Family Office
Family Office
Online reading and moderated discussion: How can I raise sons as a feminist?
11 April 2025, by Family Office
Photo: Neda Rajabi
Author and journalist Shila Behjat reads from her essay entitled “Söhne großziehen als Feministin. Ein Streitgespräch mit mir selbst” on the challenges of raising sons as a feminist. Shila Behjat is fighting for a world where men are no longer the measure of all things. A mother of 2 sons, she wonders how to reconcile feminism with raising sons and what role mothers play in raising the men of tomorrow. In a personal and incredibly touching way, Behjat uses everyday situations to explain how life with 2 adolescent boys has changed her feminist attitude and locates her experience in the current discourse. A constructive, self-critical and moving book about love and doubt, about motherhood and fear, which not only concerns parents, but society as a whole.
About the author:
Shila Behjat, born in 1982, is a journalist, presenter, and publicist with German-Iranian roots. She studied law at the University of Hamburg and in Paris, was a correspondent in London, lived as a freelance journalist in India, and reported on gender equality in the European Union for the women’s portal aufeminin.com. As culture editor for ARTE, she is responsible for documentaries and new formats. She lives in Berlin with her family.
Moderation:Dr. Jasmina Crcic, Career & Qualification Center and Carolin Steinat, Family Office at the University of Hamburg
Time and place:15 May 2025, 11 am to 12:30 pm, online via Zoom
Language: German
