Team
Mgr. Nina Bosničová [nina.bosnicova@genderstudies.cz] Project ManagerNina received a Mgr. (M.A.) in English and Slovak Languages and Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Masaryk University in Brno. At the Faculty of Philosophy at the Charles University in Prague she earned a Ph.D. in English and American Literature (African American autobiography). At Gender Studies she works as the Project Manager of the "Avoid Discrimination” project that supports people who face potential gender and age-based discrimination and people experiencing multiple-discrimination in the region of Northeast Bohemia. In the long-term, Nina has been focusing on the topics of company childcare and employee (policies in general.) Besides gender and race issues, she is also interested in multi-culturalism, partly due to her own multi-cultural background.
Spheres of interest: equal opportunities of women and men in company sector, gender and labour market, gender and literature, feminism.
Mgr. Kristýna Ciprová [kristyna.ciprova@genderstudies.cz] Project Coordinator
Kristýna graduated in Gender Studies at the Faculty of Humanities at the Charles University. In her thesis, carried out as a component of a larger project supervised by Věra Sokolová, Kristýna studied gay fathers in the context of activism. Her interests include queer theory and film. Kristýna cooperates with the gay and lesbian film festival Mezipatra. In Gender Studies she coordinates projects on LGBT rights and projects against violence on women.
Fields of interest: queer theory, cultural studies
Mgr. Pavla Frýdlová [pavla.frydlova@genderstudies.cz]
Pavla is a co-founder of the civic associations Gender Studies and proFem [www. profem. cz]. She graduated in Czech studies, philosophy, film theory and film history at the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University. For fifteen years she worked as a film dramaturgist, reviewer and a columnist. In the first half of the nineties at FAMU, the Czech Film Academy, Pavla gave lectures in script writing and dramaturgy. In 1994-95 she researched Central and Eastern European women’s films in Germany (with the help of a German Senate scholarship), and in 2002 Pavla studied at the University of Durham. Since 1996, Pavla has been coordinating the Women's Memory project. For Women’s Memory Pavla has produced radio programs, a documentary titled War in Women's Memory, and a number of publications (most recently Women Between Two Worlds and Women from Elsewhere). Recently, Pavla has also been coordinating the Prague section of the Gender Studies project Fifty Fifty. One day she hopes to establish a Czech Women's Archive that would bring to light the heritage of many almost forgotten Czech women who have made significant contributions to a variety of scientific and cultural fields.
Mgr. Alexandra Jachanová Doleželová [alexandra.jachanova@genderstudies.cz] (Substitute) Director
Alexandra graduated in International Economic and Political Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University and in Politics and Society at the Anglo-American Institute of Liberal Studies. Alexandra has been working with Gender Studies since September 2003, most recently as direcor (substituting for the director on maternity leave) and the project manager for the Employers for Work-Life Balance project. She is interested in equal opportunities for women and men in business and in the labor market in general, as well as in the issue of the impact of the EU enlargement on equal opportunity policies in the Czech Republic. She is currently serving as the chair of the Czech Women's Lobby and board member of European Women's Lobby.
Spheres of interest: equal opportunities of women and men in company sector, gender and labour market, the EU influence on asserting the policy of equal opportunities in the CR, international relation and gender equality, political participation of women.
Mgr. Jitka Kolářová [jitka.kolarova@genderstudies.cz] Project Coordinator
Jitka has been working with Gender Studies since January 2006. Since 2007 she has been responsible for the Company of the Year project: Equal Opportunities, that annually selects and awards a company with the best gender equality practices. After graduating from the Faculty of Humanities, Jitka studied Media Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Charles University. In the last several years, gender and alternative media have been at the center of her interest. She writes about these topics in online and print publications.
Bc. Helena Skálová [helena.skalova@genderstudies.cz] Project Manager, Information Specialist
In 2004, Helena graduated from the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, where she focused on gender and non-profit organizations. Since April 2006, she has been working at Gender Studies in the position of Information Specialist and Project Manager currently for the “Avoid Discrimination”. She also participates in running the GS library and edits the Equal Opportunities in Business Newsletter. Finally, Helena coordinates the legal counseling at GS. She is interested in the position of women in the job market and its relationship to the issues of discrimination, equal opportunities and work-life balance. She is also interested in the involvement of fathers in raising and caring for children.
Mgr. Linda Sokačová [linda.sokacova@genderstudies.cz] Director, currently on maternity leave
Linda graduated in Sociology and Social Policy from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University. She is currently the Director of Gender Studies. In addition, Linda lectures for companies and institutions of public administration, and is involved in the Company of the Year competition. Occasionally, she contributes to the online portal feminismus.cz and to other online and print media, including expert sociological periodicals. Linda also carries out gender analyses and speaks on equal opportunities and the position of women in Czech society and abroad.
Spheres of interest: equal opportunities of women and men in company sector, gender and labour market, gender sociological analyses, reproduction rights of women and men, feminism
Bc. Michaela Svatošová [knihovna@genderstudies.cz]
Librarian and Information Specialist
Michaela graduated from the Higher Professional School of Information Services
in Prague and from Manchester Metropolitan University where she studied
Information and Library Management. At Gender Studies (GS), she is responsible
for library operations and for researching information resources for GS
projects. She has been cooperating with the organization since 2003.
Mgr. Martina Štěpánková [martina.stepankova@genderstudies.cz] Lawyer
Martina graduated from the Law Faculty of the Masaryk University in Brno and since 2006 she has been working on her PhD. at the Faculty of Law at the Charles University in Prague. In addition to Gender Studies, Martina works with the Counseling Center for Citizenship and for Human and Civic Rights. At GS, Martina is involved in anti-discrimination and equal treatment projects which include legal counseling, public education, promoting systemic changes and lobbying activities. Martina has previously worked for the Human Rights Comission of the Czech Government.
Mgr. Lada Wichterlová [lada.wichterlova@genderstudies.cz] Manager, currently on parental leave
Lada studied Czech Literature at the Silesian University in Opava and Media Studies at the Social Sciences Faculty of the Charles University in Prague. At Gender Studies she started in the position of the librarian in 1998. Lada ran the library until 2003: she continued to expand the collections, professionalized the library services, initiated the translation and implementation of the thesaurus, and planned and fundraised for the library development.Lada also served as the Czech coordinator of the European project REWIND Net (Network of Women's Information and Documentation Centres) and took part in GS publication projects (Alice and Charlotta Masaryk, Bertha von Suttner). Most recently, Lada has been working on internal HR policies at Gender Studies and on projects related to childcare institutions and business partnerships.
GS Board of Directors:
Petra Hejnová, M.A.
Petra graduated in Public and Social Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. From 1999 to 2002, Petra worked at GS first as a Coordinator and later as the Director of Education. Since 2003, she has been a member of the Board of Directors. She is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Political Science at the Maxwell School at the Syracuse University in U.S.A. where she also lectures. In her research, Petra focuses on women's movements and public policy in Eastern Europe and Latin America. She is a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation scholar and a recipient of the Carrie Chapman Catt Award from the Iowa State University.
Jiřina Šiklová
Sociologist
Miroslava Holubová
Miroslava graduated in English and Czech from the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University. Between years 1973 and 1987 she taught at several high schools. From 1987 to 2001 Martina taught English at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where she also taught Czech to foreigners. In school year 1994/95, Martina studied at the Stanford University as a Fullbright Visiting Profesor. She is currently employed in public administration (Human Resource Development Department, Ministry of Interior) and studies at the Ecumenical Institute of the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University. She has been involved with Gender Studies since it was founded, particularly with its Women's Memory project. Martina has been a member of the European Society of Women in Theological Research since 1997.
Board of Supervisors
Marie Lienau, Libuše Ludvíková, Anna Kovaříková