Feminism

1. April 2026

Human rights, women’s rights and democracy

Where are human rights heading?

Human rights and democracies – not always an easy relationship. In an interview with legal philosopher Anne Kühler, Rudolphina discusses how these two concepts interact, what is behind the criticism raised against human rights and which role women’s rights play in this context.

19. November 2024

Fertility decline

Everyone wants women to have more babies, is technology the solution?

Can the booming "baby-making market" with its assisted reproductive technologies, such as IVFs and surrogacy, help stop the global trend of fertility decline? Veronika Siegl and Ayo Wahlberg at the University of Vienna cast doubt on technocratic solutions that overlook the challenging social contexts of fertility and womanhood.

15. February 2024

History of the women's rights movement

First women's movement: Advice to go in days gone by

How do I start my own business? What kind of education should my daughter receive? Questions like these moved women around the turn of the century and many referred to protagonists of the first women's movement for advice. The contemporary historian Corinna Oesch studies these 'citizens' letters' as new important sources.