This episode presents the political option and theoretical background of radical feminism in the historical context of its appearance and specifies this context within the late 1960s in American universities. This was also the period of the second wave of the feminist movement. Radical feminism states that the roots of women’s inequality lie in patriarchal…

In looking at the history of feminist theories, the first argumentation in favor of women’s rights, according to available sources, is now designated as liberal feminist theory. This episode reiterates the main contributions of the key figures, presenting them placing them historically, from the 18th century (Mary Wollstonecraft, Olympe de Gouges) through the 19th century…

Here the term and the concept of feminism are explicitly addressed, first by sharply distancing us from the stereotypical images of a feminist, which is always derogatory. Following this, the episode states what in fact feminism is, and what is the meaning of the word – it stands for full awareness and recognition that women…

The episode first offers a brief look at how the past efforts of women theoretically, and in a politically engaging way, confronted discrimination in access to education. However, the emphasis in this episode is on contemporary, but still traditional prejudices and exclusionary practices concerning the education of girls and young women. Education is one of…

Third episode deals with one of the controversial, but also indispensable, categories of women’s studies: the category of gender. This category is first briefly explained through the history of its usage in feminist theorizing, the emphasis further being on the significance that the category of gender has for grounding and developing arguments in establishing anti-discriminatory…

The second episode is about Women’s Studies. This episode gives a brief explanation of the discipline, which is at the same time an exciting field of interdisciplinary research and is now, for half a century,  a challenging study program in the international academic community. Women’s Studies is best explained by telling the story of its…

The first episode introduces the program entitled Inclusive Digital Educational Anti-discriminatory AlternativeS (IDEAS). It takes us through the key elements of the whole program, and announces what it will offer, and, that is 36 podcasts structured within 7 modules. The first two modules serve as points of departure and are the basis of the program….