Equality in focus: Minister of women calls for comprehensive measures!

Equality in focus: Minister of women calls for comprehensive measures!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - On February 13, 2025, the Equal Pay Day is celebrated, and Minister of Women Susanne Raab takes this opportunity to draw attention to the important topic of gender equality. Raab emphasizes that responsibility for equality between women and men is not only among individual actors, but is also a task for society as a whole. In order to achieve a better reconciliation of family and work, Raab announced a childcare offensive, which is particularly aimed at the expansion of childcare places for under three year olds. This initiative is a direct step to support mothers who want to balance work and family, and was identified as an urgent need, as

In addition, Raab emphasizes the importance of professional orientation for girls. The Role Model Initiative of the Women's Fund Lea is intended to show young women perspectives in the well-paid MINT professions (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology). This step is considered crucial to increase the proportion of women in management positions. RAAB supports companies to successfully implement strategies for promoting female careers, including through the online salary calculator that is supposed to bring more transparency to remuneration.

Susanne Raab was born in Upper Austria and has an impressive academic career. After her diploma in psychology and law, she began her political career in the Federal Ministry of the Interior. There was the main focus of integration coordination before she was appointed Minister of Women in 2020. In this function, she not only campaigned for women's rights, but also for violence, especially during Corona pandemic, when an increase in domestic violence was feared, as wikipedia.org . Only recently, on January 7, 2025, Raab announced that it would leave politics.