"Women's issues...?!" Science & Gender equality at the University of Oldenburg
"Only when the institutional memory of the university takes up the material and immaterial legacy of its female researchers, inscribes it again and again in the practices of remembrance and keeps it alive through critical discourse, can the young female academics teaching today actually be shown role models who are visible and remain visible."
Anne G. Kosfeld, Chief Gender Equality Officer
"Women's issues...?!" Science & Gender equality at the University of Oldenburg
"Women's issues...?!" Science & Gender equality at the University of Oldenburg 1986-2009
Contribution by the Gender Equality Office to the “Long Night of Science” (25 September 2009)
25 September–23 October 2009: Multimedia exhibition on the Ringebene level of the Wechloy campus
What motivated female students, researchers and staff at the University of Oldenburg in the 1980s and 1990s, and what has changed since then? Why are women still under-represented in high-profile professorial positions – particularly in the natural sciences? The exhibition organised by the Gender Equality Office addresses questions such as these by illustrating the evolution of women’s advancement within a historical context: From the election of the first “Women’s Representative” in 1987, through the principle of “gender mainstreaming”, to the competitive “Campaign for Equal Opportunities” launched by scientific organisations in the 21st century.