Girls' Day
The Girls' Day is to motivate a once taking place in the year of action, the girls and women to take technical and scientific professions. The Girls' Day is intended to help increase the proportion of female employees in so-called “male professions ” and to reduce an assumed or forecast shortage of skilled workers in the industry. The Boys 'Day is regarded as a counterpart to the Girls' Day.
organization
Various companies , mainly in industry, invite girls from the fifth grade to their company and give them the opportunity to get to know jobs in technology, natural sciences, craft and information technology. Most of the companies and institutions (over 80 percent) invite interested girls to so-called “open events” on Girls' Day . In a smaller number of organizations, employee daughters have the opportunity to get to know their parents' workplace. Girls' Day is usually accompanied by a supporting program in which the girls are introduced to the company and have the opportunity to ask questions and get active.
Situation in Germany
In Germany , on Girls 'Day, a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research , the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth , Initiative D21 , the Federal Employment Agency , the German Trade Union Federation , the Confederation of German Employers' Associations , the German Industry and Chamber of Commerce , the Central Association of German Crafts and the Federal Association of German Industry . The Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Opportunities e. V. coordinates many of the participating organizations and companies.
Since 2002, the state of Brandenburg has been offering the “Future Day for Girls and Boys” instead of Girls' Day. On this project day, all pupils in grades six to nine can get to know non-gendered jobs in companies. Not only should girls include typical male occupations more closely in their choice of occupation, but also boys typical female occupations (such as daycare, elementary school and care). The Brandenburg Future Day therefore also serves to secure general skilled workers.
In Lower Saxony, the “Future Day for Girls and Boys” has been taking place at the same time as the nationwide Girls' Day since 2005; since 2018, participation for students in grades 5 to 9 has been part of the vocational orientation at general schools. The corresponding circular of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of September 17, 2018 provides for separate offers for the Future Day, whereby the girls and boys should get an insight into supposedly typical professions of the respective opposite sex.
The Bundeswehr has been organizing a Girls' Day nationwide since 2000 (e.g. March 27, 2014).
Since 2011, a nationwide Boys 'Day has been taking place parallel to Girls' Day, which aims to break up the role stereotypes for boys.
| date | Events | Participants |
|---|---|---|
| April 26, 2001 | 39 | 1,800 |
| April 25, 2002 | 1,267 | 42,500 |
| May 8, 2003 | 3,905 | 101,000 |
| April 22, 2004 | 5,303 | 114,000 |
| April 28, 2005 | 6,974 | 127,000 |
| April 27, 2006 | 7,085 | 122,000 |
| April 26, 2007 | 8,113 | 138,000 |
| April 24, 2008 | 8,583 | 133,000 |
| April 23, 2009 | 9,098 | 127,000 |
| April 22, 2010 | 9,618 | 123,000 |
| April 14, 2011 | 9,831 | 126,000 |
| April 26, 2012 | 9,572 | 116,000 |
| April 25, 2013 | 9,240 | 108,000 |
| March 27, 2014 | 9,000 | 103,000 |
| April 23, 2015 | 9,450 | 103,000 |
| April 28, 2016 | 9,500 | 98,400 |
| April 27, 2017 | 10,300 | 100,000 |
| April 26, 2018 | 10,500 | 100,000 |
| March 28, 2019 | 10,450 | 100,300 |
| March 26, 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| April 22, 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| April 28, 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Situation in Austria and Switzerland
Girls' Day has been held annually in Austria since April 2002. In the federal state of Salzburg, the EuRegio Girls' Day is carried out across borders in cooperation with the Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein regions .
| date | state |
|---|---|
| April 24, 2014 | Burgenland, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Tyrol, Vienna |
| March 27, 2014 | Salzburg |
In Switzerland , a similar day of action is known as the National Future Day .
precursor
A previous version of the day of action was held in New Orleans , USA in 1993 by the Ms. Foundation for Women organization . The take our daughters to work day has now been renamed take our daughters and sons to work (“take our daughters and sons with you to work”) and is a day exclusively for the children of employees in companies. Like Girls' Day , it usually takes place on the fourth Thursday in April. In contrast to this previous version, Girls 'Day is not limited to employees' children. The aim of Girls 'Day is not primarily to get to know the parents' workplaces. On this day, girls should be given the chance to gain the broadest possible insight into professional areas in which only a few women have worked so far. The aim is that schoolgirls can choose their Girls' Day place themselves. They often take the initiative to register themselves (60 percent). The first day that was carried out according to this model took place in the company Lucent Technologies in Nuremberg in 2000 and was followed up in a forum in schools, politics and society. Girls' Day has existed since 2001. The country of origin is Germany.
Surname
According to the project managers, girls between the ages of 10 and 15 chose the name Girls 'Day from several alternatives in a small survey of girls' get-togethers and school classes ; Girls Future Day was added so that the goal of this nationwide day of action is also included in the name in German.
criticism
After the introduction of Girls'Day, the missing counterpart for boys was repeatedly pointed out. Boys'Day has been around since 2011 . However, there is also criticism that boys should be introduced to the poorly paid jobs in the social sector and that the days of action are not sustainable. The first point of criticism, however, goes far beyond the individual measure Boys'Day:
“If the wage gap between typically male and typically female occupations did not gape as wide, more men could get used to the idea of working in an occupation that was originally dominated by women - in kindergarten or in an old people's home, for example. However, research also shows that this would only marginally change the gender differences in career choices. "
The second point of criticism, the lack of sustainability, is attributed to the fact that the process in which the desire for a career is developed already begins in kindergarten and pre-school age and that Girls' Day starts relatively late; but at least “these days help to raise the awareness of society. They make us aware that we still have a deficit there. "
The Bundeswehr, now the largest organizer on Girls' Day, was criticized for violating the UN children's rights conventions. Contrary to the voluntary commitment of a minimum age of 14 years, eleven-year-old girls were advertised for the profession of soldier.
Web links
- [1] Project website for the organization of Girls 'Day by the nationwide coordination office Girls' Day - Girls Future Day, non-profit sponsoring association is the Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Opportunities e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Girls'Day in the federal states: Lower Saxony ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 26, 2012.
- ↑ Future Day for Girls and Boys in Lower Saxony , accessed on July 31, 2019.
- ↑ Vocational orientation at general schools. Circular 24-81403 - VORIS 22410. Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture, September 17, 2018, accessed on July 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Homepage , marine.de
- ↑ Homepage Boys' Day, accessed on January 12, 2014
- ↑ Girls'Day briefly explained - questions and answers. FAQ. Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Opportunities, accessed on May 8, 2012 : "Girls'Day - Girls Future Day is always on the fourth Thursday in April."
- ↑ Girls'Day in the federal states. (No longer available online.) Federal Ministry of Education and Women, formerly the original ; accessed in 2014 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report from the Women's Office in Münster, 2004, p. 16 (PDF file; 1.40 MB)
- ↑ Frequently asked questions about Girls'Day - section: Where did Girls'Day get its name from? (accessed on June 7, 2018)
- ↑ Spiegel Online: The action days Girls 'Day and Boys' Day are controversial - Girls 'Day and Boys' Day - men hang the pin-up posters. , April 24, 2013, accessed January 12, 2014
- ↑ a b Marcel Helbig in an interview with C. Bertelsmann: “Breaking up the role model.” The educational sociologist Marcel Helbig on the sense and nonsense of Girls'Day. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 31, 7./8. February 2015, ISSN 0174-4917 , p. 67.
- ↑ heise online / Telepolis: Girls to the machine gun , April 14, 2011
