1. Angela merkel : a
precursor of
empowerment

2. Presented by
Group 3
Course code & name:WGS202, Gender and International Relations
Presented to
Sabiha Yeasmin Rosy
Lecturer
Department of Women & Gender Studies
University of Dhaka

3. Group 3
Name Roll
 Rokeya Begum 14
 Mehedi hasan Shamim 12
 Most. Sirazum Monira 24
 Thasina Takia 16
 Tahsin Sadia 34

4. content
 Introduction
 Personal life
 Powerful position
 Political life
 Angela merkel and German foreign policy
 Issues of gender equality
 Positive paragon
 Why policy failed
 Merkel and India
 Israel visit
 Liquidity crisis
 Failure of multiculturalism
 Honors and award

5. Honorary degree
Boring act
Comparison
Criticism
Reason of choosing this topic
Conclusion
References

6. INTRODUCTION
Angela Merkel is a German politician best known as the first
female chancellor of Germany and one of the architects of the
European Union.
NAME: Angela Merkel
OCCUPATION: Political Leader
BIRTH DATE: July 17, 1954 (Age: 59)
EDUCATION: University of Leipzig
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hamburg, Germany
Originally: Angela Dorothea Kasner
Full Name: Angela Dorothea Merkel
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer
Political party: Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Quotes: "Spying among friends is never acceptable."

7. PERSONAL LIFE
Earned a doctorate as a physical chemist.
The oldest of Horst and Herlind Kasner’s three
children.
In 1977, married physics student Ulrich Merkel and
took his surname.
The marriage ended in divorce in 1982.
Second and current husband is quantum chemist and
professor Joachim Sauer.

8. First met in 1981, became a couple later and
married privately on 30 December 1998.
Has no children.
Dislike dogs.
A fervent football (soccer) fan.
On 6 January 2014, fractured a bone in her pelvis
in a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland.

9. POWERFUL POSITION
The most powerful woman in Europe For the
past five years.
The first ever female German Chancellor.
The leader of Europe’s biggest economy since
2005.

10. POLITICAL LIFE
Merkel First entered the political world in 1989, after
fall of the Berlin Wall.
Merkel stood for election at the 1990 federal election.
 After her first election, she was almost immediately
appointed to the Cabinet, serving as Minister for
Women and Youth under Chancellor Helmut Kohl
 In 1994, she was promoted to becoming Minister for
the Environment and Nuclear Safety, which gave her
greater political visibility and a platform from which
to build her political career.

11. Continuing
 In that time she joined the Christian democratic
union party(CDU)
 She was selected as the CDU’s first female
chairperson and took hold of the position on April
10th ,2000.
 On 22 November 2005, Merkel assumed the office
of Chancellor of Germany following a stalemate
election that resulted in a grand coalition with the
SPD.

12. Angela Merkel and German
Foreign Policy
 Merkel plays a vital role when Ban-ki-moon select as UN secretary
general. Because it’s likely to be selected from the ranks of Western
politicians (if traditional unwritten rules are followed), Ms. Merkel
is thought to be angling to be Ban Ki-moon’s successor.
 Germany’s performance in dealing with the Eurozone's debt crisis
has been anything but masterful.
 Her economic and fiscal policies run contrary to U.S. interests.

13. Continuing
 Merkel sided with Russia and China in abstaining
on the United Nations vote to authorize military
action against Libya.
 She's slashing military spending. And following
Japan’s Fukushima disaster she unilaterally decided
to abandon nuclear power.

14. Issue of gender equality
 Believes in gender equality , equal opportunity and
women’s skills
 Working toward flexible, family-friendly working
hours and expanded childcare
 Emphasizing on company’s commitment toward equal
opportunity management

15. Positive Paragon here…..
 Get TOTAL E-QUALITY award at providing equal
opportunity
 Proven women’s leadership skills
 Fundamentally contributed to women’s recognition
issue
Played a significant role in passive gender equality
policy

16.  Women’s employment rate become higher
 Her government promises to improve childcare
system and parental leave
 To ensure equality opposed the quota system

17. Unfortunately she
was not successful
to establish the
policy properly

18. Why policy failed?
Gendered division of labor perpetuated
East Germany was not covered properly
Little advancement make women deploring
Men’s employment rate become low
Pitiful wage for women was not changed

19. Merkel and india

20.  Strengthened Indo-German relation in productive, and mutually
beneficiary sectors
 Sharper focus of partnership in the field of energy, science, and
technology and defense
 Deals for a new fighter aircraft, 126 fighter jets and work with India
against terrorism

21.  Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru award, Indira
Gandhi prize for peace

22. Israel Visit
Merkel has visited Israel four times
Merkel spoke before Israel's parliament, the only
foreigner who was not a head of state to have done so
although this provoked rumbles of opposition from
Israeli MPs on the far right
was also both the President of the European Council
and the chair of the G8 At the time.

23. • has supported Israeli diplomatic initiatives,
opposing the Palestinian bid for membership at
the UN
• Requested settlement building continued beyond
the Green Line should stop
• Disagreed with the Israeli government's behavior

24. Liquidity crisis
• German government stepped in to assist the
mortgage company Hypo Real Estate with a
bailout which was agreed on October 6, with
German banks to contribute €30 billion and the
BundesBank €20 billion to a credit line
• following the Irish Government's decision to
guarantee all deposits in private savings accounts,
a move she strongly criticized

25. • said there were no plans for the German Government
to do the same
• Merkel stated that the government would guarantee
private savings account deposits
• it emerged that the pledge was simply a political move
that would not be backed by legislation
• Other European governments eventually either raised
the limits or promised to guarantee savings in full

26. Failure of multiculturalism
• In October 2010, Merkel told a meeting of
(CDU) party that attempts to build a multicultural
society in Germany had "utterly failed“.
• This has added to a growing debate within
Germany on the levels of immigration, its effect
on Germany and the degree to which Muslim
immigrants have integrated into German society.

27. Honors and awards
• Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the
Italian Republic (21/03/2006)
• Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the
Federal Republic of Germany
• Presidential Medal of Freedom (15 February 2011),
awarded by U.S. President Barak Obama.
• President's Medal (25/02/2014)

29. Honorary degree
• In 2007, Merkel was awarded an honorary doctorate
from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• She was also awarded the honorary doctorate from
Leipzig University in June 2008
• On 23 May 2013, she was awarded an honorary
doctorate from the Radboud university Nijmegen.

30. Other awards
• In 2006, Angela Merkel was awarded the Vision
for Europe Award for her contribution toward
greater European integration.
• Merkel topped Forbes magazine's list of "The
World's 100 Most Powerful Women" in 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013
• New Statesman named Angela Merkel in "The
World's 50 Most Influential Figures" 2010

31. • On 31 May 2011, she received the Jawaharlal
Nehru Award for the year 2009 from the Indian
government. She received the award for
International understanding
• Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most
Powerful People ranked Merkel as the world's
second most powerful person in 2012; the highest
ranking ever achieved by a woman.

32. Boring act
 Her strategy to solve euro crisis and national economy is not
fruitful for every country.
 She make the political culture boring.
 Her ideas are so brilliant but they can’t pleased the people of all
community and union.
 She is more rational than emotional.

33. Comparisons
• Has been compared by many in the English-language press to
former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
• Some have referred to her as "Iron Lady", "Iron Girl", and even
"The Iron Frau“.
• Later in her tenure, Merkel acquired the nickname "Mutti" (a
German familiar form of 'mother'), said by Der Spiegel to refer to
an idealized mother figure from the 1950s and 1960s.

34. Criticism
 Merkel only think about Germany rather than the whole
Europe.
 Her austerity strategy of solving euro crisis go in vein.
 She acts according to her own wish.
 She talks little and don’t provide any information to the
citizens during the crisis.

35. Reason for choosing the topic
 To discover the power exercise of most powerful women of this
time.
 To understand her impact on global affairs.
 To know what are the elements that makes her powerful and
famous.
 To learn what is her main focus point.

36. Conclusion
 Angela Merkel is the idol of women’s empowerment.
 She shows us the way to discover inner strength and proper
use of it.
 She is trying to prove that women are as powerful as men.
 Though she have some wrong doings and failures, she is the
source of our inspiration.

37. References
www.wikipedia.org
Tehelka.com-files
Yahoo news
Forbes magazine
www.theguardian.com