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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 ?
• Renata Lisser, head of nursing at the Buechberg Care Centre, stressed that working on Saturdays and Sundays is not something for men to do. Why is this the case ? Why should it be something for women to do ? What preconceptions lie behind this idea ?
• Zoran Divitarov, employee at Samuel Werder AG, explained that dirty and heavy industrial jobs are probably not suitable for women. What do you think of this statement ? What does it really look like in the company of today ?
• Claude Werder, managing director of Samuel Werder, suggests that stereotypes need to be broken down in our heads and in our schools. Do you think that is the correct approach ?
• Renata Lisser says that their job listings are gender-neutral. Do you think that is the correct approach ?

Discussion questions :

• Claude Werder wants to see more women working in industry and Renata Lisser wants to see more men in nursing. How could we help them achieve their goals ?
• What is being done in our company to have men and women in different areas and positions ?

Then present results/ideas to the whole.

Discussion questions :

• How many men/women work in each department/position in our company ?
• Are there typical male and female jobs ? Is there need for action ?
• Is something already being done to include more women in " men's activities " and men in " women's activities " ?

UND, the office in Switzerland responsible for work/life balance, will check whether women and men have equal opportunities in employment and the duties assigned and formulate recommendations.

What problems would they find in your company and what recommendations would they make ?

In the video, you met Josip Uroda, the only male nurse at Buechberg Care Centre. He tells about problems he runs into as a male nurse (such as handling his mostly female patients when naked). His boss Renata Lisser is very open to male nurses.

Role play a job interview with a potential female boss where Mr. Uroda applies for a job in another care centre which has never had a male nurse on the staff :

Outcome 1 : The new boss is entirely open to Mr. Uroda's becoming the first male nurse at the centre ;

Outcome 2 : The new boss points to the difficulties associated with his being a man and advises him to look for a different role within the care centre ;

Outcome 3 : The new boss refuses to hire a male nurse.

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 your company.

• Determine the way forward with respect to action or concrete measures
• Create a taskforce, etc.
• Define priorities
• Make concrete arrangements and set deadlines
• Define other topics to be addressed (career, parenthood, Swiss equality policy, female and male professions, equal wage)

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 the gender mix within your company as possible, or to deal with a particular previously identified problem.
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 about achieving a better gender mix in the jobs within the company, or developing solutions to a previously identified specific problem. 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. 20 minutes.