2. Outline
History
Current Situation Germany-Russia
Laws
Women’s Business Club
Successful women
Recommendations
Future Perspectives
3. History
1848 Declaration of Sentiments;
1850 First National Women’s Rights
Convention;
1893 Colorado adopts an amendment
granting women in the right to vote;
1903 The national Women’s Trade Union
League;
1960 beginning of feminist movement;
Movement all over the world…
4. Current Situation.. Germany
3 K’s: “Kinder, Küche, und Kirche”
Conservative belief (Either Job or
Family)
Criticism from family members, friends,
and colleagues
Struggles getting up a career ladder
Are Men better at business than
women are?
6. Laws- Germany
Gender Quotas
Example: Daimler
Dieter Zetsche, Daimler CEO and many other
corporate leaders, is opposed to a gender quota
mandated by law. However, he has set an internal
goal for Daimler: to double the share of women in
leadership positions from 10 to 20 percent by 2020.
Daimler was the first Car manufacturer who brings
a woman, Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, into the
management board.
8. Women’s Business Club
1826- First Women Club, London
Women supporting each other in Business
Life;
1993- Women Business Club, Germany
Women discuss current news, inspire and
promote each other;
Benefit of developing new business
relationships and help each other in
important assignations.
9. Successful Women- Germany
Regine Stachelhaus-
Managing Director of
Unicef
Nicola Leibinger-
Kammüller- member of
supervisory boards of
Lufthansa and Siemens
Renate Kocher- member
ofsupervisory boards of Allianz,
BMW, Infineon, Bosch and
Nestlé
Angela Merkel- most
powerful women of the
world
