Why we need fair mobility for all.
In cooperation with the Hans Sauer Foundation
Topic: Feminist mobility turnaround - why we need fair mobility for all
- Lena Osswald (mobilivers)
- Katharina Horn (BUND | Munich cycling decision)
- Franziska Meinherz (TU Munich, MCube | City Councillor in Lausanne for Ensemble à Gauche)
- Moderation: Suzan Çakar
When and where?
Thursday, 09.03.2023 from 18.30 in the LUISE cultural center
Ruppertstraße 5 | 80339 Munich
Registration: here
What is it about?
>> Thinking mobility into a feminist and just future? In a present that demands our full attention? <<
For decades, mobility policy has primarily been driven by men. With its focus on male employment relationships, i.e. on the journey between work and home rather than on the diverse ways in which care work is carried out, it is oriented towards male criteria such as strength, dominance and competition. The challenges of the present show that this is neither sustainable nor fair: high accident figures, air pollution, land sealing, spaces of fear, barriers and a global climate crisis are phenomena that are inextricably linked to this mobility policy.
The future cluster MCube loads together with the Hans Sauer Foundation on March 9, 2023 at 6.30 pm at the LUISE Cultural Center to this, to shed light in the here and now on why the future of mobility must be thought of in a feminist and therefore essentially fair way:
- What does a change in mobility look like that takes a concrete look at gender equality, privileges and discrimination in transportation?
- How are mobility and social justice connected?
- What liabilities will allow a fair, feminist mobility transition to emerge in cities and municipalities?
- To what extent do the global links between (car) mobility and climate justice affect mobility planning in the neighborhood?
- What can we learn from this for a city worth living in, for the Munich of tomorrow?
Come along, be inspired and get involved for a feminist, inclusive, climate-friendly mobility of the future
Our speakers
Lena Osswald
mobilivers
Lena Osswald is committed to an inclusive mobility transition at various levels. From 2016-2018, she was initially active as a volunteer in the Berlin Bicycle Referendum and later, as a member of the board of Changing Cities, drove forward the development of the association's nationwide professional structures. In the discussion paper "An alle gedacht?!" ("Thinking of everyone?!") published in 2020, she and Ann-Kathrin Bersch ask what impetus gender-equitable transport planning can provide for a successful mobility transition. In structures such as WomenInMobility and the mobilivers network, Lena is working on a more diverse debate and more inclusive implementation of transport policy. Among other things, she worked for a consulting firm for several years and now works in a local authority on concrete implementation strategies for participation and the mobility transition.
Katharina Horn
BUND Nature Conservation in Munich
I originally come from the arts and culture sector, I started out as a stage and costume designer, then studied cultural management and, after a few positions at museums and other cultural institutions, I worked for a city council group in Munich City Hall for six years. There I realized that the topic of cycling and mobility was very male-dominated. I didn't want to leave it that way. Since then, I have organized the Critical Mass in Munich with others, carried out Kidical Masses, co-initiated the Munich cycling referendum and have now been working in the field of sustainable mobility at BUND Nature Conservation in Munich for almost two years.
Franziska Meinherz
Junior research group TraMS - Transforming Mobility and Society on the topic of urban mobility type Mobility | Technical University of Munich
Franziska Meinherz conducts research at the TU Munich in the junior research group TraMS - Transforming Mobility and Society on the topic of urban mobility. Franziska is interested in everyday mobility and the political and social processes that shape urban mobility. Franziska holds a PhD in Environmental Sociology from the EPF Lausanne and previously studied Sociology, Economics and Sustainability Sciences at the Universities of Geneva, Boston, Bergen, the New University of Lisbon and the Radboud University. In addition to her academic work in Munich, Franziska is also a city councillor in Lausanne, as part of the parliamentary group Ensemble à Gauche.
Suzan Çakar
Suzan Çakar works in the field of political education with a focus on migration, racism, right-wing extremism, youth and feminism. She is co-founder of the feminist collective We won't shut up! Munich.
She fled to Germany with her family as a child and, as a Kurd, actively participated in political life from a very early age and tried to be a bridge between cultures. To achieve this, she offers tolerance training for children and young people, among other things. She studied ethnology and law at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and Spain.
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