Thursday is International Women’s Day, leading many people across the world - including in Germany - to reflect on women's rights. One big-name store, however, is using the day of women to rebrand itself - and not everyone is happy about it.
It's one of the last great taboos: asking a colleague how much they earn. But Germany is hoping workers will do just that under a new law that aims to close the country's yawning gender pay gap.
After legislation was approved in January last year, the new law - set to be fully implemented on Saturday - will force companies to be more transparent about salaries paid to male and female employees.
A new study shows that women spend 60 percent more time doing unpaid work than men, such as raising children, doing household chores, and caring for relatives.
Several thousand protesters gathered in Berlin and other German cities to march on International Women's Day on Wednesday, with Donald Trump's presidency being a recurring theme.
Is 162 centimetres metres (five feet three inches) too short for an aircraft pilot? Lufthansa regulations say that their crew must be at least 165 centimetres tall – but one applicant has now dragged them to Germany's highest labour court for discrimination.
A university worker in Stuttgart has fought a battle with her employer over unequal pay all the way to the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, as the government mulls a new law on gendered compensation.
In a survey of workers presented on Tuesday, Germany's anti-discrimination office found that half of respondents had experienced sexual harassment and that only 19 percent knew their legal rights.
