Doris Schmidauer: Focus on women's poverty and gender justice!

Doris Schmidauer: Focus on women's poverty and gender justice!

Wien, Österreich - Doris Schmidauer, the First Lady of Austria, gave profound insights into women's political issues and her personal view of feminist questions in her new book. At the same time, she is committed to combating women's poverty, which she describes as a structural problem. In her work, she not only deals with numerous sociopolitical topics, such as the gender pay gap and violence against women, but also illuminates personal experiences and stories of impressive women, such as astronaut carmen Possnig or a committed landlady. Schmidauer, who in her public role as a "first volunteer" focused on the networking of women, sees her task in setting social accents and inspiring other women, such as vienna.at reported.

In a recently taken event in the presidential office in Vienna, Schmidauer warned together with Caritas President Nora Tödtling-Musenbichler in front of the alarming 533,000 women in Austria who are at risk of poverty. "It is our responsibility to create structures that protect women from poverty," emphasized Schmidauer and called on to become active in the sense of gender equality. The experts urgently called for a “poverty -resistant welfare state” to improve the basic framework conditions for women. Doris Anzengruber, head of Caritas Vienna, also emphasized the importance of advice and support for women in emergencies and advocated a cultural change in order to divide the care work fairly between the sexes. The central message of the evening was clear: Women deserve the same opportunities and conditions in all areas of life, such as katholisch.at reported.