Versammlung | Assembly

The symposium opens with an introduction to the project and words of welcome from Munich mayor Katrin Habenschaden, the artistic director of the German Federal Cultural Foundation Katarzyna Wielga-Skolimowska and  Marieke Fröhlich, co-chair of the German section of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Perspectives on 108 years of feminist foreign policy

Three experts look at feminist demands from The Hague in 1915 until today: How can we talk about freedom and peace in the face of war and repression around the world? What chance does a feminist foreign policy have?

With:
Golineh Atai, head of ZDF-Studio in Cairo, formerly ARD correspondent in Cairo and Moscow and author of “IRAN. Freedom is Female” and “The Truth is the Enemy. Why Russia is So Different”

Kristina Lunz, co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy and author of “The Future of Foreign Policy is Feminist”

Françoise Vergès, political scientist and author of “A Decolonial Feminism” and “A Feminist Theory of Violence”

By Natalia Vorozbhyt (Director: Jan-Christoph Gockel)
In German and Ukrainian with English surtitles
Therese-Giehse-Halle // Tickets from 10 euros

“Die Mysteriöse Reisende aus Kosmos 7” by Angela Aux & Su Steinmassl

For centuries, the female body has been an arena for violent patriarchal demonstrations of power. This panel discussion addresses the threat to women in repressive regimes and armed conflicts, but also the power that lies in resistance, networking and joining together.

With:

Düzen Tekkal, journalist and writer who, with her human rights organisation HÁWAR.help, has been campaigning for years for the rights of the Yazidi community.

Elisabeth Baier, lawyer and criminal defence attorney specialising in human rights and international law.

Shahrzad Osterer, author and moderator at BR, was born and raised in Tehran and currently reports a lot about the protest movement in Iran.

Host:

Jutta Prediger, BR

Three writers read from texts written during wartime and discuss the role of art in times of war.

With:
Volha Hapeyeva, author and poet from Belarus living in exile in Munich. In 2022, she received the Wortmeldungen award for critical short texts for her essay “A Defense of Poetry in Times of Perpetual Exile”.

Natalia Vorozhbyt, author, playwright and filmmaker who lives in Kyiv and was commissioned to write the play “Green Corridors” for the Münchner Kammerspiele.

Anna Akkash, playwright and director who lives and works in Damascus and has been writing a war diary since the beginning of the war in Syria.

In cooperation with the Missy Magazine.

Two experts and other online guests discuss their experiences and perspectives on queer resistance and life in exile. What did global solidarity look like in the past, how do we want it in the present and in the future?

With:

Zain Salam Assaad, activist and journalist from Syria, Missy Magazine, lives in Berlin.

Ozi Ozar, digital content creator, director, dramaturge and author, born in Tehran, lives in Frankfurt and Berlin.

Directed by Emre Koyuncuoğlu
Werkraum // Tickets from 10 euros

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Directed by Jessica Glause
Schauspielhaus // Tickets from 10 euros

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