09. May 2018
by Zilla Boyer
I used to be a kid with glasses that dreamt of being the first female prime minister of the Netherlands. My dreams have changed since then, but I expected that the Netherlands would have had a female prime minister by now, and that women and minorities would be better represented into politics. But this is not the case.
10. April 2018
An education system that segregates children based on their ethnicity unfortunately still exists in the 21st century in the heart of Europe. Motivated by the cases of children who decide to fight and the children segregation in buses, which took place at the beginning of this school year (2017/2018), I feel responsible to discuss this issue. I want you to be aware of this problem and fight it!
08. March 2018
The #MeToo campaign has become one of the most influential movements against sexual abuse, leading to the biggest scandal in Hollywood in recent history. It brought stories of harassment and sexual assault to the foreground and united millions of women across the globe against all forms of abuse. It was not so in Russia, where the campaign generated different reactions from Russian state media, the film industry and the general public.
08. March 2018
In the international press, Germany is often portrayed as one of the champions of human rights. However, the #MeToo movement has shown that neither politicians nor German society at large has a common understanding of women’s rights. The country struggles to talk about patriarchy, gender-based power relations and sexual abuse, the majority of German people prefer to remain silent. But that situation is about to change; Germany now has its own Weinstein: Dieter Wedel.
06. March 2018
After a successful premiere in Berlin and a second performance in Brussels, the team behind FutureLab Europe’s project Letters to Europe – female refugees telling their stories brought the book “Letters to Europe – refugee women write” and the theatre performance “refugee (woman) : )” to Oslo.
