Aktivistin.ch
| aktivistin.ch | |
|---|---|
| founding | June 14, 2015 |
| Seat | Zurich , Switzerland |
| main emphasis | Women's rights |
| Action space | Switzerland |
| Website | www.aktivistin.ch |
Aktivistin.ch (in its own spelling aktivistin.ch ) is a collective of mostly younger feminists founded in Zurich on June 14, 2015 , which has gained national and sometimes international attention through its commitment to women's rights in particular, as well as equality in general.
Trademarks are provocative, mostly humorous and media-effective guerrilla actions, with which deficiencies in gender equality are addressed. The slogan "let's get shit done" is often used to refer to one's own task.
Development and activism
The collective emerged from a meeting that was convened by the Unia union in June 2015 and continues to support the collective with knowledge, infrastructure and material to this day. For the first time, an action on December 11, 2015 attracted broad public attention, when the collective let banknotes rain on Zurich's Paradeplatz to draw attention to the large amount of money that women miss every year through wage discrimination.
This action was followed by other similar actions by the group at irregular intervals. Including those that are only indirectly related to women's rights, such as a petition that criticized derogatory statements on Swiss state television about transgender people.
In the summer of 2016, the collective started the media pillory as a side project . The blog deals with sexism in media reporting and awards the Golden Tampon once a year as a humiliating prize for the most sexist article of the year, which was presented to Blick in its first year .
Selected actions
- December 11, 2015: As a protest against wage discrimination, banknotes are scattered over the entire area of Zurich's Paradeplatz in the banking district.
- March 8, 2016: Vending machines of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund were provided with authentic-looking stickers across the board, stating that on this International Women's Day all men have to pay a 20% surcharge due to wage inequality.
- March 8, 2016: On the same day, an oversized banner with the inscription "God is a woman" was attached to the Grossmünster Church in Zurich .
- October 4, 2016: Various fountains in downtown Zurich were colored red with the regular VAT rate of 8% as a sign of protest against the taxation of tampons.
Web links
- Official website
- medienpranger.ch , activist.ch side project on sexism in media coverage
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jessica King: Feminism: The new anger in the stomach . In: Observer . tape 2016 , October 14, 2016, Observer 21, ISSN 1661-7444 ( observer.ch [accessed April 8, 2017]).
- ↑ a b c Ev ManzRedaktorin Zurich @ tagesanzeiger: Rain of money for women . In: Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger . November 12, 2015, ISSN 1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed April 8, 2017]).
- ^ Petition against discrimination against trans people . In: Petition against discrimination against trans people | annabelle.ch . ( annabelle.ch [accessed on April 8, 2017]).
- ↑ Medienpranger.ch: With glitter against sexism . In: persoenlich.com . ( persoenlich.com [accessed April 8, 2017]).
- ↑ Train tickets for men 20 percent more expensive? In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed April 8, 2017]).
- ↑ kath.ch - Zurich: Banner advertising for women's rights at the Grossmünster - Catholic Church of Switzerland, politics and society. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Blood well protest: women defend themselves against overpriced tampons . In: BRIGITTE . October 5, 2016 ( brigitte.de [accessed April 8, 2017]).