German professor in sex discrimination battle

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A local government investigation over the appointment of a German university’s director is highlighting women’s struggle to reach top academic positions in the country...

Ordinarily, gender discrimination can be very hard to show, but in this case the woman at the center of the lawsuit made the appointment committee's final cut and the man who was eventually selected for the position did not.

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