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02. March 2026

Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls

Book recommendations for International Women's Day

Millions of women around the world are fighting for more rights, equality and against discrimination, and not just on March 8, International Women's Day. For the first time in 1911, over a million women in Europe and the USA demonstrated for women's suffrage, among other things. Since then, International Women's Day has taken place every year and has drawn attention to various issues, such as violence against women, equal opportunities and the compatibility of work and family life.

Let's celebrate feminist and women's political achievements!

Our book recommendations are dedicated to the topics of equality, patriarchal power structures, women's movements in politics, the female body and much more:

"We are different than you think": Arab feminism

"Together we are unbearable": the independent women's movement in the GDR

#Me Too in Science

Women who think differently: Approaches to Helene Nathan, Anna Seghers and Hannah Arendt

Be a Rebel: Encouraging disobedience

Stolen women: Thinkers, explorers, pioneers : the invisible heroines of history

The opposite sex: women's morals and sexism

The eternal inadequacy: an inventory of the female body

The woman as a human being: at the beginning of history

The new women's movement and National Socialism: feminist culture of remembrance between 1968 and 1994

Silent violence: how the state leaves women alone

The unyielding: Politics is far too serious a matter to be left to men alone

The invisible: how secret agents have shaped German history

The truth about Eve: the invention of inequality between women and men

Female fear: how women and girls experience and overcome fears

Drama queens: women between judgment and condemnation

Through the glass ceiling: how women close the gender negotiation gap and convince at the negotiating table

A feminist theory of violence

Simply do it - simply found: the guide for female founders

Equal Pay Now!: finally equal pay for women and men : what we can do now

It's time to take your half of the world: a self-coach for women

Female Mindsets: how thought patterns shape femininity - about birth, sexuality and the power of expectations

Feminist International: texts on gender, class and emancipation 1832-1936

Women in technology and science: a question of fit: current findings and insights into orientation projects

Women in management: opportunities, stumbling blocks and success factors

Women's issues: selected speeches and writings

Brain, female: perceiving differences, overcoming stereotypes : the latest findings from neuroscience and psychology

Gender (in)equity in technical organizations

Gender-sensitive research in rural regions: 10 years of research on women's lifestyles in regions undergoing structural change

A matter of the heart: why women's hearts beat differently

Today is a good day to abolish the patriarchy

In the republic of men: how women conquered politics

No retirement: how women deal with poverty in old age

Man and woman - a discontinued model?: why they are more similar than we think and where the real difference lies

Human rights violations against women: a socio-ethical analysis from a global perspective

Living with men: Reflections on the Pelicot trial

Nemesis' daughters: 3000 years between female rage and cohesion

Revolution of connectedness: how female solidarity is changing society

Sisters: the power of the female collective

The daily feminist: 199 concrete action tips for equality in everyday life : Microfeminism works!

Unlearn Patriarchy 2

Invisible women: how a world dominated by data ignores half the population

Business succession: women create the future

Outrageous: all about the fabulous female body

Utopias for everyday life: a brief history of radical alternatives to patriarchy

From women's rights to women's rights in Enlightenment Europe I Women and the Law in Enlightenment Europe

Wise women: why our society needs more female knowledge - a search for clues

We are not born submissive: how patriarchy determines women's lives

The list includes media from the Zittau and Görlitz locations as well as online resources.

The media on display on the book recommendation shelf in Görlitz and on the exhibition cubes on the upper floor of HSB Zittau can be borrowed immediately. Access to the online media is possible in the university network or from outside via VPN.

 

Have fun reading!