Parliament approves call to reserve board seats for women
June 20, 2019, 9:37 a.m.Parliament has agreed to the government’s proposal calling for more women to be appointed to company boards.
Geneva sets up first women's fan zone
June 12, 2019, 9:22 a.m.Geneva is setting up the first fan zone for the Women’s World Cup in the country.
Ticino urged to change women's gymnastics uniform rules
June 3, 2019, 9:31 a.m.Two members of the Ticino cantonal government are urging the local gymnastics association to change the rules to allo...
Career break mothers lose out financially even when they’re back at work
May 24, 2019, 9:26 a.m.Mothers in Switzerland can lose around three per cent of their lifetime earnings for every year they spend bringing u...
Women on all top 20 Swiss companies’ boards
May 21, 2019, 9:24 a.m.All of Switzerland’s top 20 companies now have at least one woman in the boardroom, according to a report by th...
Women warned of disciplinary action if they strike on June 14
May 15, 2019, 6:36 a.m.Some companies are warning there could be disciplinary proceedings against any woman who strikes on June 14th.
Motorcyclists parade through Geneva for gender equality
April 15, 2019, 9:12 a.m.A thousand motorcyclists paraded through Geneva to promote gender equality yesterday.
Number of women in boardrooms rises
March 8, 2019, 10:12 a.m.There are slightly more women in Swiss company boardrooms now than there were last year – but the country is st...
Female students protest patriarchy in Zurich
March 7, 2019, 9:36 a.m.A group of female students have taken over part of the University of Zurich and are displaying a banner criticizing t...
First female fighter pilot qualifies
Feb. 20, 2019, 8:17 a.m.Switzerland has its first female fighter jet pilot.
Pond coin haul deemed legal
Feb. 8, 2019, 9:22 a.m.Three women in Lucerne will not be prosecuted after police determined it is legal to take money thrown into the pond ...
No surprises as two women elected to Federal Council
Dec. 6, 2018, 9:32 a.m.In the end there were no surprises at yesterday’s votes.
Women march for International Day to End Violence Against Women
Nov. 26, 2018, 9:28 a.m.Women across French speaking Switzerland marched over the weekend demanding they can use the streets in the same way ...
CERN scientist suspended after sexist presentation.
Oct. 2, 2018, 6:50 a.m.A scientist working at Cern in Geneva has been suspended after he claimed there was no such thing as female discrimin...
Women smell better to men when they're fertile
Sept. 13, 2018, 6:42 a.m.Women smell better to men when they are the most fertile – that’s according to a new study from the Unive...
Protestors call for an end to violence against women
Aug. 13, 2018, 9:37 a.m.Hundreds of people have taken part in demonstrations over the weekend, demanding an end to violence against women.
Parliament votes in favour of gender boardroom quotas
June 15, 2018, 9:29 a.m.Parliament has narrowly voted in favour of gender quotas on boardrooms in large companies.
Women do more unpaid work than men
Dec. 12, 2017, 8:44 a.m.A report that won’t come as a surprise to many women – they do the most unpaid work in the country.
Call for women to be given Fridays off
Aug. 23, 2017, 8:55 a.m.Women should be able to work one day less than men, calls Juso President, Tamara Funiciello.
Juso is a group of yo...
Hundreds take part in 'slutwalk' march in Geneva
June 19, 2017, 9:12 a.m.Around 400 people, mainly women, marched through Geneva on Saturday afternoon as part of the worldwide ‘slutwal...
Geneva women's rights march attracts thousands
Jan. 23, 2017, 10:47 a.m.Geneva was one of the many cities across the world which took part in the global protest against Donald Trump and for...
Chocolate to help ease period pain
Nov. 3, 2016, 4:38 a.m.A confectioner in Lucerne has developed a chocolate containing 17 Swiss mountain herbs that are supposed to ease peri...
Muslim woman wins headscarf case in Bern
Oct. 24, 2016, 8:36 a.m.A Serbian Muslim woman has been awarded compensation by a Bern court after being sacked for wearing a headscarf.
It'...
Gender pay gap means women in Switzerland work for free from today
Oct. 21, 2016, 12:24 p.m.Today is the day that women in Switzerland start to ‘work for free' for the rest of year, according to a report...
