The Committee of Women’s and Gender Studies Institutions in German-speaking Areas is an open network of centres, teaching programs and coordination offices in and outside of universities as well as single persons connected to Gender Studies in German-speaking areas.
Work principles of the committee
The Committee of Women’s and Gender Studies Institutions in German-speaking Areas holds annual meetings to discuss issues and problems of Women’s and Gender Studies and to develop political action plans.
At each meeting, the committee decides on which institution will organise the next meeting.
Resolutions of annual meetings:
Resolution applications have to be circulated beforehand. The application will be discussed at the meeting only if three institutions support it. Applications for which support could not be established, or ad hoc applications will be decided on by the plenary. Majority decisions will be circulated to every member.
Resolutions in between annual meetings:
If any member is in need of a common decision, an application can be initiated
in writing. The resolution bill has to be circulated to every member and has
to reach a majority decision. Furthermore, the Swiss Gender Campus offers
a virtual workspace that can be used
as an internal tool of communication.
Furthermore, the Committee of Women’s and Gender Studies Institutions in German-speaking Areas elects an action committee. This action committee can initiate public statements on and activities concerning higher education policies or general politics, if urgent. Resolution bills have to be circulated to all members and have to reach a majority decision in order to be published. The action committee will be elected during each annual meeting for the period of one year.
The action committee consists of three persons working in three different federal states in Germany, one of whom is holding the following annual meeting, and of two advisers, one from Switzerland and one from Austria.