Reviews the employment situation of women in West Germany and states the initiatives that have been taken to increase the proportion of women in jobs traditionally undertaken by men, including techincal jobs at all levels. Focuses on strategies for improving the position of women in engineering. (ML)

A study examined the relationship between occupational advancement among women and their participation in the training offered at the enterprise level in West Germany. Women from four firms, a department store company, a large bank, a computer firm, and a public sector service undertaking, were studied. In all four firms, the internal recruitment…

Presents results of a survey concerning the daily life of Turkish women working in West Germany, both those working for pay and those working within the family. Focuses on the interrelationship between women's roles outside and inside the family and the effects of paid work on women. (KH)

Similarities between the status of academic women in West Berlin and the U.S. are discussed. Consideration is given to university structure, roles having status and prestige, retrenchment in hiring, discriminatory attitudes, aspiration, and administrative opportunities. (LBH)

Reports a study on the Women's College founded in Hamburg, Germany, in 1850. Describes the college as an outgrowth of numerous reform-oriented forces present in Germany around 1848. Examines the impact of the college on higher education for girls in Hamburg; particularly in the establishment of further schools for poor women. (RW)

Employing data from 12 industrial societies, investigates differences in the labor force behavior, occupational distribution, and attainment patterns of ever- and never-married women. Finds little support for the dual-career theory, which attributes womens' concentration in low-paying employment to gender differences in marital and childrearing…

This report synthesizes findings of a survey of vocational training measures for women in the nine countries of the Western European community. In the first section, some basic figures are presented on numbers of innovative measures, proportion of women gainfully employed, distribution of employed women among economic sectors, and persons…

A study examined the training needs of women working in moderate-sized enterprises owned by their husbands. Information collected from interviews with spouses of business owners in Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, and Italy confirmed the original hypothesis that in the kind of enterprise studied it is the man who owns the…

This three-part report presents an overview of an international survey and an international seminar at which survey results were disseminated--both on the topic of equal opportunity counselors. Part 1 focuses on the framework structure involved in the implementation of equal opportunities policy. Two types of structure are discussed as developed…

Focusing on the changing roles and consciousness of women currently living in the Federal Republic of Germany, this report is organized under seven topical headings. The first section, "Women and Politics," comments on the increasing influence of women in local politics, with 36 women currently occupying the posts of Lord Mayor, Mayor,…

Based on an in-depth inquiry undertaken in 1977-78, this report identifies the extent, type, and character of inequalities in the education and training of girls in the second level of education, ages 10-18. Chapter 1, Introduction, gives background of this report sponsored by the nine European communities: Federal Republic of Germany, France,…

This executive summary sets forth the findings from a study of adult education opportunities and policies in industrialized countries. Focus of the project is on programs for workers, older persons, women entering the labor force, parents, and undereducated adults in nine countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Federal Republic of…