Equality Office
"Men and women shall have equal rights" (Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the Basic Law)
Why have an equal opportunity commissioner anyway?
- Women are significantly underrepresented in decision-making positions, whether in business or politics
- Women are more affected by unemployment than men
- On average, women receive less pension than men
- Women still bear the main burden of housework, raising children and caring for the elderly or sick, without adequate social recognition
- Women often lack the ability to reconcile their careers with the family responsibilities assigned to them
- Women are again and again victims of mental, physical and sexual violence
Everyday life for women is still a long way from theoretical, legal equality.
Call us if you are a woman and want to complain about discrimination, seek support in asserting your rights, need information or want to make suggestions for improving the situation of women in the municipality of Göllheim.
Objectives and tasks of the Equal Opportunities Officer
The Equal Opportunities Officer is committed to ensuring that women and men are treated equally in everyday life. This is a goal of the Basic Law.
She is the contact person for women who have questions, ideas or complaints.
She points out where there is still no real equality in the municipality.
She makes suggestions on how the situation of women and girls can be improved.
To this end, she plans and launches specific projects.
She works together with women, women's groups, associations and trade unions.
She informs the public about her work.
According to the United Nations (UN):
Half of all people in the world are women.
Women hold one third of all paid jobs.
Women work two thirds of the world's working hours.
Despite this, they earn only one tenth of the world's money.
And they own less than one percent of the world's wealth.