Berlin, March 4. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today described as “unforgivable” the violence suffered by women in Iran and Afghanistan in a weekly address devoted to this occasion on the fight for equality on the eve of March 8.
“In Iran and Afghanistan, women who stand up for their rights are being fought hard. Anyone who stands up for freedom and justice even risks their lives,” he said in his message in the format “podcast” and reiterated Germany’s support to all. those who defend “the rights of men and women”.
Also in Germany, despite the fact that the situation is completely different, it is necessary “to continue on the path of equal rights until it is visible at all levels that women represent half of society” , underlined the Chancellor.
Scholz recalled how, as a young social democrat, he believed that in a decade or twenty years at most, full equality would be achieved. “40 years later, we have made progress but we haven’t gone far enough yet,” he added.
Thus, there are still not enough women in leadership positions and poverty in old age continues to be an eminently female phenomenon, in addition to the fact that there are still “shocking and unacceptable” gaps between salaries. men and women, he said.
“I am convinced that we will all benefit – economy, politics, culture and society – when women have equal power, when paid work and care are distributed equitably and when women structurally earn as much as men. men. It is my task”, concluded. ECE
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