women@event series

Wednesday, 04.06.2025, 10:00 - 17:00 h

Arguing against right-wing discourse patterns

Many people currently have the feeling that right-wing populist and anti-democratic voices are getting louder and louder. Whether in a discussion with colleagues or fellow students, a conversation with your uncle at a family celebration or in the changing room at the sports club - we are being left speechless. With our argumentation training courses, we want to counter this and enable people to overcome the moment of shock, take a stand and make it clear: We will no longer accept this!

In the workshop, we would like to focus in particular on the university environment and identify possible courses of action that support us in countering discriminatory slogans. To do this, we will first look at the topics of diversity and anti-discrimination in the university context and then focus on law discourse patterns, their function and strategies against them. We will then use a role play to discuss and practise strategies for action together.

Contents

• Diversity competences
• Anti-discrimination at the university
• Law discourse patterns & their function
• Strategies for action
• Role play

Speakers:

Dr Anna Carolin Müller holds a doctorate in cultural studies and has been working in the field of equal opportunities, diversity and anti-discrimination since 2019, leading workshops and other training courses, providing advisory services and supporting the implementation of various measures to fund diversity skills and anti-discrimination. She is a qualified argumentation trainer against right-wing discourse patterns and slogans.

Neele Rother, BA, is a historian specialising in gender history and the history of Central Eastern Europe in the 20th century. She has been a consultant for political and democratic education since 2024, designing various event formats on socio-political topics and implementing measures to promote democracy. She is also a qualified argumentation trainer against right-wing discourse patterns and regulars' table slogans.

Thursday, 05.06.2025 or 26.06.2025, 10:00 - 16:00 h

WenDo - self-assertion and self-defence for women

Being belittled in professional and everyday life, exclusion, verbal and physical assaults and even rape, as well as the fear of these various forms of (sexualised) violence, are still part of the lives of women and girls. WenDo, as a "way of women", offers opportunities to rediscover or rediscover your strength(s) and abilities and to use them for yourself - in everyday situations, but also in annoying, outrageous, assaultive, frightening or threatening situations. A way to

• Expand your room for manoeuvre
• achieve goals
• Experience your own aggression and give it expression
• tackle conflict situations
• Recognise situations of assault and/or violence at an early stage, change them and defend yourself
• to experience joy, fun and pleasure (in life)

Any woman can take part, regardless of age, fitness, ...

Please bring: comfortable clothing, non-slip socks or gym shoes, blanket or similar, food if necessary

Instructor:

Brigitte Störmer is a qualified social education worker, WenDo trainer, alternative practitioner (psychotherapy) and coach.

Please note! As this is a cooperation with University Sports, registration is only possible via the University Sports website. The date on 05.06.25 is exclusively for female students. Both female employees and female students can register for the event on 26.06.25.

Thursday, 12 June 2025, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Dealing with false reports and conspiracy narratives

False reports and conspiracy narratives are not a new phenomenon. However, digital media items, platforms and messengers have fundamentally changed the ways in which they are disseminated - their reach and speed. Especially in times of crisis, conspiracy narratives become entangled in parts of society and develop their potential to jeopardise democracy. Why is this the case? How do I recognise it? What can I do about it?

In this workshop, we will take a critical look at our own information procurement. We will learn to recognise and classify narratives, patterns and strategies. We will also try out counter-strategies in order to stand up together for a pluralistic society.

Contents:

• Introduction to definitions and terms
• Recognising disinformation and conspiracy myths and their mechanisms
• Connections to right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism
• Exploring everyday strategies for action

The workshop combines content-related impulses, practical practice classes as well as discussion and reflection units and alternates between plenary and small group phases.

Speaker:

Tina Leskien is a political educator, facilitator and trainer for social justice and diversity.

Wednesday, 02.07.2025, 09:30 - 17:00

Sexism and Antifeminism - What is it and what can I do?

The workshop offers a space for a moderated exchange of experiences with anti-feminism and sexism in the everyday lives of students. In short inputs, you will learn more about the differences between the phenomena and the significance of antifeminism for law and anti-democratic movements. Together we will develop strategies for dealing with sexism and antifeminism. The mixture of input, exchange and interactive practice classes will enable you to leave the training stronger and with the knowledge you need to take action in your everyday life at university and beyond.

Speaker:

Juliane Lang is project manager and principal investigator in the BMBF-funded GERDEA network (Interactions between social gender relations and the contemporary extreme law. Dynamics - Effects - Ambivalences) and a trainer in political adult education.