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The 1980s - Women's Issues Move to the Forefront

  1. 1982
     

    • In 1982, a new university women's group is established, calling for women's plenary meetings to be held at the beginning of each semester in a lecture hall. Among other things, they demand that the Austrian Students' Union (ÖH) create a women's department.

  2. 1985/1986

    • In 1985, the Austrian Student Union creates a department to focus on women's issues.
    • In 1985, women account for 33% of the 8,250 enrolled students at the JKU.
    • Starting in the mid-80s, both the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics & Business and the Faculty of Law begin offering courses in the field of "Women's Studies". In 1986, a special ministry funds five additional courses per semester to suppert the women's studies quota.

     

  3. 1988/1989

    • A Women's Summer University program focusing on "Women and the Workplace" takes place in Linz in July 1988.
    • In 1989, an open working group to "Support the Advancement of Women at Universities" begins its activities at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics & Business, drafting a catalog of initiatives to support women at Austrian universities.
    • During the same year, the Faculty of Law creates the "Committee for Faculty-Related Women's Issues". The Faculty Council adopts a plan to support the advancement of women at the Faculty of Law in 1990 aimed at, among other things, increasing the number of women in academia.

Impressions from this decade:

Public announcement Women's Action Day, April 1982 (Archive Social Movements Upper Austria) Student Union campaign to introduce the degree of Magistra, July 1987 (JKU Archive)
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