Neumünster in the gender puzzle: Ms. may not be chosen to the committee!

Neumünster in the gender puzzle: Ms. may not be chosen to the committee!

Neumünster is currently faced with a scandalous case of gender -specific discrimination, which affects the recruitment for the youth welfare committee. A woman was strictly excluded to occupy a free space for a man. This absurdity shows how cramped the regulations for gender distribution in this body are, which deals with important topics such as child protection and youth work. How kn-online.de reported, a meeting of the main committee was canceled at short notice because the responsible department head indicated the "wrong gender assignment". The Youth Promotion Act applicable in Schleswig-Holstein is thus particularly critical, since it prescribes a equal gender distribution for the committees.

A shocking "gender puzzle"

The youth welfare committee game leads to a shameful dilemma: a man who steps down must not be replaced by a woman, which means that a top woman from the committee stays outside. The department head Holger Krüger said that the welfare associations now have to find another male candidate, which makes the already difficult line -up considerably more difficult. Actually, the welfare associations could also propose a suitable man, but the whole thing has now accepted a further turn of the complicity. Krüger described the regulation as extremely tedious and wonders whether these laws are contemporary.

On the other hand, the autonomous women's shelter in Neumünster is fighting as on suedholstein.sparkasseblog.de reports under the pressure of economic conditions, especially during pandemic. The women's shelter offers urgently needed protection and support for women and children affected by violence. Thanks to the rapid help of local donors such as Edeka Nord and the Lions Club, the facility was able to receive a financial postponement in order to meet the extended hygiene requirements due to the corona pandemic. This example shows how important it is to provide the vulnerable facilities in our society, while at the same time the belief in equality in local politics is questioned.