International Day to End Violence against Women

Online lecture on the book “Grauzonen gibt es nicht – Muster sexueller Belästigung erkennen” (“It’s not that grey – a practical guide for the twilight zone of sexual harassment”) 

Thursday, 30 November 2023, 6 pm–7:30 pm 

When is it just flirting and when does it become assault? In her book “Grauzonen gibt es nicht” (“It’s not that grey”), author and speaker Sara Hassan busts common myths surrounding sexual harassment and power abuse and outlines the Red Flag System – an alarm system that helps us identify early instances of sexual harassment, even in grey areas. 

Sara Hassan shows how we as a society can take a stand against sexual harassment and get better at tack-ling power abuse.

Access to lecture

The online event will take place on Thursday, 30 November 2023 from 6 pm–7:30 pm.
HAWK members can register to take part in this stud.ip event (in German). You can find the Zoom details here too.

The speaker

Sara Hassan has been working as a campaigner on the issue of power abuse and sexual harassment since 2015

After years of working internationally in political communications (including for the European Par-liament), the author of “Grauzonen gibt es nicht” (“It’s not that grey”) now holds lectures and workshops.

Having completed an interdisciplinary master’s degree at New York University as an Austrian Fulbright scholar, she now works across Europe as an expert on power abuse.

This is a collaborative event organised by HAWK, the University of Hildesheim, the University of Hanover, Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and the Emden-Leer University of Applied Sciences.

The flag was created as part of a student project at the Faculty of Design in cooperation with the Equal Opportunities Office and the Senate Equal Opportunities Commission.

University will raise flag on Saturday, 25 November 2023 on all campuses

In Germany, one in three women has been affected by physical and/or sexual violence at some point in her life. HAWK’s flag reflects this for the International Day to End Violence against Women. 

You can find all of the students’ flag designs in the brochure “Ein Zeichen gegen Gewalt – 30 Entwürfe für eine HAWK-Fahne für den Inter-nationalen Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen” (“A sign against violence – 30 designs for a HAWK flag for the International Day to End Violence against Women”) (in German).

Bread roll paper bag campaign: “Gewalt gegen Frauen kommt nicht in die Tüte” (a slogan meaning 'violence against women is not an option' using wordplay based on the German word for ‘paper bag’)

Around 25 November 2023

HAWK is a cooperation partner in the city of Hildesheim’s Action Alliance against Violence. The alliance is once again organising the well-known bread roll bag campaign for the International Day to End Violence against Women.

Around 25 November, bakeries, kiosks, grocery shops and other organisations will be giving customers their bread rolls in paper bags with the slogan “Gewalt gegen Frauen kommt nicht in die Tüte.”

As well as this clever play on words (meaning ‘violence against women is not an option’), the bags are printed with details of the support available in the Hildesheim region for victims of violence. This means the information reaches the place where violence occurs most often: the home.

The Equal Opportunities Office will distribute bread rolls in the campaign bags on Wednesday 22 No-vember 2023 in front of the university canteen in Hildesheim.
 

The colour orange symbolises a future without violence against women. This year, HAWK’s homepage and the “stud.ip” campus management system are glowing bright orange again as part of the Orange the World campaign.

November 25 until December 10

Orange the World is a UN prevention campaign that takes place between the International Day to End Vio-lence against Women on 25 November and International Human Rights Day on 10 December. 

During these 16 days, events and campaigns “in orange” will take place worldwide to raise awareness of the issue of violence against women and girls.