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Honorees Katharina Wojahn and Tabea Schroer. Photo: Thomas Abel

On 5 October the Bielefeld Equality Award got granted for the category Gender Studies. The BGHS is very pleased to inform you that two of the three recipients were members of the BGHS. Alumna Katharina Wojahn got decorated for her dissertation about the topic „An empirical study of female commuters with child” (dt.: „Eine empirische Untersuchung von Pendlerinnen mit Kind“). Tabea Schroer, who participated at the Shortcuts Programme 2017 of the BGHS, received honors for her master thesis “Styling Knowledge – Drawing of Boundaries and Affiliations in the Job Biography of Afro Hair Stylists in Germany” (dt.: „Styling Knowledge - Grenzziehungen und Zugehörigkeiten in den Berufsbiographien von Afro Hair Stylistinnen in Deutschland“).