On this day, the achievements of women's rights movements to date are celebrated annually, while at the same time drawing attention to the discrimination and inequalities that still exist.
There are many examples of existing gender inequality. Violence against women, in particular, remains a major social problem. A study published in February entitled "Living Conditions, Safety, and Stress in Everyday Life," conducted by the Federal Criminal Police Office in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Seniors, Women, and Youth, shows that women are more frequently and more severely affected by intimate partner and gender-based violence than men. This is particularly true in the case of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking.
However, the majority of experiences of violence in Germany are not reported. The reporting rates are consistently low regardless of the form of violence perpetrated; for most forms of violence, they are less than ten percent. Within (former) partnerships, the reporting rates for psychological and physical violence are even below five percent.
Affected women can obtain free, round-the-clock help by calling the "Violence against Women" helpline on 116016 or online at: www.hilfetelefon.de
Further information is available on the equality website https://www.th-owl.de/gleichstellung/dokumente/#c-accordion-60112-3
The TH OWL Equality Office would like to draw your attention to interesting events being held by the adult education centers in Detmold-Lemgo and Bad Salzuflen to mark International Women's Day.
- March 7, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Lemgo market square: Strong women who have shaped Lemgo – city tour followed by coffee and tea in the Remise, registration at the Detmold-Lemgo adult education center
- March 8, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., VHS Bad Salzuflen: Female role models – loud, uncomfortable, imperfect! – Lecture, creative workshop, and coffee, tea, and cake to finish, registration at VHS Bad Salzuflen, admission €8
- March 8, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Engelbert-Kaempfer-Gymnasium Lemgo: Reading: Claudia Michelsen reads "Marlene Dietrich" – registration at VHS Detmold-Lemgo, admission €10
- March 8, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Alte Schule am Wall Detmold: "The right to equal rights" – reading and discussion with Rukiye Cankiran – registration at VHS Detmold-Lemgo, admission €5
- March 12, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Hansa-Kino Lemgo: Knitting in the cinema "A Day Without Women" – Registration at VHS Detmold-Lemgo, admission free