FRAUENRECHTE SIND MENSCHENRECHTE // STADT KÖLN

In the organizer's words:

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IFT) originated in the struggle for equal rights and the right to vote for women. The textile workers' strike in St. Petersburg on March 8, 1917 gave the day of action a global historical aspect and is therefore celebrated internationally on March 8. The IFT remains necessary to make discrimination visible and to demand women's political rights. At the same time, it is a day on which women can look back on what they have achieved so far: a reason to celebrate. Equal Opportunities Officer Julia Pedersen will open the event in the Kulturbunker Mülheim at 10 am:

Exhibition: Cologne students exhibit feminist design projects together with part of the "Antifeminism" exhibition by the NS Documentation Center and the "NUR JA HEISST JA" exhibition by FrauenLeben e.V. Köln. Organizations such as the DGB-Jugend and the Handwerkerinnenhaus Köln will be participating with hands-on activities. The federal program "Demokratie leben!" will be represented with the campaign "Heute Minus Früher - Wie Antifeminismus unser Zusammenleben gefährdet".

There will be a stage program in the hall of the Kulturbunker, moderated by Deniz Zadeh (kölncampus). The program consists of a live podcast recording of "Feminist Shelf Control", a film screening of "Heinrich Böll: Katharina Blum lebt!", several short readings by Cologne authors moderated by Sophia Bahl (manulit Buchhandlung), as well as a keynote speech on "Black Feminism" by Tarah-Tanita Truderung.

Finally, the all-female NDW, post-punk and noise-pop band Schnuppe from Cologne will perform.

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Free admission