Cornelia Sperling
Cornelia Sperling has been an activist in the women’s movement since 1968, in lesbian feminist contexts since 1980. International gender expert. Theme of working life for 20 years: Empowerment of women entrepreneurs. Theme of senior age: International dialogues. Project supporter for the Coalition of African Lesbians 2018-2022: Building and strengthening of lesbian/queer collectives in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 2016 Initiator of long-time partnerships between lesbian grassroot groups in Southern Africa and Germany. My vision: more collaboration between lesbians of the Global North and the Global South. www.corneliasperling.de
My Sessions
Building Meaningful Cooperation Between Regions
Joint actions and radical solidarity beyond borders are key in building relationships between lesbians of different backgrounds. The session will explore such existing bonds between Global North and Global South between Eastern and Western Europe. It will be the occasion to hear from South Africa and Germany about cross-continental learning and grassroots partnerships as well […]
Older Lesbians Against Ageism
Vera Kurtic
Cornelia Sperling
Margarita LLorente
Bárbara Romero
Karin Schönpflug
Steph Florquin
Ilaria Todde
The workshop will deal with topics of difference between aging of biology and aging by culture, both within general and lesbian subculture. We will talk about expectations of older lesbians by our lesbian communities, but also about others expectations influence on our perception on aging. Finally, we will discuss the potential impact of invisibility on […]