A great success
A full house and plenty of discussions: Wuppertal’s Action Week against Sexism comes to a successful close
Author Rebekka Endler (left) and Sophie Charlott Ebert, Head of the Office for Equality and Diversity at the University of Wuppertal, at the reading at the Färberei in Wuppertal. // Photo: Office for Equality and Diversity/BUW
The event on 13 October at the Grifflenberg Campus was well attended, despite the rainy weather. Numerous students took the opportunity to speak to various counselling and support services. Alongside the university’s own anti-discrimination office, the North Rhine-Westphalia reporting centres were also represented as a group: MEDAR, DINA, MIRa and MIQ (see info box for further details). The focus was on information about discrimination, sexualised violence and specific support options. A bag-spraying activity provided a creative way to get involved.
The debate skills training session on 14 October, organised by FrauenBeratung Wuppertal in collaboration with kubiq – Raum für queere Bildung, also attracted a great deal of interest. The workshop on dealing with sexist and queerphobic remarks was fully booked.
The action week was organised jointly by the Equality and Diversity Unit at the University of Wuppertal, FrauenBeratung Wuppertal e. V. and the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Unit of the City of Wuppertal.
You can find information about the advice centres via the following links:
Anti-Discrimination Office at the University of Wuppertal
Reporting and Documentation Centre for Anti-Muslim Racism in North Rhine-Westphalia (MEDAR)
Reporting and Information Centre for Anti-Queer Hostility in North Rhine-Westphalia (MIQ)
kubiq – A space for queer education
FrauenBeratung Wuppertal e. V.
Equality and Anti-Discrimination Unit of the City of Wuppertal
