talked about his 19-year-old daughter’s worries about not being able to point out the misogyny she experiences from refugees and Muslim immigrants because she doesn’t want to be racist" (par. 8-9).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Instead of acknowledging femicide as a massive problem for society as a whole, politicians from all sides tend to pay attention only when violence against women serves their political aims, namely: blaming foreigners, especially Muslims, for their supposedly misogynist worldviews. Cem Özdemir of the Greens, for instance, the minister of agriculture, wrote an opinion piece for the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently. Özdemir, himself a son of Turkish immigrants if it matters, talked about his 19-year-old daughter’s worries about not being able to point out the misogyny she experiences from refugees and Muslim immigrants because she doesn’t want to be racist" (par. 8-9).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: AW-PRACTICE-1
"If we want to point out the intersections with migration, we should be more than concerned about how an asylum-seeking woman and her two kids, who lived in a women’s shelter in Hamburg, were deported last month" (par. 10).
Variables: AW-PRACTICE-1
"If we want to point out the intersections with migration, we should be more than concerned about how an asylum-seeking woman and her two kids, who lived in a women’s shelter in Hamburg, were deported last month" (par. 10).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1, CL-PRACTICE-1, ATDW-PRACTICE-2
"In practice, many German communes lack space in women’s shelters or the resources to help women who are financially dependent. The constant rise in rents, the still prevalent gender pay gap, the unequal division of care work – all these factors mean that many women simply can’t afford to leave their abusers. Where are they supposed to go" (par. 5).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1, CL-PRACTICE-1, ATDW-PRACTICE-2
"In practice, many German communes lack space in women’s shelters or the resources to help women who are financially dependent. The constant rise in rents, the still prevalent gender pay gap, the unequal division of care work – all these factors mean that many women simply can’t afford to leave their abusers. Where are they supposed to go" (par. 5).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Germany there were 360 femicides in 2023 alone, according to the federal criminal police office in a recent report. The statistic counts closed criminal cases, which are, by definition, 'killings of women because they are women'" (par. 4).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Germany there were 360 femicides in 2023 alone, according to the federal criminal police office in a recent report. The statistic counts closed criminal cases, which are, by definition, 'killings of women because they are women'" (par. 4).