Women fight for equality: delight on March 8th in NRW!

Women fight for equality: delight on March 8th in NRW!

On March 8, 2025, numerous people in North Rhine-Westphalia committed international women's day with impressive demonstrations. In Düsseldorf, around 2,200 participants, mostly women, moved through the streets. The police spokesman confirmed the high number of participants. The motto of the Düsseldorf demo was "feminist fighting day", which underlined the political and social goals of the event. In Cologne, where about 5,000 people demonstrated, the number of participants corresponded to the expectations of the organizers. In Bonn, also mobilized where 750 participants were expected, but the train was delayed. Further protests were planned in Bielefeld and Minden.

The demonstrators focused on the "concern work" in social professions, in which women and queer people are particularly active. The motto of this year's demos, "We are fighting, we go on strike, we live", clarified the joint struggle for better working conditions and just payment in these professions. A spokeswoman for the Cologne "March 8, Bündnis" emphasized that care work should not be organized according to profit logic and urgently needed to be socially recognized.

demands for equality and rights for women

Bianca Austin, spokeswoman for women in North Rhine-Westphalia, emphasized the urgency in her speeches to fight for the same rights. In 2025, equality and rights for women are still not a matter of course. She pointed out specific disadvantages, such as poorer payment, unfairly distributed care and poverty in old age. Austin called for these disadvantages not to be accepted and connected feminism with an anti -fascist attitude in view of the strength of the AfD. In addition, she campaigned for the abolition of § 218 that regulates the termination of pregnancy.

At 3:30 p.m. another event took place in front of the DGB house in Düsseldorf on this day, to which the left encouraged its members to participate. These actions are part of a broader commitment to clarify and mobilize around the rights of women.

The context of equality in Germany

The struggle for equality in Germany is anchored by Article 3 (2) of the Basic Law. The latter says that nobody can be disadvantaged because of their gender. Nevertheless, the everyday life of many women is characterized by significant inequalities. According to the Hans Böckler Foundation, women worked on average 7.9 hours less than men in 2020. In addition, 63% of women without children contribute full -time to work, while only 29% of mothers have the same working hours.

A priority is also the gender equality in the area of ​​payment. The gender Pay GAP was 18%in 2020, and there has been no significant improvement in recent years. Around 17% of full -time women earned less than 2,000 euros gross, while this affects only 9% in men. A large component of social inequality is tightened by the unequal distribution of care work and the associated social expectations.

This international women's day not only illustrated the challenges with which women are faced with their everyday life, but also the overall social efforts for change and equality. The demonstrations are an important step to draw attention to these significant topics and to demand the long overdue social change, which should lead to more justice and equality.