Experience together. Take action. Decide on measures.
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Nurses, doctors (in training) and other care workers make abuse and structural discrimination visible – and working with decision-makers to develop concrete solutions for their everyday lives.
Sexism is a problem that is also omnipresent in everyday hospital life – whether in the form of derogatory remarks, abusive behaviour by patients or colleagues, or structural discrimination. Nursing staff, doctors in training and other care workers, who operate in a hierarchical and time-pressured environment, are particularly affected. In CARE², we make these experiences visible in the form of Legislative Theatre and open up a space where those affected can not only tell their stories, but also actively work together with decision-makers to bring about change.
Our goals:
- Addressing and highlighting sexism: Care workers report on specific experiences, which are then processed and staged in the theatre. This makes everyday, often trivialised forms of sexism tangible.
- Developing concrete action plans: Together with hospital management, staff representatives and trade unions, preventive and acute measures are to be developed or existing structures improved. These include, for example, binding guidelines for dealing with assaults, low-threshold contact points for those affected, and mandatory training for all employees.
- Strengthening the health and resilience of employees: A sexism-free workplace is the basis for the well-being and safety of care workers. New measures should reduce overload and psychological stress and strengthen the resilience of teams in their everyday work.
- Patients also benefit: A respectful, non-discriminatory working environment improves communication and care in hospitals, thereby also contributing to patient satisfaction.
Join now as participant:
Are you/were you working in a hospital and want to improve the situation? Would you like to help combat sexism? Are you interested in getting involved in a creative way? Then sign up for our theatre workshop, where we will develop a legislative theatre play and then perform it together. You can find all the information here.
Join as institution/stakeholder:
- Join the theatre event as part of the policy team – a role that empowers you to gather, support and (where possible) implement the policy ideas that emerge during the performances.
- Join our growing network of supporters who are committed to raising the visibility of care work and improving conditions in practice.
- Contribute to a cross-sector dialogue on gender equality and care work, and ensure that the results of the project are disseminated to the participating institutions, where they will form the basis for policy frameworks aimed at eliminating gender-based violence.
Contact us at: office@tdu-wien.at
Why Legislative Theatre?
Legislative Theatre combines artistic exploration with concrete political action. The performance features scenes based on real-life experiences of hospital staff. The audience, including decision-makers, trade unionists and colleagues, is invited to intervene in the scenes and try out alternative courses of action. The resulting suggestions are documented and then jointly reviewed for feasibility. The aim is to develop concrete, binding measures that can be implemented directly in hospitals. This creates a space in which those affected, colleagues and decision-makers can engage in dialogue on an equal footing and work together on structural change – so that hospitals become safe, discrimination-free workplaces.
Find more information on Legislative Theatre:
https://www.thepeopleact.org/legislative-theatre-in-action
An example of the successful implementation of Legislative Theatre in relation to the participation of disabled people in Tyrol can be found here:
https://www.thepeopleact.org/case-studies-1/austria
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Funding by:
This project is part of the E+ Small Scale Partnership project CARE² – Caring 4 Careworkers. Learn more about the project: https://tdu-wien.at/care2-caring4careworkers/
