Gender, Scientificness and Ideology Who uses the term "gender" is often confronted with the charge of a principal unscientific. The brochure follows this allegation and provides you with arguments for such disputes. pdf
Gender Democracy Gender democracy aims to establish democracy between all genders. It then goes beyond formal equality and although it means recognising difference, it aims to ensure that equal rights and opportunities are nonetheless open to all.
Towards Inclusive Gender Sensitive, Coherent and Climate Change Responsive Over 80% of the Kenyan population, especially living in rural areas, derives their livelihoods mainly from agricultural related activities. In Kenya there are serious food insecurity problems which are due to several different factors.
Mission statement – The Heinrich Böll Foundation’s gender-democratic principles These tenets should be understood as both a social-policy vision and an organizational principle. Gender democracy is a normative concept that postulates equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal access by men and women to economic resources and political power. Such participation is the precondition for change and for the transformation of unjust and gender-inequitable conditions.
Quotas matter for full equal political and economic participation Quotas are a necessary prerequisite for full equal political and economic participation, a powerful tool to overcome the glass ceilings, experienced by so many skilled women over decades now. It is apparent that voluntary quotas don’t work, but regulatory pressure does. As a matter of equality and democracy quotas make a huge difference. By Barbara Unmüßig
Anne Klein Women’s Award 2013: Lepa Mlađenović, Serbian Women’s and Human Rights Activist Lepa Mlađenović is the winner of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Anne Klein Women’s Award. The award ceremony will take place in Berlin on 1 March 2013. The prize money is 10.000 €.
For diversity and justice. Diversity, gender mainstreaming and anti-discrimination in the everyday practices of foundations. Henning von Bargen in the issue 2012, 2 of StiftungsWelt on role model function of foundations and what they should consider in their behaviour to be fit for future, democratic, socially fair and well positioned. Therefore strategies of Gender Mainstraming and Managing Diversity are highly crucial. By Henning von Bargen
The Guy’s Guide to Feminism - Lecture and panel discussion Renowned American sociologist, researcher on men and masculinity, author and self-proclaimed feminist, Michael Kimmel, together with his co-author, Michael Kaufmann, seek to find answers to this, for some, provocative question. Written tongue in cheek and entertainingly, Michael's short stories and instructions in “Guy's Guide to Feminism” – garnished with jokes and comics – illustrates why feminism not only brightens up the lives of women but is also beneficial to men.
Gender democracy as a goal and an organisational principle Gender democracy aims to establish democracy between men and women. It then goes beyond formal equality and although it means recognising difference, it aims to ensure that equal rights and opportunities are nonetheless open to all.
Feminism at the Heinrich Böll Foundation Feminist policies have a long and diverse tradition at the Heinrich Böll Foundation. This is also clear from the foundation's history. The Heinrich Böll Foundation emerged out of the unification of three organisations: a feminist foundation called FrauenAnstiftung, Länderstiftungen Buntstift e.V. which was linked to the green party, and the original Heinrich Böll Foundation from Cologne which was responsible for managing Heinrich Böll’s estate.