‘Talk to each other and learn from each other’ - this was the motto under which the Office for Gender Equality of the City of Cologne, in cooperation with Competentia Region Köln, the Jobcenter and the Cologne Employment Agency, organised the networking event “WIN WIN - Women meet Companies” on 22 April at the Bürgerhaus Stollwerck. Prasanna Oommen moderated the morning.
After a warm welcome from Cologne's Equal Opportunities Officer Julia Pedersen, bestselling author, top speaker, trainer and TV presenter Nicole Staudinger Nicole Staudinger addressed motivating words to the audience in a talk entitled "Never be speechless again". Afterwards, the participants discussed the following questions at moderated themed tables: How do I become visible as a company, how am I seen as an applicant? What do we need to improve the way we work together? What can contribute to a good work-life balance? How can a company show courage or how can women be (more) courageous? The results were then collated and reflected on in a discussion moderated by Prasanna Oommen.
Image: © Stadt Köln