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WHAT?
On May 22 at 7 p.m. there will be a introduction of the whole project “Danube Women Stories” and the exhibition by Sabine Geller and Christiana Weidel. The publisher of the book of the same Name, Thomas Zehender, will also be there.

WHERE? World Heritage Visitor Centre Regensburg, Weisse-Lamm-Gasse 1, D-93047 Regensburg

MORE INFORMATION
The exhibition presents a historical woman and her work and a contemporary woman and her work from the following cities: Ulm, Regensburg, Linz, Vienna, Budapest, Vukovar, Novi Sad and Temeswar. Be inspired!!

Any suggestions from your side? Don’t hesitate to write us: office@ngo.at

„You want to know what has been the most beautiful experience of my journey along the river Danube? The magnificent nature, the beautiful country side, the dense vegetation, the unique environment of the Danube Delta! I especially liked the bird life of the biosphere reserve, but also the peace and tranquillity there. Will it be possible to preserve the idyll of this estuary? There are so many excursion boats on the way. In any case, that journey on the river Danube was unique for me and I always will remember it with great pleasure.”

On that occasion we learnt a life stories of scientist Mileva Maric Einstein, journalist and first women magazine editor Milica Tomic, humanitarian Marija Trandafil, feminist Savka Subotic, first girl with high-school education Marta Jorgovic, philosopher Anica Savic Rebac, actors Milka Gurgurova and Draga Spasic, ethnographic and pedagogue Jelica Belovic Bernadzikovska, painter and nurse during the wars Nadezda Petrovic, writer Isidora Sekulic and a humanitarian Jelena Kon.

Our guides were students of architecture Dragana Gajic and Teodora Rankov and they met participants of the walk with women history of Novi Sad, stories of those great women and their houses or their endowments.

The participants of the city tour told that, until then, they didn’t know much about those women and their relationships with buildings which they we passed by every day.

In this video you can see how that looked like and walk a little bit with us.

Bettina Hoffmann-Schmalekow and Markus Marquard from the ZAWIW Ulm welcomed the illustrious guests. Selected photos, drawings and texts about women personalities in cities along the river Danube were presented on posters, editors Sabine Geller from Danube connects and Christiana Weidel from The World of NGOs in Vienna recounted how the project idea came into life and publisher Thomas Zehender explained why he feels connected to the Danube region and its cultural diversity, transcending national boundaries and strengthening cultural diversity. Andreas Weber from the Baden-Württemberg-Foundation appreciated the engagement of the partner organisations from Ulm, Vienna, Budapest, NoviSad and Timisoara, well beyond the financial support provided by the Foundation.

In memoriam Marina Kovačev
The organisers also commemorated project team member Marina Kovačev, a human rights activist from The Novi Sad School of Journalism, who sadly died a few months ago at the age of 28.  Her successor Dragana Radošević, who continued Marina’s work for the project, was present at the exhibition. The partner organisation Pro Democracy Association from Romania was represented by Iuliana Iliescu, the Budapest Walkshop in Hungary was presented by its founder Anna Lennard.

Great setting
The International Danube Festival created a grand setting for the exhibition and the following networking of presenters and guests. “The exhibition gave my motivation to promote gender equality a great boost”, a visitor of the exhibition said. “Now I’ll feel truly supported when asking for fairer recognition of women’s achievements in our city.” One of the many outcomes of the project “Danube Women City Guide” will be an online exchange of engaged citizens regarding experiences and strategies in requesting more female street names in their cities.

Information
The city guide is published by “danube books”, showing 50 portraits of extraordinary “Danube Women“ from the past and present. The book is available in German language in bookstores; in English language the book can be purchased  from the project coordinator, ZAWIW, Belinda Hoffmann-Schmalekow.

History, significance and engagement of women in cities and towns located at the river Danube will be brought to life again in guided tours. Many (young) people were involved in the making of this new guide. In Ulm and in Timisoara pupils were integrated into the project, in Ulm students of the Hochschule Neu-Ulm developed content for a mobile App about women personalities in their hometown.

“Danube Women*Stories” will be presented to the public on 13th of  Juli 2018 at 1:15 p.m. in the Museum of Ulm in the presence of State Secretary of Baden-Württemberg, Theresa Schopper. The city guide – published by “danube books” –  is showing 50 portraits of extraordinary “Danube Women“ from the past and present. 

DANUBE WOMEN STORIES (German edition), 128 pages with illustrations and photos, 9,90 EUR, ISBN 978-3-946046-12-7
Opening times of the exhibition in the Museum of Ulm: 6 – 15 July 2018, Tuesday – Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursday 11:00 – 8:00 p.m.

In this autobiographic book he wrote about “The World of Yesterday”, about the day-to-day life and the culture of Europe, about the xenophobia he encountered, about values and morality of past times.
The reading of Katja Riemann wowed the audience. a wonderful occasion to think about Europe – the Europe of yesterday, our Europe today and the Europe of tomorrow.

Read more about the evening (in German) here: https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/ulm/katja-riemann-liest-stefan-zweig-27110722.html

The NSSJ researches showed that during the election campaign in 2016., a program of the national public broadcaster RTS and provincial public broadcaster RTV, only about 14% of sources were from female candidates. At the same time, in all media fields such as informative, sports, children, educational or entertainment programs, women are presented less than men. For example, in the sports program on RTS which is broadcasted daily, reporting about female sports players is deficient, even during considerable competitions in which our female sports players accomplished great results, did not go beyond 6%. On the other side, about competitions in which men participate is reported extensively, even if their results are subpar.

Women, as a source of information are regarded when the topic of reporting is a part of what is typically considered as a ‘women field’ (culture, education, health care) or a ‘women role’ (for example they talk as a mothers, teachers).  But, even in those reports they do not get beyond 20% as a source of information.

Therefore, this brief review of NSSJ research results shows that the public media sphere (in the digital media as the traditional and even more) is a place of a distinctive gender discrimination towards women as subject and resource of information. Although the fact is that women are even a majority in relevant positions in the media (provincial public broadcaster RTV for example), that did not contribute to a greater women visibility in media and a more gender sensible editorial policy.

Because of that, NSSJ estimates that the new gender equality law must strive to influence that problematic field.

During the public discussion of the script for the new law, this opinion of Novi Sad School of Journalism was sent to the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans’ Affairs and Social Affairs.