Gender equality in transformation processes
| Begin |
02. October 2024 -
12:00 Uhr |
| City | Socio-cultural center TELUX Weißwasser |
Since 2020, the municipal equal opportunities commissioners of Lusatia have been working together with the equal opportunities commissioner of the state of Brandenburg, accompanied by the TRAWOS Institute of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, to promote gender-equitable structural change at various levels.
The alliance is an association of women from Saxony and Brandenburg who see Lusatia, which is divided into two federal states, as one region. Over the past three years, they have helped to ensure that questions of gender equality have been included in discussions about structural change in Lusatia. Commitment at municipal level alone will not be enough to achieve gender equality in structural change and thus advance the socio-ecological transformation in a gender-equitable way. Gender equality is a joint task for the federal government, federal states, municipalities and civil society. Municipal gender equality work needs more support from the EU, the federal government and the federal states than ever before.
Last year, the alliance discussed its position paper and key demands with representatives of the European Commission, members of the European Parliament and European organizations during a trip to Brussels. These are:
The first structural change conference for women took place in Spremberg in 2022, now the second conference is to follow. The planned conference is for all people who want to change and further change the structure in Lusatia. Against the background described above, the challenges and needs with regard to gender equality in structural change will once again be highlighted. The conference closes the gap between knowledge about the unequal consequences of structural change processes and the ability to act. Furthermore, the available data on the situation of women in Lusatia will be broken down to a practical and comprehensible level and the role of gender equality officers will be highlighted.
There will be panels on topics such as European networking and European women's networks, gender equality aspects in structural change, science meets practice, practical examples of successful gender equality in companies and the opportunity of generational conflicts in the context of gender equality and structural change.
Together with the municipal alliance of equal opportunities officers in Lusatia, the following partners have expressed their interest in cooperation and support:
Korina Jenßen
Equal Opportunities Officer of the City of Hoyerswerda
Große Kreisstadt Hoyerswerda
Stabsstelle Büro Oberbürgermeister
Markt 1
02977 Hoyerswerda
Phone +49 3571 456 107
E-Mail: Korina.Jenssen(at)hoyerswerda-stadt.de
Lisa Temesvári-Alamer
Department of Education and Social Affairs/ Family, Women and Integration
Stadt Forst (Lausitz)
Lindenstraße 10-12
03149 Forst (Lausitz)
Phone +49 3562 989-311
E-mail: l.temesvari-alamer(at)forst-lausitz.de
... and the subsequent documentation of the conference can be found here.
