Women's Academy Munich

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Women's Academy Munich
(FAM)
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legal form registered association
founding 1984
Seat Munich
purpose Research on women and gender issues
Chair Andrea Rothe
Managing directors Birgit Erbe
Website Frauenakademie.de

The Frauenakademie München eV (FAM) is a non-university research institution for women's and gender issues based in Munich . In addition to science, her other areas of work are political education, professional advice by and for women and their regional, national and international networking.

Purpose and goals

The aim of the association is "to promote equality and equal opportunities for women and men in all areas of society and to support women in taking an equal place in science, business, politics and the public."

The association has three main focuses. The first focus is research. Here he conducts independent, usually practice-oriented studies and research projects. Another focus, which is complementary to the first, is (political) education. With their help, knowledge from women's and gender studies is brought to the public. To this end, the association organizes public events and issues publications. The third focus of the FAM is vocational training with further training, advice and qualification offers by and for women. The FAM is organized as a non-profit association and integrated into a broad network at regional, national and international level.

history

Festschrift for the 20th anniversary of the Women's Academy Munich eV 2004

In the 1980s, the proportion of women professors at universities and colleges was much lower than today - in 1988/89 their participation as professors in both the FRG and the GDR was five percent each. To counter this grievance, ten women, all of whom had completed a degree in social or political science, founded the "Association for the Foundation of the Women's Academy in Munich" on July 26, 1984, which is now the "Association for the Promotion of the Women's Academy in Munich", or FAM for short called. In an act of “self-empowerment” within the male-dominated science industry, they wanted to position themselves feminist. The planned women's academy was to create "a specific geographical, psychological and ultimately philosophical space and freedom, a research facility in which women could develop innovative and feminist ideas and work on topics differently than in the established contexts." At the same time, as a feminist science center, the women's academy should support and enable female scientists who are networked with each other and with external organizations to penetrate colleges and universities in order to establish themselves and their ideas there in research and teaching.

After the Association for the Promotion of the Women's Academy in Munich had been working de facto like a scientific institution since 1986 at the latest, the members of the Sponsoring Association began working harder for the realization of a women's academy from 1990 onwards. In January 1992, the Munich registry court approved the renaming to the Munich Women's Academy. Since 1996, the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts has been promoting the FAM with fixed-amount funding . Since then, the Free State has increased its financial support several times, for 2015 to 115,000 euros, which covers the manager's salary and office rent. In addition, around half a million euros are available from project-related third-party funds.

Today (as of February 2015) the FAM is the only Bavarian institution outside a university that conducts research on the topics of women and gender.

Focus

science

The focus of scientific research at FAM is on practice-oriented research on the social situation of women and men and the forms and mechanisms of existing processes of exclusion and marginalization.

In 1986, the FAM brought itself and its feminist approach to the scientific discussion with the organization of the international conference "Interference and Identity. Women and Women's Movement in Science and Politics / Involvement and Identity. Women and the Women's Movement in Science and Politics".

The focus in the late 1980s and 1990s was on the unequal opportunities for women to participate in the labor market. The studies focused on the scientific community, but even then it was about the consequences of low employment among women.

As a special research project, the "National Socialism Working Group" examined the role of women in National Socialism from 1988 onwards. In 1990 the publication “Daughter questions. Nazi Women's History ”. From the "Working Group on Methods", which raised feminist reflections on social science analysis instruments, the publication "Experience with Method. Ways of Social Science Women Research" was created in 1994 - today a standard scientific work.

Topics that are continuously worked on in the FAM are "Women and Politics", "Women and Migration" as well as Women and History, as part of which the "Network Women and History Bavaria" and the publication "The New Women's Movement in Munich 1968–1985 “Originated.

Since the 2000s, the strategy of “gender mainstreaming” has been included in the studies and research projects of the FAM, which became mandatory for all EU states with the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty in 1999.

In the mid to late 2000s, the association carried out practice-oriented studies on the subject of gender mainstreaming in youth welfare. These were the basis for the conception of gender trainings for young people.

Also since the mid-2000s the FAM has been dealing with the issue of gender budgeting as a continuation of gender mainstreaming on budgeting. For example, from 2006 to 2008 FAM carried out an innovative research project on the subject of “Gender Budgeting as an Instrument to Improve Equal Opportunities for Women and Men - Using the Example of Universities” as part of the EU's 6th Framework Research Program. From 2011 to 2013 the practice-oriented research project "EQUISTU - Better Universities through Equal Opportunities Control?" in cooperation with TU Dortmund / Social Research Center (sfs) and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the European Social Fund of the European Union .

education

FAM's self-imposed claim in the focus on “(political) education” is the transfer of the results of women's and gender research into equality policy practice. Methodologically, this takes place in the form of national and international conferences and meetings, through lectures, seminars and symposia. Larger events are documented in writing online and in print. The FAM is recognized by the Federal Agency for Civic Education as an educational institution.

After the international conference “Interference and Identity. Women and women’s movement in science and politics “In 1986, FAM organized the interdisciplinary lecture series" Women and science. Changes in the situation and self-image of women "in 1987 in cooperation with the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1988 the FAM organized the nationwide conference "Women's Research and Women in Research" in Bonn. The FAM women discussed the topic continuously, for example in the 1998 panel discussion "Women's research on the sidelines? On the situation of women's and gender research in Bavaria" as part of the state exhibition "Bavaria's better half. History of women in Bavaria" organized in Ingolstadt achieved a wide impact.

Since the 2000s, a focus in the field of education has been the subject of Europe under the question: “What does Europe bring for women?”. To this end, the FAM organized international conferences, such as "Overcoming Borders - The EU Enlargement Process and Visions for Europe from a Women's Political Perspective" 2003 in Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia).

At the end of the 2010s, international politics and its effects on women came into the focus of political education at FAM. For example there was the "International Conference on Gender, Peace and Security - International Conference on Gender, Peace and Security". The worldwide uprisings in Muslim states with strong participation of women led to the international conference "Woman - Power - Change? Transformation Processes in the Near and Middle East" in Munich.

consultation

The focus on "(professional) advice" emerged in the FAM at the end of the 1980s. The background to this was that FAM has always understood itself as a “school of interference” and aims not only to create its own place for feminist research, but also to change the established scientific system. Women should be empowered to find a place there. The experience of the early FAM women showed that many women find it difficult to transition from university to work. Supporting them at this point was the main driving force behind the development and expansion of professional advice by and for women. At the end of the 1980s, association women organized lectures and seminars for women academics and in 1989 founded the “Advice on Study and Career Orientation”.

In 1995, the FAM received funding for professional advice from and for women and, based on the Hamburg model, set up the very successful Expert Advice Network (EBN) project. More and more experienced female academics developed into a base of female mentors who advise and support women professionally. In 2008 the EBN was followed by the “Center for Applied Competence and Mentoring ZAK” project.

Since 2009, by taking over the information point in the "power_m" project network, the association has taken up the topic of re-entry separately and offers "individual advice, qualification and support for women and men who return to work after a family phase of several years or at least six months of care leave want".

Today FAM's advisory services are used by around 600 women every year; around 200 women are individually coached by the 70 mentors. Workshops to accompany a doctorate are used by around 20 doctoral students.

Networking

The academy works with numerous state institutions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector and hosts various working groups for professional exchange and mutual support.

Awards

1986: Award for women's research and women's culture from the city of Munich

literature

  • Sabine Buchwald: Fight against walls. Researching gender issues, advising women, educating women politically: the Women's Academy in Munich started its work 30 years ago - discrimination continues. , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 34, February 11, 2015, ISSN  0174-4917 , p. R6.
  • Andrea Rothe: The Munich Women's Academy FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. Published by the Frauenakademie München eV, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-937120-06-5 .
  • Publications published by the Frauenakademie München eV in the directory of available books ( memo of December 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) and in the holdings of the German National Library .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Team & Board of Directors. In: Frauenakademie.de. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
  2. ^ Homepage of the Frauenakademie München eV , accessed on January 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ See Free State of Bavaria (Ed.): Budget 2011/2012, Section 15 for the division of the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts. Part I, n.d., n.d., Chapter 1503, p. 45. ( Memento from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Cf. proportion of female professors compared to professors and Tina Maurer: Report on the conference '' Winning professors - On the history of appointments at the universities of Central Europe '' of the Society for the History of University and Science from September 16, 2009 to September 19, 2009 in Leipzig. Luzern undated, accessed on January 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Katrin Schäfgen: Proportion of women in academic professions and top positions (in%). (Table 15) In: The doubling of inequality. Social structure and gender relations in the Federal Republic and in the GDR. Dissertation. Humboldt University, Berlin 1998, p. 81. (online at: edoc.hu-berlin.de ) accessed on February 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Sabine Buchwald: Fight against walls. Researching gender issues, advising women, educating women politically: the Women's Academy in Munich started its work 30 years ago - discrimination continues. , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 34, February 11, 2015, ISSN  0174-4917 , p. R6.
  7. ^ A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, p. 11.
  8. ^ A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, p. 12.
  9. ↑ See Association for the Promotion of the Women's Academy Munich eV (Ed.): Women's research and women in research: Much done and much to do. Documentation of the nationwide conference of the same name from February 3rd to 5th in Bonn. Munich 1988, ISBN 3-89019-208-4 .
  10. ↑ See: Association for the Promotion of the Women's Academy Munich eV (Ed.): Circular No. 11. Munich May 1990.
  11. ^ A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, p. 27.
  12. ^ A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, p. 35.
  13. ↑ Lerke Gravenhorst, Carmen Tatschmurat (ed.): Daughter questions: Nazi women history. Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, ISBN 3-926023-81-3 .
  14. ↑ Angelika Diezinger, Hedwig Kitzer, Ingrid Anker, Irma Bingel, Erika Haas, Simone Odierna: Experience with method. Ways of social science research on women. Kore, Freiburg 1994, ISBN 3-926023-84-8 .
  15. ^ A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, pp. 39-40.
  16. ^ A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, pp. 48-50.
  17. ↑ See the website of the group " Women and History of Bavaria ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice . ", accessed December 14, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frauen-und-geschichte-bayern.de
  18. ^ Frauenakademie München eV (Ed.): The New Women's Movement in Munich 1968–1985. A documentation. Editing: Christine Schäfer and Christiane Wilke. Buchendorfer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-934036-30-9 .
  19. ↑ Andrea Rothe, Dagmar Koblinger: gender mainstreaming in youth welfare. An analysis in the Hasenbergl district of Munich. Munich 2006, ISBN 3-937120-05-X .
  20. ↑ See Andrea Rothe, Fritjof Bönold: Gender made conscious. A training for young people. Published by the Frauenakademie München eV, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-937120-04-1 .
  21. ↑ Andrea Rothe, Fritjof Bönold: Gender- conscious career choice and life planning - a training for young people. Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-937120-08-9 .
  22. ↑ a b AndreaRothe, Birgit Erbe, Werner Fröhlich, Elisabeth Klatzer, Zofia Lapniewska, Monika Mayrhofer, Michaela Neumayr, Michaela Pichlbauer, Malgorzata Tarasiewicz, Johanna Zebisch: Bridging the Gap. Gender Budgeting as a Management Strategy for Gender Equality at Universities. Concluding Project Report. Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-937120-09-6 .
  23. ↑ See European Commission. Research Directorate-General (Ed.): The 6th EU Research Framework Program. . OO, September 2002.
  24. ↑ EQUISTU - Better universities through gender equality governance? .
  25. ↑ Federal Agency for Political Education: Recognized educational institutions EF. On the Internet at http://www.bpb.de/partner/foerderung/160609/frauenakademie-muenchen-ev-fam, accessed on March 21, 2018.
  26. ↑ Cf. A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, pp. 35-35.
  27. ^ Association for the promotion of d. Frauenakad. Munich eV; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Hrsg.): Women's research and women in research: a lot done u. a lot to do! ; Documentation d. nationwide conference of the same name from February 3rd to 5th, 1988 in Bonn. Profil-Verlag, Munich 1988.
  28. ↑ Cf. A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, p. 38.
  29. ↑ Cf. http://www.frauenakademie.de/bildung/dokumentationen/118-internationale-konferenz-grenzen-ueberiegen, accessed on February 5, 2013.
  30. ^ Frauenakademie München eV (Ed.): Gender, Peace and Security 2010. Documentation of the international conference on July 9th and 10th, 2010 in Munich. Munich 2010.
  31. ^ Frauenakademie München eV (Ed.): Women - Power - Change? Transformation Processes in North Africa and Middle East. Documentation of the international conference on July 19 and 21, 2012 in Munich. Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-937120-14-0 .
  32. ↑ Cf. A. Rothe: Die Frauenakademie München eV FAM. Chronicle for the 20th anniversary. 2007, pp. 61-65.
  33. ↑ See the Internet presence of the expert advisory network at the University of Hamburg ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 14, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.expertinnen-beratungsnetz.de
  34. ↑ See Schacherl, Ingrid: "This is the best kind of promotion for women". Evaluation of the mentoring measure of the Frauenakademie München eV (FAM) for the period 2001–2007. Published by the Frauenakademie München eV, ISBN 978-3-937120-12-6 .
  35. ↑ See the website of the Center for Applied Competence and Mentoring ZAK , accessed on December 14, 2013.
  36. ↑ Cf. the FAM's information pages on the " power_m " project , accessed on December 14, 2014 and Angela Birner: "I did it!" Professional return to work in a practical test. Evaluation of the power_m project. Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-937120-13-3 .
  37. ↑ power_m Infopoint and Mentoring, accessed on February 5, 2013
  38. ↑ See the list on the " Cooperations " page of the FAM.