Focus on strong women: ORF celebrates World Women's Day with an impressive program

Focus on strong women: ORF celebrates World Women's Day with an impressive program

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The ORF is preparing for the upcoming World Women's Day on March 8, 2025 and from February 28th starts an impressive program of program, which puts the performance and stories of strong women in the spotlight. With a variety of documentaries, reports and films, the public broadcaster offers a varied Ramadan program that will captivate the audience in the coming days. In ORF 2, for example, the "Universum History" new production "The Mothers des Minotaur-Crete's powerful women" will be seen, which takes a unique view of the role of women in the Minoan culture 4,000 years ago, while the "World Journal" report "Gisèle Pelicot-One for many" (March 5) tells the shocking story of a woman over the years and Abuse was reported, 8 so the ORF.

The ORF program for World Women's Day is accompanied by numerous impressive documentary and hands-on activities. On March 7, the new “ZIB 2 History” edition will be discussed in 1975 the family law reform that has fundamentally changed the legal position of women in Austria. Historical reviews show how women's rights were fought for. On March 8, the ORF III focus also deals with films about women in resistance, including the production "Heldinnen of Resistance-Women against Hitler". Additional highlights are the documentaries "Die Dohnal" about the first Minister of Women in Austria and the concert "Strong voices, strong women" (March 13), which will take place under the motto of the event.

diverse content for the women's month

In addition, the ORF.at network is devoted to the topics of equality and women's rights as part of its reporting and publishes several multimedia contributions. The versatility of the program makes it clear how important it is to strengthen and make women in all areas of society visible, which not only maintains the ORF, but also stimulates socially critical discussions. Cooperation with 3SAT complements the offer with valuable documentary, which take up important topics about women's rights, while further films reflect the zeitgeist about remarkable women's personalities and sharpen the public awareness, as well as in the report by orf