© FEMNET Social justice for all? – Review of the fashion interACTION Action Meeting in May 2025 Doughnut Economy, Plural Economics, Earth4All – the fashion interACTION Action Meeting on 10 May 2025 was all about alternative economic models that combine social justice and environmental sustainability. Details Published: 21 May 2025 Read more …
© FEMNET FEMNET at the Church Congress 2025: Encounters, exchange and new impulses From 30 April to 4 May 2025, we were able to attend the Evangelical Church Congress in Hanover – and the impressions are still having an impact. For three days, FEMNET was in the Centre of Youth represented with a stand. Details Published: 21 May 2025 Read more …
2024 Annual Report: Together we are strong! The 2024 annual report is entitled 'Together we are strong'. In these challenging times, this commitment is important. It is to be feared that the shift to the right in Europe and Trump as US President will have a negative impact on women's rights. It is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve change as political and financial challenges increase. This makes it all the more important for us, as a civil society, to stick together and stand in solidarity against adversity. Details Published: 06 May 2025 Read more …
Ten Years of Todschick – the book on fashion and morality now available free of charge Ten years ago, Dr Gisela Burckhardt published ‘Deathly fashion and morality – why expensive does not mean equally fair’. The book exposes the widespread misconception that expensive brand fashion is automatically produced under fair conditions, and is therefore alarmingly up-to-date. Details Published: 20 April 2025 Read more …
We call for an Equality Committee for Bonn ‘Men and women are equal.’ This is what Article 3 of the Basic Law states – and furthermore: ‘The state promotes the effective enforcement of equal rights for women and men and works towards the elimination of existing disadvantages.’ Is this the case in Germany? No. Gender equality remains a project and has not yet been achieved. Bonn is particularly behind. Details Published: 04 April 2025 Read more …
Act now: Open Letter 'Protecting Democracy, Promoting the Common Good: Online platforms need control Together with more than 75 other organisations from civil society, associations, churches, trade unions and companies, FEMNET has signed an open letter addressed to the current party leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD. The letter addresses the need to regulate online platforms more closely in order to protect democracy and the common good. Details Published: 04 March 2025 Read more …
© Initiative Supply Chain Act FEMNET statement on the shift to the right in Germany Bonn. Friedrich Merz has torn down a firewall when, at the end of January, he brought about a majority in the Bundestag with the votes of the far-right AfD, instead of finding a response to the terrible murders together with the democratic parties. It's a dangerous caesura. What decisions will Merz decide as a possible chancellor together with the AfD? Right-wing extremism and anti-feminism are closely linked, according to scientific research. The AfD represents a reactionary image of women, and one of its leaders (Maximilian Krah) claims that ‘feminism is cancer’. Even though the AfD has Alice Weidel as its top candidate, the proportion of women in the AfD parliamentary group is just over 13 percent. The shift to the right strengthens the danger of sexism, racism, misogyny. Almost every day there is a femicide in Germany. Every day, more than 140 women and girls in Germany are victims of a sexual offense. Details Published: 06 February 2025 Read more …
© FEMNET New poster: Your guide to fair consumer alternatives How consciously do you consume? The poster invites you to question your own clothing consumption and try out new ways. It encourages us to think about alternatives: Does it always have to be new, or are there sustainable alternatives such as secondhand, loan or exchange? Details Published: 24 January 2025 Read more …
New practical guide: Making purchasing at universities sustainable Universities can use their market power through a conscious procurement practice to achieve great things: The demand for ecologically and socially sustainable textiles and food promotes positive changes along global supply chains. For this reason, this guide supports administrative employees at universities in effectively anchoring sustainability criteria in the award process. Details Published: 17 January 2025 Read more …
Joint statement on Ursula von der Leyen's proposed omnibus directive In order to reduce the bureaucratic burden of ESG reporting obligations, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the so-called Omnibus Directive on 8 November 2024. However, civil society organisations fear that the proposal could weaken key EU corporate responsibility laws. Details Published: 15 January 2025 Read more …
