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Going home – with a bag full of extraordinary memories

Time flew by as always when you are feeling that you are doing something useful with it. Six weeks ago I entered the library the first time and but today it is my last day and I am going to go back to Berlin soon. I already know that I will miss this place that [...]

A worthwhile experience

How do people work in other countries? What exactly is a women’s library about?  These two leading questions accompanied me when I came to Glasgow Women’s library about two weeks ago. All in all, I’ve six weeks to find out before I’ll return to Berlin, Germany where I am from. I’ll try to support the [...]

Time to say good-bye… My three-month placement at Glasgow Women’s Library. 28.02.2011 – 27.05.2011

So, three months are over and I just cannot believe how quickly time went by. However, I feel I have learnt a lot and gained a lot of new impressions and I would like to share some thoughts and experiences with you. I choose the Glasgow Women’s Library as organization for my placement due to [...]

The F Word in Dunoon

As part of our activities around International Women’s Day, Nisha and I were invited to Dunoon to deliver the F Word workshop at an event for the Engender Women into Public Life project in Argyle and Bute. Women into Public Life aims to support women in the Argyle and Bute area in having their voices [...]