gender equality

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Different Sides of An Adaptive Mind. Anel Moldakhmetova

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Different Sides of An Adaptive Mind. Anel Moldakhmetova

‘‘This fear was transmitted to us through our parents who told us stories of our neighbors spying on us and reporting each other for small things like tearing the newspaper with the portrait of Stalin or using it as a toilet paper in the bathroom. I also think it is a generational issue. Young Kazakhs grew without it and these are the people who drive change. Older people will be more afraid to raise these topics, so I think it must go to younger people who are without fear, more globalized and better educated.’’’

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Women Issues Do Not Solve Inequality. Gender Does. Brigitte Wotha.

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Women Issues Do Not Solve Inequality. Gender Does. Brigitte Wotha.

,,Women’s issues do not hurt men. Gender hurts them because it means they have to share resources, money and power - this is far more radical than receiving support out of a position of someone in need of help. I use it to start the discussion about equality. ’’

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We Can’t Change History With Local Stories. Caterina Franchini

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We Can’t Change History With Local Stories. Caterina Franchini

‘‘Before we enter mainstream sources, histories, even Wikipedia, we as women have to be aware of our heritage and achievements on an international scale. We can’t focus only on the local cases. The research, the information pack, has to be sound and has to cover at least one century in addition to being backed by a critical mass of scholars and practitioners, both men and women.’’

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Our Society Is Not At Its Best: We Must Engage. Lara Köck

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Our Society Is Not At Its Best: We Must Engage. Lara Köck

‘‘A considerable problem in Styria is rural depopulation – especially, a lot of young women moving from the countryside into the city. The reasons for this are often complex; they range from jobs, education and cultural offers to childcare. Leaders in shrinking communities are often puzzled by this depopulation as they have no awareness of the realities of life for young women – how should they be able to represent these women politically? Therefore, it is even more important that women must get active themselves and start to co-create their home towns. We women must bring attention to what many male politicians do not see.’’

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More Women in Politics. Ksenija Radovanović

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More Women in Politics. Ksenija Radovanović

“Gender equality must manifest itself through the absolute equal participation of both men and women in political life, not just a number on a piece of paper.“

Ksenija Radovanovic, architect, activist Belgrade on Water, candidate for local election in Belgrade 2018, Belgrade, Serbia

Woman’s Rights to the City. Amman in Context. Myriam Ababsa

Woman’s Rights to the City. Amman in Context. Myriam Ababsa

Male guardianship (qawama) of female family members is not only a tradition but is inscribed in the law. According to the Jordanian Personal Status Law (no. 36, 2010) a male blood relative (wa ̄li) has the right to have guardianship of women. If woman is unmarried, under age of 30 or previously married, she must have male guardian. Upon marriage a woman is transferred from her father’s custody to her husband's. In Jordan woman's rights to housing are connected to her status as a wife or a daughter. If the father dies the brothers have the right to sell the house in which the mother and sister(s) are living. Consequently, the fate of a woman depends on the quality of the relationships she haa with male members of their family. In the case of divorce, a woman only has the right to housing if she is nursing or has been granted custody of the children.

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From the other side. Active Father / Architect

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From the other side. Active Father / Architect

,,For me it was totally ok, but I noticed some of my colleagues looked at me a bit surprised. Well, I was a bit surprised. I didn’t see anything weird about being father and staying at home. Men can stay at home and share the work equally.''

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Miss Architect: Doing Good In the Middle. Julia Nuler

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Miss Architect: Doing Good In the Middle. Julia Nuler

''Some people say that for a woman who is successful, life „up there“ is cold and empty, because she has to be very hard. If it is really where it goes, then I prefer not to do this job.“

Julia Nuler