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How work can promote equality in society — MADE

June 24, 2025

Women in Pakistan are fighting for access to employment – and for better working conditions in the textile industry. A professor from Hong Kong wants to use AI to optimize public transportation, and 95-year-old Gerda Hammel runs a shop.

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In a rapidly changing world, MADE in Germany examines the risks and benefits of digitalization and its impact on the way we work, what we earn and how we live.

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