According to a new poll, every second German believes that International Women's Day, which takes place on March 8th, should become a public holiday throughout Germany.
On March 8th, 2019, International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time as a bank holiday in Berlin. Not every woman in the capital was celebrating the move, though.
Activists from feminist group Femen singled
out Hamburg's red light district for an International Women's Day protest on
Friday, breaking down a gate that seals off a notorious street of brothels.
Berlin will be honouring its first Frauentag as a public holiday Friday. Whether through arts or activism, here's our list of where to go on the day off work.
Germany's image is of a progressive, forward thinking country. But women earn an average of 21 percent less than men. We investigated the gender wage gap and those trying to address it.
The Green party in Berlin on Saturday voted for a proposal to make Frauentag the a public holiday in the capital. If the city moves quickly the extra day off will arrive next year.