Barbara Blaha: Spark Sisters – How Feminism Makes Everything Better

Barbara Blaha, one of Austria’s most prominent political voices, presents her new cabaret show "FUNKENSCHWESTERN – How Feminism Makes Everything Better." Growing up in a working-class family with many siblings and little money, she experienced early on what it means to be overlooked. In her show, she combines these personal experiences with structural analyses: Why do women earn less? Why are they promoted less often to leadership positions? And why doesn’t even a full-time job protect them from the second, unpaid shift at home? Blaha examines how wages develop in industries with a high proportion of women and why economic issues are always feminist issues.

Her previous shows have thrilled thousands of attendees and were regularly sold out. As director of the Momentum Institute, which advocates for fair wages, social participation, and gender equality, Blaha shapes the debate on power and gender. The fee for the event goes to the institute.