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The first Feminism and Riot Camp with the subtitle utopian fantasies and queer-feminist actions took place in Linz this year from March 5 to 7 as part of Feminism and Riot. One day later, on March 8, International Women's Day was celebrated on Linz's main square. You can listen to a sound collage of the happenings at the first Feminism and Riot Camp and the actions on International Women's Day
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To date, there has been no comprehensive study on sex work in Austria. The publication "Sex Work in Austria - A Policy Field between Pragmatism, Moralization and Resistance" is the result of three years of research in which prostitution policy and its effects on the practice of sex work were examined in detail from the various perspectives of sex workers, NGOs, administration, the executive and politics.
The focus is on 85 interviews with sex workers, which provide information about migration processes, routes into sex work and working conditions.
The author Helga Amesberger, who works at the Institute for Conflict Research in Vienna, and Gergana Mineva, representative of maiz, Autonomous Centre of and for Migrant Women, talk about the publication "Sex Work in Austria: A Political Field between Pragmatism, Moralization and Resistance". It was published in 2014 by New Academic Press in Vienna.
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This year's Women's Prize of the City of Linz - went to the representatives of ARGE SIE. Award winners Birgit Hinterberger and Karin Falkensteiner from ARGE SIE spoke about the "Women in Housing Need" project at the award ceremony.
"ARGE SIE" has been advising and supporting women who are threatened or affected by homelessness for 28 years. In addition to concrete and comprehensive help for women in precarious living situations, ARGE SIE has been doing important work to raise awareness of a social problem area of increasing urgency for years," said the jury, explaining the award-winning project
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The Bern-based Radio Rabe - has not only painted the black bird on its flag, but has also taken up the cause of anti-sexism as well as anti-racism. But as is the case with the relationship between theory and practice, they also have to take themselves by the nose time and again. Just recently, the information editor Karin Bachmann was announced as a sexy news lady by a fellow presenter. Was this sexist? Or simply a nice compliment? Rabe poses the question.
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NEWS
1. The new Female Pressure campaign with pictures of women is inspired by Björk's interview with US magazine "Pitchfork", in which she points out the lack of visibility of women working in the studio. On the Female Pressure Tumblr blog they are - the missing images - sent in by female musicians, DJs and producers from around the world. A visual catalog of diversity, a great collective action. These are not promotional images, but images from the lives of women at work in the studio. So commonplace and yet so rarely seen. More photos arrive every day. The blog is updated hourly. Contributions welcome!
2 In the EU, women still earn on average 16.4 percent less than men. However, the pay gap is slowly narrowing. This is according to the latest figures from Eurostat. They compare standardized average gross hourly wages in the private sector - regardless of the occupation. According to these figures, the average pay gap between women and men fell from 17.3 percent in 2008 to 16.4 percent in 2013.
The smallest differences in gross hourly earnings in 2013 were in Slovenia (3.2 percent), Malta (5.1 percent), Poland (6.4 percent) and Italy (7.3 percent). The biggest pay gap was in Estonia (almost 30 percent) and Austria (23 percent).
3. In Algeria, domestic violence becomes a criminal offense punishable by 20 years in prison. Parliament has passed a law to this effect. According to the law, violent husbands must expect a prison sentence of between one and 20 years if they injure their wives. If the wife dies, she faces life imprisonment. Husbands who access their wives' assets without their consent face six months to two years in prison. The law also criminalizes the harassment of women in public spaces. There is a threat of fines or short prison sentences.
The law has been criticized by Algerian women's organizations and Amnesty International. A clause in the new law allows women to forgive a perpetrator. In such a case, proceedings can be dropped in minor cases and the sentence reduced in serious cases. "This provision not only ignores the power relationship between women and men, but also exposes women to the risk of being forced to withdraw their complaint through violence and blackmail," says Amnesty.
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- Very Hot Topic! 2 Girls Rock Camps during the summer vacation. This summer you, your friends between 14 and 24 years old, have the opportunity to choose between two Girls Rock Camps! We are celebrating our fifth anniversary with the Girls Rock Camp in Lower Austria AND are organizing a Girls Rock Camp in Linz for the first time. Registration and the full program for both camps can be found from 8 April at www.girlsrock.at/programm. If you would like more information, please send us an email: info@girlsrock.at.
- The Empress Club is celebrating its 2nd anniversary this year. To mark this special occasion, it is bringing the Queen of Arab Hip Hop Malikah to Linz - Stadtwerkstatt on April 10, 2015, and for the first time to Austria! There is also an invitation to the photo exhibition "Empress" and to a RAP workshop with Malikah, which will take place before her concert. Participation is free and only women can attend. Registration at empress@stwst.at.
- Artist Helga Schager invites you to the exhibition opening on April 16, 2015 at 7 pm at the Hofkabinet gallery in the old town. The exhibition, entitled "Narrative X-rays", will run from April 17 to May 15.
Music:
Malikah
Mrs. Howl - Yellow Lamp
Image: © Petra Moser
