The cartoon activist Sara Qaed from Bahrain received the 19th Ibn Rushd Prize. This award is given to people who stand up for free thinking in the Arab world. Her pictures deal with migration, women and corruption.
Women contributed to shape the ’68 revolt and initiated major social upheavals and changes. The initial spark was a famous “tomato throw” on September 13, 1968.
A private initiative in support of women and their children
Renate Ellmenreich, a retired pastor and former development aid worker from Germany, founded Widows Care. The organisation assists women in Nigeria who have become victims of violence by the radical islamic Boko Haram.
In the German Democratic Republic, GDR, equal rights were given constitutional status in 1949. There, the ideal was the working woman. However, men rose to the top positions – and in most families the traditional division of roles remained.
Short life, big impact: Although she died at the age of 27, Janis Joplin changed the image of women in rock music forever.
She would have turned 75 on January 19.
A mother of Turkish descent and her two daughters in Germany talk about their experiences: What it was like to come to Germany, what it was like to grow up here. All three are united by the shock of how strong president Erdoğan’s influence has become among German Turks.
The radio feature was nominated for the Juliane Bartels Media Award 2018.
Throughout her life, Susann Schmid-Giovannini, born in Vienna and 88 years old next month, has worked and been active in helping hearing-impaired children learn to hear and speak from an early age.
Fé Reichelt, dancer, choreographer and dance therapist, has had a decisive influence on the German dance scene – from the post-war period until today, especially through her contribution to the development of dance therapy.
Women directors have always been among the pioneers for women’s and human rights in the Arab world.
(See also my two books on the subject and the reviews)
Two female directors from Egypt and Tunisia, Amal Ramsis and Nadia El Fani, talk about their lives, their films, the so-called Arab Spring and its aftermath in their home countries.
The 55-minute radio feature was broadcast by several ARD stations.
For International Women’s Day 2012, Radio Berlin-Brandenburg ran:
The biologist is still considered a pioneer not only of the American environmental movement. Her book “Silent Spring” about the effects of pesticides on our ecosystems led to the ban of the insecticide DDT.