corsus on International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025

International Women’s Day 2025 has the motto ‘For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.’ corsus supports and lives this cause.

The fundamental issues of women’s rights, gender equality and feminism are once again gaining great importance in view of the current global backlash in this area. Anti-feminist statements on social media are on the rise and promote violence against women, which in the worst cases manifests itself as femicide. In totalitarian regimes, women’s rights are clearly not respected, while cuts in the social sector, the restriction of independent organisations, the gender pay gap and quotas for women are still highly topical and explosive issues in Germany too.

Gender equality is a universal human right. The UN Sustainable Development Goals also focus on gender equality under Goal 5. For example, by 2030, all forms of discrimination against women and girls around the world should be ended and all forms of violence against and exploitation of women and girls should be abolished. Women should be able to participate equally in political, economic and public life and have equal rights to and access to land, property and financial services. However, in many countries around the world, women and girls still do not have equal access to education, healthcare, employment or social life. Equality between women and men is not just a question of basic human rights. We all benefit when women and girls, just like men and boys, can fully realise their social, political, economic and societal rights.

Women are the key to possible change towards more justice: if women farmers worldwide had the same access to productive resources as men, 100-150 million people could be freed from hunger. Access to education and empowerment gives women the opportunity to start their own business. They are also active in the fight against climate change and promote innovative solutions.
In a post by the CDU/CSU in February 2025, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, among others, are ready for ‘a policy change in Germany’. However, this is apparently taking place without women, but half of the power belongs to half of the population – and that is women. A fundamental policy change looks different and should take a comprehensive approach that promotes gender and intergenerational equality and participation for all.