About the project

Women's Memories is a long-term international project, initiated and coordinated by Gender Studies, o.p.s. in Prague. Its idea was defined already in the beginning of 1990s as a reaction to Western European and American feminist theories that could not have been applied within the lived reality of women in post-socialist countries. The project is based on recording of life experience and opinions of women in three generations (born between 1920 - 1960) using oral history and narrative interview methods.

The uniqueness of Women's Memories as a model project from both content and methodology point of view lies specifically in tight interconnection it provides between gender research, gender education and civil society. The collected biographical material may be the source not only for scientific evaluation or publications, but also to further didactic utilization and development of gender education modules.