2024-03-08 12:00:00
20 years of “Open Town Hall” on March 8th: highlight of the 1st Vienna Women’s Week with women’s tours, puzzle rally and concert
Visitors to the “Open Town Hall” on International Women’s Day on March 8th can expect an extensive program with free admission – with a concert by Mira Lu Kovacs, the tour “Women’s Paths through the Town Hall”, the barrier-free exhibition module and a talk with young people and women’s laureates .
“The ‘Open Town Hall’ on Women’s Day is the highlight of the first Vienna Women’s Week this year with more than 100 events from March 4th to 8th – entirely under the motto of our big Vienna women’s survey ‘Vienna, the way you want.’ I hope you were able to take advantage of the diverse program of the first Vienna Women’s Week and are already looking forward to the next edition in 2025,” said Vice Mayor and Women’s City Councilor Kathrin Gaál. And: “Women’s Day is important to draw attention to the fact that we stand up for equal opportunities, equality and equality every day,” said Gaál.
20 years of “Open Town Hall” on Women’s Day: highlight of the first Vienna Women’s Week on March 8th
A free program of workshops, concerts and tours through the town hall delights the Viennese at the Open Town Hall – which is celebrating a special anniversary this year – namely its 20th birthday.
Two new pioneers for the “Wien. “City of Big Daughters”: Until the end of March in the Arkadenhof in the town hall
The Pioneer Women Gallery “Vienna. City of Great Daughters” presents women who have achieved extraordinary things. On March 6th the secret was revealed that Ingeborg Bachmann and Luise Fleck were joining the gallery this year.
The gallery with the 30 pioneers can be explored and visited in the arcades of Vienna City Hall until March 31, 2024.
Mira Lu Kovacs, Katharina Mückstein and Maria Mayrhofer on stage
The singer Mira Lu Kovacs plays a solo concert at the final performance of the evening in the Open Town Hall, the two opening bands Load Failed & Stranded, which were only founded in 2023, have their first major appearance in the town hall.
The women’s award winners Maria Mayrhofer (managing director of the “#aufstehn” campaign) and Katharina Mückstein (director) discuss the challenges in the male-dominated world of work and their very personal role models with two young people.
Guided tour in and through the town hall
During the Women’s Paths tour of the town hall, participants can learn more regarding the diverse work of influential women.
Tell us regarding the barrier-free exhibition module during the tour
Stephanie Kiessling from the Vienna Women’s Service and the head of the 24-hour women’s emergency number Heidemarie Kargl more regarding the history of the exhibition module and the current exhibition #TogetherAgainstViolence.
“Women in Vienna”: puzzle rally with prizes
During puzzle fun in the Open Town Hall on International Women’s Day, visitors had the opportunity to find out interesting facts at the information fair and win great prizes at the end (goodie bags from lila – fashion design and tickets for the Sisters Festival on July 12, 2024 in the Arena Vienna ).
“More time. More space. More opportunities.”: Numerous measures from the Vienna women’s survey
A lot has happened since the women’s survey “Vienna, as she wants” was carried out in 2022: at the end of 2022, the 5th Vienna women’s shelter was opened and at the beginning of 2023 an existing women’s shelter was converted into a women’s shelter for girls and young women. The women’s health center “FEM Med” was opened at Reumannplatz and the “Red Box” was expanded to cover the whole of Vienna. The “Girls*zone” in Favoriten was opened and the “Girls celebrate technology” project started. Free workshops were also organized by waff and the Vienna Women’s Service (MA 57) on digitalization, work and sustainability for women, and waff scholarships are used to increase the proportion of women in technical professions. The Vienna Daughters’ Day has been expanded to include the KIDS Daughters’ Day and – brand new in 2024 – the MINI Daughters’ Day. This means that Daughters’ Day is now also aimed at elementary school students and girls of kindergarten age. Vienna Women’s Week is a measure from the Vienna Women’s Survey. Many other measures have already been implemented.
Photos from Women’s Day in the Open Town Hall can be found at: www.wien.gv.at/presse/bilder / Conclusion
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