Book launch
“Revisioning Democracy and Women’s Suffrage: Critical Feminist Interventions”
Date: October 24, 2024, 19.00–20.30 followed by an aperitif
Location: Paranoia City bookstore, Ankerstrasse 12, 8004 Zurich
Admission free. The event will be held in German.
The editors and authors will discuss the significance of women’s suffrage for the understanding of democracy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and about current challenges for the political participation of women.
They talk about memory politics and feminist struggles and discourses on citizenship and human rights, about digitalization as a challenge for the democratic participation of women and about new ways of understanding and strengthening democracy.
With Anna Antonakis, Zoé Kergomard, Lea Küng, Katrin Meyer, Pauline Milani, Beat Ospelt, Stephanie Pfenninger Tuchschmid, Patricia Purtschert and Yunna Skliarova.
Moderation: Helena Rust.
Recently published
in the book series Gender Issues
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