Trans, intersex, queer: Germany’s highest court makes groundbreaking ruling The German Federal Constitutional Court has ordered the legislature to provide a third gender option beside male or female in the country’s birth registry – or else do away altogether with information on gender in civil status. This puts Germany in a position to play a leading role in Europe on this issue. By Leo Yannick Wild
Voting for our future without us For some of us having the right to vote is still a dream. Not having this choice means others decide on what terms to move on. By Yasmine Nayef Merei
Questions of care and gender seen from the focus of the care economy A commentary by Elisabeth Scharfenberg, spokeswoman of the Green parliamentary group for care and policies for senior citizens. By Elisabeth Scharfenberg
European policies in the wake of the globalisation of care work Women’s increasing integration into the labour market comes with a crisis of care systems and the development of a labour market for care work. Increasingly women migrate to richer countries to seek employment in the care sector, hoping their salary will improve the living conditions of their families. By Maria Kontos
Care, the market economy and gender equity – how is politics to find a balance? Finding an economic, social and bio-political balance between production and social reproduction, between private households and the market is a central task for the state. By Dr. Christa Wichterich
The personal is (still not) political - What does the fashionable word ‘care economy’ actually mean? The concept of the care economy refers to paid and unpaid work directly related to the everyday care of other people but also to the work involved in care provision. By Gisela Notz
‘Paid or unpaid’ – a challenge for care policy New concepts such as that of the ‘care economy’ attempt to highlight this fact by pointing to the overlap between care and efficiency, use, process maximisation and productivity. By Hannelore Buls
The feminine twin in economics When we speak about economics or read about the subject in the newspapers, generally the focus is on the market, prices or competition. Yet the modern economy is far more than that. It has been a twin birth since the outset: the birth of non-identical, bisexual twins. By Adelheid Biesecker
Coping with Crises, Ending Armed Conflict – Peace Promoting Strategies of Women and Men Documentation of the international conference of the Gunda Werner Institute in cooperation with the German Women's Security Council and PeaceWomen Across the Globe.
The German Women´s Security Council On March 20, 2003, the U.S. War against Iraq began. Almost simultaneously, on March 28, 2003, the German Women´s Security Council was founded in Bonn. By Dr. Ute Scheub
