The international conference CLAIMING*SPACES presents critique and refusal to dominant, patriarchal power structures in the context of academia, research and planning of architecture and spatial planning. It is crucial to point out that these are continuously made invisible under the pretext of a self-defined 'neutrality' and 'objectivity'. On the occasion of the Archdiploma exhibition 2019, as well as the celebration of 100 years of women's admission to study at the Technical University of Vienna, the conference will address the interconnections and dynamics which lead to a leaky pipeline for women in architecture and spatial planning. The further one's career advances, the less women are represented – in the vocational practice of building as well as in the academic world of universities.

The symposium ‘Emancipation I: Modern Woman – Architect’ covers the emancipatory vision of the modern woman and the emancipatory efforts of the protagonists of the Bauhaus and Functionalism in modernism up to the present day. The topic examines the pioneers in politics, science, art and architecture and these people’s roles, efforts and successes, with examples from the Czech Republic, Germany and Central Europe. For the opening of the symposium Mary Pepchinski will hold a keynote lecture on women architects, professional aspirations and domestic ideals during the Weimar Era, followed by the discussion panel Emancipation NOW and a performance of EBOW.

Women experiencing violence aren´t different from us, nor are they strange. They´re women who go to work, raise children, take care of the household, and have their needs, dreams and
desires. They´re our mothers, sisters, daughters, friends and colleagues. They do not choose abuse. Their partners and husbands are the one who choose to be abusive. However, all
women have one wish - they want the abuse to stop; they want someone to step in and make the violence they´re experiencing stop.

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In close collaboration with urban geography professor Brigitte Wotha, from Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences we are proud to organize the study trip exploring the topic of informality in the city and its potential for being included into inclusive formal planning. This trip should enable the students to think beyond the narrow limits of formal planning. They should learn to work out the possibilities and limits of informal planning, to evaluate the impact of space appropriation as part of the participation of the civil society in urban development and to examine their observations comparatively between Prague and Braunschweig. The project is part of the study programme for the winter semester.

Cities are places where global environmental challenges are focused, but at the same time they serve as centers for innovation. Fortunately, the care for the condition of the natural environment is becoming more and more often recognized as an important aspect of urban development, that is capable of contributing to both economic development and the growing satisfaction of residents. Good condition of the environment is one of the pillars of sustainable development, which was treated inadequately in cities for many years.

Join the summer school in the Slovak capital of the East, Kosice. Never-never school is a unique space for community learning and research about cities. It opens up to interdisciplinary audience of city related studies.

We are inviting you to the Central European Fearless Cities Municipalist Summit. We are meeting in Warsaw, to discuss the most pressing issues that our cities have in common. We will put the focus on actionable skills, workshops and learning form the experience of the greatest municipalist doers.

Peace Sofas is a campaign by the European Network for Nonviolence and Dialogue to inspire people to talk together. We found pairs of people with opposing opinions, cut their sofas in half, merged them together, and sat them down to talk. In our hyper-polarized society, talking to people with different viewpoints is one of the most important things an individual can do.

After almost four years of successful project activities, and in accordance with the MoMoWo mission, the International Conference | Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018): Toward a New Perception and Reception continues to increase the visibility of creative women, to foster in Europe and beyond interdisciplinary and multicultural approaches to the study of the built environment "from the spoon to the city", and to facilitate the exchange of research results and professional practices in the fields of architecture, civil engineering and design.

Join the 9th year of the Festival of Arab Culture – ARABFEST! The program of this year will revolve around lives of women in cities. In interdisciplinary panels you will hear specialists who will be discussing women in indoor or outdoor public spaces, not only in Arabic cities. The main program will be held in the week of 4 - 8 April in Pilsen.

Women and human rights are a central concern for us as women and gender equality departments in the FemCities network. What are the discussions about women and women's rights in (European) cities in connection with refugees? Who is included, who is excluded and who is silent? What are the positions of gender experts and why? What are difficult topics that we as feminists come across, what are our blind spots? 

In the framework of III International Festival of Queer Culture DOTYK, Social and Sports Projects Together with the Minsk Urban Platform are inviting you to attend the two-day workshop "Represent Sport in a Different Way: Gender-Sensitive Playgrounds"

At the workshop we will try to actualize the problem of unavailability of playgrounds for women, girls and elders, consider the experience from the other countries in the design of parks and playgrounds, learn and develop criteria for gender-sensitive redesign of the case site: Zakharova, 58, gymnasium №7 Stadium in Minsk. The workshop is intended for: students and young practitioners architects, teachers, aktivists, those who like to play sports, representatives of sport companies.

The first publication of WPS Prague, How to Design a Fair Shared City? offers 8 simple and captivating stories of different heroes representing wider user groups of our population. Stories of a girl, a mother, an elderly woman or a couple, kids or common visitors using high profile urban areas remind us of daily situations when design by default can be a significant obstacle. On the other hand, it offers solutions on how thoughtful design can significantly improve the quality of urban life - with no extra costs necessary.

This publication has been developed in close cooperation with Heinrich Boll Foundation in Prague and is dedicated to architects, urban planners, politicians, anthropologists and a wider public with an interest in urban design. We hope it will spark a deeper understanding of design impacts in our everyday lives... 

In cooperation with Heinrich Boll Stiftung Prague, NKC, Prague Institute of Planning and Forum 50% we will select 15-17 influential architects, urban planners, politicians from Prague, Bratislava, Budapest who will participate on 3-day study trip to Vienna where they will deepen and widen understanding of gender mainstreaming on realized projects of different types of public spaces, housing and mobility. 

For its second historical conference-workshop to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, between 3 rd-5 th October 2016 project Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement - MoMoWo welcomes papers addressing themes and subjects regarding activities and lives of women designers, architects and civil engineers between 1946 and 1968. The historical conference-workshop will provide the opportunity to share and discuss the professional experiences of European women active within various fields of design. The workshop is addressed to both, scholars and students.

The program of Green Academy in Batumi, Georgia organized by Heinrich Boll Stiftung South Caucasus focus on the following big thematic frameworks: Green Economy and Politics; Gender and Economy; Urbanism and Gender. WPS Prague will join in preparation of the program as well as participants in the section Gender and Urban Planning.