Dutch Young Members

The Dutch Young Members are an active group of around 25 YM’s that participate in international UWE and IFUW activities.

We have given a YM-workshop in Ottawa and Perth and will organise another one in Manchester together with the German Young Members.

We meet regularly with part of this group to prepare for workshops, the IFUW YM-programme and other activities.

The Dutch Association of University Women (VVAO) has about 750 YM among their total membership of around 4.000. Besides the group of international active YM’s, we have several circles of YM’s in the different Dutch cities.

To know more about us you can contact:

Willemijn van der Meer
vdmwillemijn@hotmail.com

German Young Members

Formation of a nationwide young members network within the German Deutsche Akademikerinnenbund (DAB)

On November 25th and 26th 2006, the first nation-wide meeting of the young members within the DAB took place in Bochum, Germany. Thirteen participants from Bochum, Dortmund, Flensburg, Groningen (NL) and Hanover had come to the meeting to discuss the ideals and aims of the young members network in a relaxed atmosphere.

At the beginning of the meeting every participant filled in a questionnaire on her personal wishes and expectations from the umbrella organisation DAB. Afterwards the main ideas were collected in order to find out our common major aims and goals which we want to work on in the future.

The results of the weekend are the following:

The young members in the DAB are a network for under- and postgraduates and academic women from every field of study who are between 20 and 40 years old. The young members are organized, apart from their local or regional groups, in a nationwide network without hierarchical structures. We regard ourselves as an interdisciplinary, job-related network and take position and action on current socio-political issues that have an impact on the lives of (young) academic women.

In view of the proceeding globalization we also want to establish a close contact to the international umbrella organization.
Apart from regional meetings we plan a nationwide young members meeting every autumn. This may be held in the form of workshops, in which we can discuss and work on current topics.

Sabine Fehrmann (DAB 21, DAB Hannover), Sandra Zeidler (BoNetzMentoring, DAB Bochum)

Swiss Young Members

Since the conferences of IFUW and UWE 2007 in Manchester, young members in the NFA Switzerland kept thinking of how to attract new young members and how to keep and gather the existing ones... For the beginning, the following event may be announced: At the occasion of a friendship meeting organized by the NFA Switzerland for its neighbors Germany and Austria, young members of both countries will be particularly welcome.

The event is to take place during the weekend of October 18 and 19, 2008, and will offer a workshop on how to present ourselves successfully during an interview for a job. Professionals will lead the workshop. A lovely Covent in the surroundings of Solothurn will provide a particularly suiting frame for this friendship meeting. The detailed program of the friendship meeting is available from April 2008 on with Verena Welti, organizer of the event (verena.welti@dplanet.ch).

A side event is planned for the participating young members, where we shall share experiences made within the young member’s network since Manchester. Further details to be announced on this website in April 2008. Hosting opportunities for young members will be offered either in the Covent for a very low price or at my own home (limited to 2 – 3 persons). Young members seeking for accommodation may contact me on my e-mail: ukozomara@yahoo.com.

Uschi Kozomara Yao