Frauenakademie München e.V. (FAM)

Frauenakademie München e.V. was coordinator as well as partner in this project. Frauenakademie München e.V. (Women's Academy Munich), founded in 1984, supports women in gaining equal access and opportunities in science, economics, politics and in public life. It is an institution for research, education and consulting. FAM wants to strengthen the individual work and political competence of women and supports the international communication about equal rights and gender equality in order to expand its networks and cooperations.

FAM, as a scientific organisation, is actively involved in women and gender studies. As a research institute FAM conducts gender research projects and supports the transfer of research findings into equal opportunity actions. It additionally offers space for discussions about feminist theories and its implementation into organisational gender equality projects. As a network of women who think and act from a feminist point of view it carries on the dialogue between feminist science and experts of other scientific fields.