Women - men - gender. - Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

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C O N T E N T S
“A Conditioned Optimism”
In conversation with Anke Fuchs, Chairperson of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 3
Editorial 8
Social Democracy is Gender Democracy 8
“I am a part of Social Democracy” – Remembering Annemarie Renger
“If I had to live my life over again, there is nothing I would change” –
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Remembering Susanne Miller 16
Barbara Stiegler: The International Women’s Movement is still on the right track!
“Changing a mind-set always takes a long time”
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In Conversation with Dr. Christine Bergmann 20
From EMMA to Alpha? Feminism in Transition 23
Sabine Hark: Emma’s bickering and squabbling Daughters 24
Reply of the “Alpha-Girls” Susanne Klingner and Barbara Streidl 26
Work, Old-Age, Poverty? 27
Politics needs Women – Has the Quota become an end in itself? 27
Social Democracy 28
“No pain, no gain!” – Hans-Jochen Vogel on the Resolution to introduce Quotas 28
International Women’s Day in Berlin: Extrem Right Women are as Extremist as Men 30
Juliane Braun: Resistance is Possible – Young women against the Extrem Right 31
Berlin: Ban on Head Scarves vs the Participation of Muslim Women 32
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Not a Place to Stay? 32
Brandenburg: Living Women’s Strengths 32
Würzburg: “Policies for women are out of fashion!” 33
Magdeburg: Has the notion of a gender neutral upbringing failed? 33
Politics and Trade Unions
“A lot still remains to be done...”
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In Conversation with Claudia Menne, German Trade Union Federation
Girls’ Day 2008 in Bonn
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Katharina Oerder: “We can really choose any job we like”
Care-Work or what a precautionary social welfare state must do,
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so that men and women can live comfortably in their old-age
Experiences from Mexico:
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Gender related work makes Trade Unions more attractive 40
Berlin: More opportunities for women in the private sector
Managerial Group, North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW):
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Making confi dent use of opportunities 42
Brussels: Women, career and the glass ceiling 42
Ukraine: Conventional gender stereotypes 43
South-East Europe: Several small steps towards self-help 44