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Lab-elle is a label that promotes gender equality in small children’s story books

Lab-elle is a non-profit association which promotes children’s story books that fight gender stereotypes and give girls more active, adventurous roles. (TSR/swissinfo.ch)

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Helping women break into a man’s world

This content was published on As Women’s Day is marked, businesswoman and networker Barbara Rigassi tells swissinfo.ch why the situation is so and how women can make it to the top. Rigassi, an economist who sits on several boards herself, is a co-founder of the GetDiversity network. Since 2007 the Swiss organisation has been putting forward women candidates for board…

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Men still earn a quarter more than women

This content was published on The authorities, as well as employers’ representatives and unions, have joined together for the first time to begin discussions aimed at stamping out discriminatory practices over the next five years. The concept of equal pay has been written in the law since 1996, and has been in the Swiss constitution since 1981. But those working…

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The right to vote

This content was published on Women finally gained the vote in Switzerland in 1971, after a long campaign. Before that male voters had always rejected the move. Old posters show how the subject was often an emotional one.

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