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For weeks, the corona virus has been turning everyday family life as well as familiar work routines upside down. Many events have either been completely cancelled or postponed to a later date. At this point we would like to inform you about changes in dates with regard to the events presented in the last two newsletters (01/2020 and 02/2020):

The interdisciplinary fair for young scientists at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg with the focus on "Disciplinary research with a view to gender and diversity" on 27 May 2020 will be postponed until 2021. The exact date will be announced in the last quarter of this year. All information about the fair and news about the alternative date can be found here

The rhetoric and presence training for women on 24 April in Magdeburg was cancelled. The seminar offer is to be taken up again later this year. Your reservation will therefore remain. You can find more information here

The symposium on "Sexualised Discrimination and Violence in Scientific Institutions", which was to take place from 4 to 5 June 2020 at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, was postponed to 5 and 6 October 2020. Further information can be found here

Should there be any further changes to the dates, we will keep you informed. Stay healthy!

Times are getting darker. Fascist and fundamentalist movements are spreading globally, held together not least by their misogyny. The resurgent fight against the right to abortion is just one example of the political battle fields that result for feminists. Nevertheless, it has not become easier to argue productively together about feminist analyses and forms of action and to find forms of cooperation in solidarity. Koschka Linkerhand, editor of the anthology Feminist Disputes, explores the question of why disputes among feminists are such a difficult topic and would like to discuss how we can nevertheless manage them. The venue is the CampusTheatre of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Originally, the lecture was to take place on April 9, 2020. However, due to the current situation, the event was cancelled and made up for at a later date. All information about the event itself and news about a catch-up date can be found here

The Protestant University Advisory Board Magdeburg-Stendal in cooperation with the Protestant Academy Wittenberg is organizing an academic evening on the topic "How do we as church and science deal with the topic of anti-Semitism in our country? The event takes place in the Spiegelsaal in Hegelstraße 1 in Magdeburg. All information about the event and the speakers can be found here

women&work is not only Europe's leading trade fair, but also the first address for women in business. As a meeting place, it is unique because it enables women and companies to meet at eye level. Not only in pre-scheduled four-eye discussions (application from January 2020 until 5 May 2020), but also in more than 70 impulse lectures you have the opportunity to experience modern working worlds, discover new potential and make your own potential visible. women&work offers women exciting offers, insight into future-oriented work scenarios and the chance to reach for the professional stars, because here you will meet more than 250 companies that think about work-life balance and compatibility and offer solutions. The leading European trade fair for women & careers is held annually in the FORUM of Messe Frankfurt. From 10am to 5pm, you can make contact with more than 120 top employers, sound out career opportunities or exchange information at the congress on what women's careers are like today. In addition, you can look forward to an advanced training forum, which will provide information about alternative career paths. In the Career and Leadership Lounge, more than 150 networks, consultants, coaches and experts are also waiting to help you bring your career dreams to fruition.

The visit of the women&work is free of charge. A registration is not necessary! You can find further information here

What factors influence how comfortable male, female, diverse and other students feel at universities? Or on how employees at universities stay healthy or get sick? These and other questions will be answered at the conference in Emden from 14 to 15 May. In addition, concrete starting points for a gender-sensitive and health-promoting design of universities will be presented. Information on the conference programme and registration can be found here

The "Future Congress on State & Administration" is the leading event on administrative modernisation and e-government. At the event in Berlin, leading personalities and experts from the fields of administration, science and business will discuss issues relating to administrative modernization and digitization as well as the future viability of the state and its structures. In order to bundle forces and achieve synergies, the dbb akademie will also be contributing its eGovernment congress neueVerwaltung to the 8th Future Congress on State & Administration in 2020, thus placing its market position and thematic approaches in cooperation with the Future Congress.
Approximately 1,500 participants from the federal, state and local governments are expected to discuss and develop new ideas and solutions for the modern state of tomorrow with representatives from innovative companies and science.more

The workshop aims to give participants an introduction to the controversial topic of "gender-sensitive language". The workshop offers a first overview of the genesis, forms and current debates ("War of the Stars"). In a second part, guidelines and handouts from the university context will be presented and discussed, and finally, possibilities for strategic implementation will be worked out (and discussed). Further information can be found here

Female students and graduates from the MINT sector can already make a special note of a special date in summer 2020: From June 26 to 27, 2020, "Komm, mach MINT." will be holding the sixth career launch event "meet.ME". In a mix of interactive workshops and keynote speeches, participants will receive tips and inspiration for their future job search and can make initial contacts with potential employers in speed dating sessions. Participation in the meet.ME "Go MINT"-Career start is free of charge and travel and accommodation costs are also reimbursed on request. Application deadline is Thursday, 28 May 2020.
Further information on the event can be found here

On 5th March 2020 the European Commission presented a new strategy for gender equality that aims to implement key measures over the next five years. In the field of research and innovation, possible new measures to strengthen gender equality are identified in the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon Europe. These include the possibility of requiring a gender equality plan, an initiative to increase the number of women-led technology start-ups and funding for gender-related research. The Communication of the European Commission is available for download in English and a multilingual factsheet can be found here

Women have caught up in the job market - but traditional division of labour and a lack of appreciation for professions with a high proportion of women are holding back. In terms of education, employment and social security, women have caught up in recent years. Nevertheless, they are still disadvantaged in many respects. This is shown by the WSI researchers Yvonne Lott and Karin Schulze Buschoff as well as Dietmar Hobler and Svenja Pfahl from the Berlin SowiTra Institute in a current report on the state of equality. more

The Joint Science Conference (GWK) has published the "23rd update of the data material (2017/2018) on women in universities and non-university research institutions". According to the report, the proportion of female scientists has risen continuously both at universities and at non-university research institutions. However, progress in all areas has been slow, so that there is a continuing need for action. more

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