Weltzeit: Women decision makers moving the world

Strong, smart, self-confident women can be found in many of DW's programs. But equality between women and men is still a long way off. Women often have less access to education or health care - and often times, they are still paid less for the same work. They are also more affected by poverty.

With the digital era, women are also facing new challenges such as hatred on the Internet, which is directed primarily at women politicians, activists and journalists. Discrimination is part of everyday life for many women around the world.

In the new edition of Weltzeit, we share interviews and reports on courage and determination, entrepreneurship and the fight against female genital mutilation. 74-year-old protest icon Nina Baginskaya from Belarus makes it clear that it is never too late to fight back against the prevailing patterns. And: the women behind the #MeToo movement in the Balkans are finally being heard.

We hope you enjoy reading the German edition ofWeltzeit.

Magazine highlights:

What's journalism without women journalists?

State persecution against women journalists on the rise globally

Breaking barriers as a woman in India

2020: A defining watershed for Hong Kong’s unsettling future

India: Going beyond the headlines