DAPHNE III Neskak Gora

Since December 2009 Aletta is participating in the Integrated Initiative for Preventing Violence, Abuse and Discrimination against Migrant Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Europe.

Main Objectives

The Integrated initiative for preventing violence, abuse and discrimination against migrant adolescent girls and young women in Europe is a two-year multidisciplinary project co-financed by the European Commission under its DAPHNE programme, and headed by the Faculty of Law o...

Update Fragen project

The Fragen project is in full swing. Project coordinator Tilly Vriend gives an update on the European project.

Over the last months 29 Fragen partners from all over Europe have been busy with the selection and digitization of core feminist texts for the Fragen database. With the help of local experts (these could be researchers and/or women who had been active in the feminist movement in their country), each...

IFRWH Conference at Aletta, 25-27 Aug 2010

The International Federation for Research in Women’s History (IFRWH) was established in 1987, with the aim to encourage and promote research in all aspects of women's and gender history at the international level.

It organizes regular conferences and publishes a biannual newsletter, and is an affiliated organization of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS). The next IFRWH Conference will take place in Amsterdam, August 25-27, 2010, in conjunction with the 21st International Congress of His...

Alice Salomon Archiv celebrates 10th anniversary

On the occasion of their 10th anniversary, the Archive and Documentation Centre for Women’s Social and Pedagogical Work of the Alice Salomon University organized a colloquium on 7th May in Berlin. The focus of the event was: 'How can the learning of social values be fostered?'

The Alice Salomon Award 2010

On the same day as the 10th anniversary of the archive, t he Alice Salomon Award 2010 was awarded. The price was awarded to 32-year-old Rugiatu Turay from Sierra Leone for her commitment to the struggle against female genital mutilation. Through the Alice Salomon...