International Women’s Day
Every year since 1911, International Women’s Day has been celebrated worldwide, in Berlin it has been an official holiday since 2019, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will also introduce it from 2023. On this day attention is drawn to women’s rights and gender equality: oppression and injustice of women in other countries are to be reminded on this day, but even in Germany it is still not possible to speak of complete equality: the Matilda Effect, Gender Pay Gap and misogyny accompany (trans*) women in their daily lives.
On this Women’sDay, we express our solidarity, our admiration for the courage and our compassion for all women in times of war.
More information about this year’s World Women’s Day can be found on social media under the hashtags #IWD2022 and #InternationalWomensDay of the United Nations and UN Women.
Information on events in the metropolitan region:
- Event information in the new event calendar of the city of Mannheim „MannHeim als FrauenOrt“ and under Activities, Actions and Events from the City Society
- 8 March 2022, 6:30 p. m. (online): Event at the Institut Francais Mannheim: Online conversation with Maud Olivier and Julia Wege about their fight against prostitution. Registration at: kulturif-mannheim.eu
- March 8, 2022, 5:00 p. m. – 7:00 p. m. (online): Purple expert forum for feminist conflict culture beyond hardening.Registration at: eveeno. com/
311688646
- 5 April 2022, 6:00 p. m. – 7:30 p. m. (online): Fairness debate in the new world of work: will women benefit? Registration at HTTPS://EVEENO. COM/
266762997 until 4 April 2022
The latest press release of the Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg on World Women’s Day, 8 March 2022, provides a colourful composition of interesting figures.
Please also visit the website of the Office for Equality and Social Diversity for information and help in case of violence and the service page of the Mannheim Equal Opportunities Commissioner.