Gender Stereotypes and Gender Inclusive Language
Location: Esslingen
Participation: the event involved 58 citizens: 3 participants from Gender Studies
(Czech Republic),2 from the Municipality of Santo Tirso (Portugal),2 participants from the Municipality of Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland), 3 participants from Vienne (France) 10 participants from the Municipality of Parma and SERN (Italy) and 6 participants from the Municipality of Norrköping (Sweden) and 32 participants from Esslingen (Germany).
Date: from 3/05/2022 to 5/05/2022
The 3-day Seminar “Gender stereotypes and gender inclusive language” was aimed at developing reflections on participants (decision makers, civil servants, politicians and public at large) around two main topics: gender stereotypes and preconceptions in the society and the role of language in combating sexism.
Particular emphasis was placed on the need to adopt a gender-sensitive language and communication, laying the foundations for the development of one of the two outputs of the project Guidelines for a gender sensitive communication. In addiction, the Municipality of Esslingen presented its best practices on equal opportunities.
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Programme
Focus: Gender stereotypes and gender stereotyping
- Equal opportunities in Esslingen, Barbara Straub - Head of Department for Equal Opportunities, Easslingen
- Stereotypes in digitisation , Lina Hanstein - EAF Berlin
- Girls digital camp, Prof. Gabriel Gühring - Esslingen University
- Exchange of best practices
- Exchange with members of Esslingen City Council, Women in - or not in - local municipal policy , Dr. Elisa Deiss-Helbeig
Wednesday 4 May
Focus: Gender stereotypes and gender stereotyping, the role of language in combating sexism: gender inclusive language
- Presentation and workshop (World CafeÅ) on stereotypes in education, training, advertisement, care work, Almut Schnerring
- Welcome Speech, Lord Mayor of Esslingen Matthias Klopfer
- Inclusive language, Dr. Kristina Bedijs
- Role stereotypes and language in theatre at the Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen, Sarah Frost
Thursday 5 May
Focus: The role of language in combating sexism: gender inclusive language
- Diversity of political representation in the municipality and the country, Andrea Lindlohr MdL,State Secretary, Ministery od the development and living Baden-Württemberg
- Inclusive language, Dr. kristina Bedijs and Barbara Starub
Speakers
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Dr. Kristina Bedijs
Research assistant at the Centre for Gender Studies of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Hannover
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Dr. Elisa Deiss-Helbig
Political scientist at the University of Stuttgart (Institute for Social Sciences)
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Sarah Frost
Dramaturg at the theatre “Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen“
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Lisa Hanstein
Senior Expert at EAF Berlin (European Academy for Women in Politics and Business Berlin e.v.)
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Prof. Dr. Gabriele Gühring
Equal Opportunities Officer at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
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Almut Schnerring
author and journalist who studied German language and literature, art history, communication research and phonetics, speech science and speech training (DGSS) in Stuttgart, Paris, Bonn and Aachen.