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Identify and record existing knowledge about the subject, any known solutions, and possibly any reservations or opposition. These posters can be referred back to in the course of the workshop.

Discussion questions :

• What really stood out for you ? Why ?
• What differences do you notice between the stories of Corinne Vitale and Priscilla Tripodi ? What position does each woman hold in her company ? How are the women's careers likely to differ in the future ?
• What is Renata Lisser, the head of nursing at the care facility, doing to encourage women in their careers ? What else could she be doing ?
• Renata Lisser stresses that male nurses climb the career ladder faster and assume leadership positions sooner. Why is this ?

Discussion question :

• How could we help Renate Lisser get more women into leadership positions ?

Then present results/ideas to the whole.

You just met Priscilla Tripodi, an employee at the Buechberg Senior Centre, in the video. Before she became pregnant, she was an active caregiver and also responsible for training. After her maternity leave, she wants to work part-time (40 %) and only continue the leadership role as training manager with an appropriate salary.

Role play a conversation between her and the nursing supervisor Renata Lisser, also seen in the video, in the following three variants :
Outcome 1 : Ms Lisser meets Ms Tripodi's wishes for a leadership position while working part-time in full.
Outcome 2 : Ms Lisser points out the difficulties caused by the demands of a leadership while working part-time and suggests a compromise.
Outcome 3 : Ms Lisser does not give in to Ms Tripodi's wishes and demands and reassigns her to a nursing position without management responsibilities and a lower salary.

Then discuss in the whole group how the two roles felt in each of the variants and which variant would be most likely to occur in the real world.

The companies shown in the video have only begun to address the issues of equal opportunities for women and men in leadership positions as part of the "Family AND Career” project. Another option would be for the state to require an equal ratio of women and men in leadership positions, i.e. quotas. Have a panel discussion where students play the following roles :

• Representatives of employer, managing directors : categorically opposed to quotas
• Representatives of trade unions/women's organizations : for quotas
• Equality expert : in favour of measures to put women in leadership positions in as many companies as possible

Then discuss in the whole group how the two roles felt in each of the variants.

Step 1:
Word associations: Participants each have 30 sec. to write down on individual post-it notes as many words as possible that they associate with a phrase suggested by the facilitator (random words such as spring, solidarity, or having to do with the focus of the workshop). Quantity over quality here! The post-its are collected after each round and then hung on an "inspiration board" poster.

Step 2:
This is where the actual tour of the three posts begins. Participants have 5 minutes at each post and then move on until they have visited them all. The objective is to develop as many new and creative measures to improve career equality in a company as possible.
Inspiration board: The post-it notes generated in step 1 can be rearranged or added to. Random input: On the basis of random objects presented to them, participants write or draw associations related to the focus of the workshop.
Idea map: This is a brainstorming session in which the idea is passed around a circle, with each new participant providing new concepts, references and links.

Step 3:
Inspired by the material provided around the room and the elements on the poster, participants each draft 3-4 ideas on achieving more equal career opportunities within their company. This is done in pairs selected by the facilitators. Duration: 20 minutes.

Step 4:
The pairs present their results in brief. Then the participants are given 5 glue dots each with which they can individually evaluate the ideas; all of their points can be awarded to a single idea or split among the ideas as they wish.

Step 5:
The pairs then decide on 2-3 of the most popular ideas and use them to develop concrete solutions or measures. Duration: 20 minutes.