"Care is female - and fair?"

Invitation to the symposium of the state working group of municipal equal opportunities officers

Caring for relatives will become a challenge for society in the coming years, as two thirds of women and men in Germany who need care are already being cared for at home. This care work is predominantly carried out by women, usually "alongside" their own professional work, "alongside" their own household or "alongside" their own family. As this topic is not regionally limited but concerns the whole of Saxony and society as a whole, the state working group of local equal opportunities officers in Saxony has organised a symposium on the subject.

Interested parties are cordially invited to attend on Thursday, 15 November. The event will take place from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Municipal Festival Hall, Obermarkt 16 in 09599 Freiberg. According to Chemnitz Equal Opportunities Officer Bettina Bezold, renowned experts from across Germany have been invited to give presentations - here is an overview of the topics and speakers:

"Is old age feminine? - A look at gender-specific structures in old age" - the speaker is Claudia Pinl, author and publicist from Cologne;
"Who cares? Care work and its gender connotations" - Speaker is Dr Barbara Stiegler, qualified psychologist and educationalist from Bonn;
"Reconciling care and work - an impossibility?" - Speaker is Martin Moritz, school for relatives and counselling from Hamburg;
"Professional care - a future-oriented and socially secure field of employment" - Speaker is Dr Antje Weyh, Institute for Labour Market and Occupational Research Saxony from Chemnitz.

Further information on the symposium and a detailed flyer can be found at www.frauenseite-chemnitz.de and at www.gleichstellungsbeauftragte-sachsen.de.

Contact: Bettina Bezold, Equal Opportunities Officer for the City of Chemnitz, spokesperson for the State Working Group of Equal Opportunities Officers in Saxony, phone 0371/488-1380, e-mail: bettina.bezold@stadt-chemnitz.de