Project

Region	Prague
Title of the Programme	Culture
Title of the Project	From Eliška Krásnohorská to Jiřina Šiklová: In the footsteps of female education
Project Website	www.zenymohou.cz
Number of the Project	KU-CH2-033
Project Promoter	Gender studies
Project Partner from Donor State	Kvennasögusafn Íslands (Iceland)
Czech Partner	N/A
Status	Estimated project duration: : 05/2022–04/2024
More Information	Target group: children and youth, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex population (LGBTI), general public
Total Eligible Costs	161 847 EUR
Grant	145 663 EUR (90 %)

Project description:

The digital map app named “Women´s Map/Women's Library” shows places in Prague 1 and Prague 2 in close surroundings to the Gender Studies library, tied with women´s history. Visitors can pick these spots on the map and thus they get to know these mostly forgotten places. The map will also be used for pre-designed walks through the city centre, together with multimedia material created from a portfolio of the library collections.  Each individual spot on the map will be linked to a set of pictures, text and context background. The map of places of interest will be available in digital as well as an analogue version.

The project is based in the neighbourhood, where the Gender Studies library is located, in the district of Prague 2 and Prague 1. In this neighbourhood we can find various places tied with the history of the Czech Women's Movement (such as Minerva, the first high school/comprehensive school for girls in Czechia, the first secondary school for girls in Vodičkova St., with significant and famous women of history (Eliška Krásnohorská,  Karolína Světlá), famous figures and events, significantly tied with women´s equal rights and women's education and intelligence. The library itself and its collections are unique with its focus on women's education.

In cooperation with the municipality of Prague 2 and the City of Prague, the keeper of river quay (a favourite meeting and culture spot) and another project partners (CAMP, Multicultural Centre of Prague, Museum of Czech Literature, Municipal Library of Prague), public events will be organised, thematically related to and sourcing from the library collections and its archives, and develop a digital map app. Real and virtual activities will draw attention to the need for public debate on women's education, women's participation in public life as well as marginalized social groups.