Equality in the district office: women fight for management positions!

Equality in the district office: women fight for management positions!

The district office in Schweinfurt exemplifies a problem that can be observed in many companies: While about two thirds of the 614 employees are women, men occupy management positions in over 60 % of cases. This was determined by personnel developer Selina Knoblach during a meeting of the district committee and the district council. "At first glance, it looks terrifying," she said. However, the development is positive: in 2018, the relationship on the executive floor was 75 % men and only 25 % women. In recent years, the district office has established programs to promote women in management positions, which should now be supplemented by trial workshops to sensitize women to management tasks, such as Mainpost.de reported.

growth in management levels

In Germany, the proportion of women in management positions only increases slowly. In 2023 it was only 28.7 % and has hardly changed since the introduction of a new classification in 2012. It turns out that the career choice of women is often limited to traditional areas, which has a negative impact on their career opportunities. These stagnating numbers were underpinned by the