The role of women towards family and occupation changed clearly in the last decades in Germany. The number of divorces is increasing, the birth rate is going down, and women’s gainful employment is changing.
First, you have to become aware of the different backgrounds in Germany’s history. The Eastern part of Germany, which was the GDR until Germany was reunified in 1991, was affected a lot by the compatibility of family and occupation in the GDR. It was more common in the GPR for Women to work than in West Germany. In addition the government provided women with institution that cared for the children during their mothers were working, whi