Women economy

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Anklamer Strasse 38, Berlin-Mitte, view into the first courtyard.

The Weiberwirtschaft eG is Europe's largest women's cooperative and owner of the eponymous Gründerinnen- and entrepreneurs center in Berlin-Mitte . The common motto of more than 1,700 members of the cooperative is: "Make women economically strong!"

history

The concept was developed in 1989 by 17 academics who were then unemployed . The cooperative has had its own building at Anklamer Strasse 38–40 since 1992. Areas on which arithmetically no more bank debts are gradually being given new names and being dedicated to women from the present, history and fiction, including Friedl Dicker , Anne Marie Baral and Lizzie Magie . The managing director is Katja von der Bey , who has a doctorate in art history and was awarded the Berlin Women's Prize in 2013 . Since 2019, WeiberWirtschaft has been offering its employees three additional vacation days per year if they forego flying and opt for more environmentally friendly travel options.

Content and goals

Around 65 women-run companies from the service, production, craft, gastronomy, culture, training and non-profit sectors are located in the industrial estate in Anklamer Straße. The infrastructure includes a day care center , a canteen and a conference area. The sister organization "Gründerinnenzentrale - Navigate to self-employment" offers support in setting up a business. Since 2013, WeiberWirtschaft has been offering its members a microcredit in cooperation with the Goldrausch association .

The WeiberWirtschaft has not only become a tourist attraction, but has also become a model for a number of imitators in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Awards (selection)

WeiberWirtschaft has won numerous awards since it was founded.

literature

  • Carolin Schröder, Heike Walk (ed.): Cooperatives and climate protection. Actors for sustainable cities based on solidarity. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-658-03631-7 .
  • Christiane Borgelt: WeiberWirtschaft Berlin - start-up center in the ecologically renovated commercial center. Stadtwandel Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86711-157-7 .
  • Elisabeth Voß: Guide to Solidarity Economy. Doing business differently is possible. NETZ for self-administration and self-organization e. V., AG Spak 2010, ISBN 978-3-930830-50-3 .
  • Birgit Daiber, Ricarda Book: Risk Existence Woman. On the history of women's networks and women's businesses in Berlin. Women Engendering the Finance Network, Inselpresse, Lindwerder 2007, ISBN 978-3-939188-03-2 .
  • Good practice examples from start-up centers in Germany. In: nationwide start-up agency. No. 18/2007, October 2007. (online at: existenzgruenderinnen.de )
  • Andrea Schirmacher: Entrepreneurship Centers - A Way to Effective Promotion of Business Start-ups by Women? An empirical study on the structure and situation of entrepreneurship centers and their companies. Shaker Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-8322-3120-X .
  • Handbook for the successful conception and implementation of centers for women entrepreneurs. WeiberWirtschaft e. V. on behalf of the network of female entrepreneurship centers, 2004. (online at: weiberwirtschaft.de )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Number from the article by Sarah Ehrmann: Weiberwirtschaft: From the women's movement of the 1980s, a center for female entrepreneurs has established itself in Berlin. 60 women entrepreneurs from various industries are at home here. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. July 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ Chronology ( Memento of October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Buying out WeiberWirtschaft: Weiberwirtschaft. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Carola Muysers: Berlin-Women: Dr. Katja von der Bey, Berliner Frauenpreis 2013. March 7, 2013, accessed on December 29, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Company gives extra vacation when not taking air travel. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
  6. ↑ https://www.nabu.de/imperia/md/content/nabude/nachbarnatur/2.pdf
  7. ^ The 2015 semi-finalists. Accessed December 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Semi-finalists from the category "start-up funding actors " (2016). Retrieved December 29, 2019 .

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