March for women’s rights in Italy
On Saturday, 15th October 2022 the streets of Bolzano (Italy) were filled with people protesting for women's rights. The second women's march took place in Bolzano with the motto "Shaking up the region" and the women's museum Meran participated in the organization of...
Bringing “Herstory of the War” from Ukraine to Slovenia
Last week, Tatiana Isaieva from the Gender Museum was a guest at the Museum of Recent History Celje. At the event in the museum she presented the work of the Centre for Gender Culture and the story of the creation of the Museum of Women's and Gender History. During...
Conference: Abortion rights – let’s talk about it
Although abortion is legal in Italy, low-threshold access to safe interventions is often impeded. The conference aims to be an opportunity for exchange and discussion on how to elevate abortion to be a universal human right. After the contributions of various experts...
A wonderful film about the women’s museums in Fürth
“Fürth without Women’s Museum? Unthinkable!”: Whether in English, German or Spanish – colorful posters are drawing attention everywhere in Fürth. Many pedestrians may learn for the first time that there is a women’s museum in their city – and that it has to close...
Be(com)ing a Woman
In march 2022 the Museum of Recent History Celje in Slovenia opened the exhibition named Be(com)ing a Woman. The exhibition made as a part of a program Women's TraCEs was the first exhibition on women in the museum and it was on view until the end of August. The...
Broadcast: Fürth without Women‘s Museum? Unthinkable
The women's museum in Fürth is the only one of its kind in Bavaria. Here, stories of women are told that would otherwise go unnoticed. The museum building is in need of renovation and is to be sold by the city to a private investor. The women's museum will have to...