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Gender equality

September 17, 2015

One of the SDGs calls for the acheivement of gender equality and empowerment of women and girls everywhere in the world. How advanced is Germany? Listen here to find out.

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World in Progress: Still no gender equality in Germany

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European countries have done much to close the gender gap, but women in some states are held back by archaic social structures. One, perhaps surprisingly, is Germany.

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