Webster Vienna Celebrates Women's Week

To mark International Women's Day on March 8, the working group on equal opportunities (WGEO) at the Vienna campus organized events throughout the week to show its support and commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment.

Startup & Business Incubator

To kick off Women's Week, the newly founded startup Speak Easy presented their project to improve the lives of women in Austria. The University-supported non-profit organization uses various services and platforms to make it safer and easier for women to empower each other.

Those who stopped by were able to experience three different stations in addition to information about the startup: Feedback and idea development, a guided discussion on the topic and the opportunity to write down a bad experience and then tear it to pieces and literally let it go.

Storytelling Workshop

Everyone on campus was encouraged to wear red and/or pink on International Women's Day, and donuts and coffee were offered in the atrium to gather students, faculty and staff to raise awareness of this important date.

Mathilde Samson, SGA WGEO officer, hosted a storytelling workshop in the library where students were encouraged to write and perform creative stories and poems about women's strengths and challenges. At the same time, faculty member Eva Zedlacher invited all faculty and staff to a museum tour at the Haus der Geschichte.

Research Seminar

Zedlacher presented her latest work and research on workplace misconduct in the atrium. Students, faculty and staff were invited to participate in the interactive film she has been working on for more than a year. The research addresses gender issues as well as other harassment in the workplace. The interactive film allows viewers to choose different options during the film, leading to different outcomes.

Panel Discussion

On the last day of Women's Week, faculty and students were invited to a panel discussion on female leadership, which questioned the nature of female leadership, the environment it requires and the benefits it can have for communities and businesses.