Frauenakademie München FAM

The Frauenakademie München e.V. (FAM) is a non-university research institute for women's and gender questions based in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1984 as a support association and renamed in 1992, it is an independent, non-profit registered association (e.V.) that works across four main fields: science and research, education, career counselling, and networking. Its stated goal is to promote equality and equal opportunities for women and men in all areas of society and to support women in taking an equal place in science, business, politics, and public life. The FAM conducts its own practice-oriented studies and research projects on the social situation of women and men, with a focus on identifying potentials for change towards a gender-equitable society. It also engages in political education, bringing knowledge from women's and gender research to the public through events and publications. Its career counselling services, including the projects MOVE! and power_m, offer mentoring, training, and qualification programmes for women. The FAM is embedded in regional, national, and international networks. Since 1996, the FAM has been institutionally funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts as a non-university research institution. It also receives project funding from the European Union, federal ministries, and the City of Munich, as well as foundation funds, membership fees, and donations. The office is located in central Munich at Baaderstraße 3. The FAM is led by managing director Dr. Birgit Erbe, with Dr. Nina Reggi-Graßl as deputy. The team includes scientific staff, career counsellors, and project coordinators. As of 2015, the FAM was the only institution in Bavaria outside a university conducting research on women and gender topics.

The Frauenakademie München e.V. (FAM) was founded on 26 July 1984 by ten women, all graduates in social or political sciences, as the 'Förderverein zur Gründung der Frauenakademie in München' (Support Association for the Founding of the Women's Academy in Munich). At the time, the proportion of female professors at universities and colleges was very low—in 1988/89 it was only five percent in both West and East Germany. The founders aimed to create a feminist space within the male-dominated academic system, a 'concrete geographical, psychological and ultimately philosophical space and free space, a research institution where women could develop innovative and feminist ideas and work on topics differently than in established contexts.' The planned academy was also intended to support women scientists in networking and advancing into universities to establish themselves and their ideas in research and teaching. From at least 1986, the association operated de facto as a scientific institution. In 1986, it organised the multi-day international conference 'Einmischung und Identität. Frauen und Frauenbewegung in Wissenschaft und Politik / Involvement and Identity. Women and the Women's Movement in Science and Politics', bringing its feminist approach into academic discussion. In January 1992, the Munich register court approved the renaming to Frauenakademie München e.V. Since 1996, the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts has funded the FAM with a fixed-amount financing. The state increased its financial support several times, reaching 115,000 euros for 2015, covering the managing director's salary and office rent. Additionally, about half a million euros from project-related third-party funds were available. In the late 1980s and 1990s, research focused on unequal participation opportunities for women in the labour market, particularly in academia and the consequences of underemployment of women. From 1988, the 'Arbeitsgruppe Nationalsozialismus' (Working Group National Socialism) examined the role of women in National Socialism, leading to the 1990 publication 'Töchter-Fragen. NS-Frauen-Geschichte'. The 'Arbeitsgruppe Methoden' (Working Group Methods) developed feminist considerations on social science analysis tools, resulting in the 1994 publication 'Erfahrung mit Methode. Wege sozialwissenschaftlicher Frauenforschung', now a standard scientific work. Continuous topics include 'Women and Politics', 'Women and Migration', and Women and History, within which the 'Netzwerk Frauen und Geschichte Bayern' and the publication 'Die Neue Frauenbewegung in München 1968–1985' were created. Since the 2000s, the strategy of 'Gender Mainstreaming' was incorporated into studies and research projects, following its mandatory introduction for all EU states with the Amsterdam Treaty in 1999. In the mid-to-late 2000s, the association conducted practice-oriented studies on Gender Mainstreaming in youth welfare, which formed the basis for gender training for young people. Also since the mid-2000s, the FAM has dealt with Gender Budgeting as a continuation of Gender Mainstreaming into budgeting, including an innovative research project from 2006 to 2008 on 'Gender Budgeting as an Instrument for Improving Equal Opportunities for Women and Men'. As of February 2015, the FAM was the only Bavarian institution outside a university researching women and gender topics.

• 2015

  State funding increased to 115,000 euros; FAM was the only Bavarian non-university institution researching women and gender topics.

• 2006

  Started research project on Gender Budgeting (until 2008).

• 1996

  Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts began institutional funding.

• 1994

  Publication 'Erfahrung mit Methode. Wege sozialwissenschaftlicher Frauenforschung' released.

• 1992

  Renamed to Frauenakademie München e.V. by the Munich register court in January.

• 1990

  Publication 'Töchter-Fragen. NS-Frauen-Geschichte' released.

• 1988

  Working Group National Socialism began examining the role of women in National Socialism.

• 1986

  Organised international conference 'Einmischung und Identität. Frauen und Frauenbewegung in Wissenschaft und Politik'.

• 1984

  Founded on 26 July as 'Förderverein zur Gründung der Frauenakademie in München' by ten women.

Non-university research institute and non-profit association for women's and gender studies, political education, and career counselling, institutionally funded by the Bavarian State Ministry since 1996.

• MOVE! Mentoring Programme

  Mentoring and counselling programme for women, led by Sabine Schlieter.

• power_m Career Counselling

  Career counselling project for women, led by Dr. Nina Reggi-Graßl.

• Gender Budgeting Research Project (2006–2008)

  Innovative research project on Gender Budgeting as an instrument to improve equal opportunities.

• Publication 'Erfahrung mit Methode' (1994)

  Standard scientific work on social science women's research methods.

• Publication 'Töchter-Fragen. NS-Frauen-Geschichte' (1990)

  Publication on women's history under National Socialism.

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