ومازالت الزيادة في نسبة المرأة في شركات الإذاعة التابعة للقانون العام أدنى بكثير من الاتجاهات في الهيئات والبرلمانات الأخرى.
The trade unions combined in the German Trade Union Federation (DGB) counted in 2000 a total of 7,772,795 members - of whom 2,369,560 were women. The number of female members of the trade unions which are members of the DGB fell from 30.9% in 1997 to almost 30.4% in 1999.