"Blickwechsel", is VIDC's podcast for a another, a new look at the world. With this Podcast we want to bring those voices into the spotlight that we rarely hear in Austria: Activists and scientists from the Global South; people who come from our focus regions, who are directly affected, with whom we collaborate on events or studies. Who have an insight that we don't have, whose views open up new perspectives for us.
Sybille Straubinger, Director of the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation, guides this Podcast. The VIDC is a think tank founded in 1962 by the later Chancellor Bruno Kreisky together with prominent politicians of the so-called Global South. Being in dialogue, always on the basis of equality and respect, and making the voices from the South heard in Austria (and not talking about them), that is the basic premise of our work - and of this Podcast.
For over 100 years, International Women’s Day has symbolized the struggle for equality, yet much of the progress made is now under threat. The UN warns of a global crisis regarding violence against women, while femicides, abuse scandals, and state oppression are on the rise. Developments such as those in Afghanistan show just how far setbacks can go. These trends do not emerge suddenly, but grow gradually—worldwide. Why are women’s rights coming under pressure, and what forces are driving this? VIDC Director Sybille Straubinger discusses this with Luisa Maria Dietrich Ortega from Frauen*solidarität and Stefanie Mayer from the Institute for Conflict Research.
