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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 most 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 questions :

• How could we help Renate Lisser get more women into leadership positions ?
• What would this situation look like in our company ?

Then present results/ideas to the whole.

Discussion questions :

• How many men/women occupy which positions in our company ? Are there gender inequalities (e.g. men disproportionately represented) ?
• Who is responsible for promotions ? Which rules apply to promotions ?
• Is it possible to hold leadership positions in our company on a part-time basis ?
• Are women who are (expectant) mothers disadvantaged when it comes to their careers ? (Denied promotions due to pregnancy, forced to cut working hours, denied promotions in general)
• Is there a need for action to ensure equal career opportunities in our company ?

The video suggests that UND could review the career opportunities offered to women and men in your company and make recommendations for an equal gender distribution in senior management positions.
What problems would they find in your company and what recommendations would they make ?

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 Priscilla 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 Tripod'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 your company.

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 your company as possible, and/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 on achieving more equal career opportunities within their 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.

• Determine the next steps with respect to action or concrete measures
• Create a working group, etc.
• Define priorities
• Make concrete arrangements and schedule

Define other topics to be addressed (equal wage, parenthood, Swiss equality policy, female and male professions, part-time employment)