Jorge Viladoms brings musical education to Mexico
Jorge Viladoms, a Mexican pianist and professor at the Lausanne Conservatory of Music, could have turned his back on his youth without music education. Instead, his life in Switzerland inspired him to help bring music back home.
First he created a foundation, Crescendo con la Musica, then he set up training concepts and collected unused musical instruments in Switzerland, to give them a second life in the hands of Mexican children.
In a conversation at the Lausanne Conservatory where he teaches piano lessons, he explained what drives him, his wishes for the future and what he learnt from living in Switzerland.
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October 23, 2020
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What is it like to work in Switzerland?
Switzerland has a strong economy, low inflation, low national debt and a low unemployment rate. It’s hard to believe that only a few generations ago, Switzerland was poor and many had to leave to find work abroad. In this episode of 'Switzerland Explained' we look at how the job market has dramatically transformed since then and continues to change.
In the 19th century, the country’s textile and chemical industry started taking off, followed by the machine industry and the banking sector. But it was only after World War II that people living in poor cantons stopped seeking work in other countries as a matter of course.
Today Switzerland has become an internationally popular workplace, with jobs in information services, finance, or pharmaceuticals as well as in the clothing or gastronomy sector. It’s home to many global companies and international organisations. The average wage for a full-time job is CHF6,500 ($7,190) per month. But the cost of living in Switzerland is high.
A major factor in the stability of the Swiss workforce is the country's vocational education and training system. Although unemployment rose in 2020 due to the pandemic, Switzerland generally has one of the lowest youth unemployment rates in Europe, which in 2019 amounted to around 4.58%.
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October 22, 2020
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The Catholic Swiss nun who wants to end celibacy
Florentina Camartin is a retired catholic nun who took a vow of celibacy. When a young priest in Brigels, her eastern Swiss community, had to leave the church for love, she began her crusade for celibacy reform.
She collected over 5,000 signatures and got the petition translated into Italian, so that she could send the bundle to Pope Francis in Rome.
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October 20, 2020
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The Swiss have a reputation for being rather humourless – a stereotype many say is unfounded. How much is comedy linked to culture, politics and language that perhaps isn’t understood by outsiders?
"Witzerland", an exhibition at the Swiss National Museum in the central canton of Schwyz, runs until the end of January 2021 and sheds light on what tickles Swiss ribs. ("Witz" means "joke" in German.)
Historical jokes and puns about Swiss society and neutrality feature alongside blonde gags and cracks about the foibles of wives and husbands, as can be found in any culture.
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October 07, 2020
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A conversation with Thikra Mohammed Nader, exiled Iraqi journalist
Thikra Mohammed Nader, a Baghdad native who worked there as a journalist for a quarter century, fled to Switzerland in 2006. Decades ago, she was honoured by the Iraqi government for her work and was one of the first journalists on the ground of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980. But throughout her career and especially following the arrival of American troops in Iraq in 2003, she was targeted and threatened for her writing which contained ideas that ran counter to the agenda of the ruling regime and various powerful fundamentalist groups.
Now exiled in Switzerland, the award-winning Iraqi writer met us in a park in Geneva to discuss new life here and how it is different from the past.
In Switzerland, she says she has found a place where she can live "as a human being." She praises the country's "breathtaking nature, its security and safety and everything it offers".
Even after fourteen years in exile in the Alpine nation, Nader remains a target of online attacks that include threats to her life. They relate to her active presence on Twitter, where she comments freely on Iraq’s turbulent politics.
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October 05, 2020
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The Alptransit project - Lötschberg, Gotthard and Monte Ceneri tunnels through the Alps
The Lötschberg, Gotthard base and Monte Ceneri base tunnels make up the Alpine rail link project. The idea to dig the three tunnels under the Swiss Alps was approved by Swiss voters in 1992. Twenty-eight years later, the project is symbolically completed, as the last tunnel, the Monte Ceneri, was handed over to the Federal railway company, SBB CFF FFS, who will exploit it.
The three tunnels have significantly shortened travel time between the two sides of the Swiss Alps. Journey from Bern to Milan now takes one hour less, and from Zurich to Milan 30 minutes less.
The Gotthard base tunnel gained international interest, as it's the world's longest railway tunnel ever build. The Lötschberg tunnel, when first inaugurated, was the third world's longest.
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September 29, 2020
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How are Swiss cities being planned?
Swiss cities and the growing areas around them are increasingly being developed. An expert on urban transformation walks us through the three phases of Swiss spatial planning, with examples in Zurich.
Spatial planning has undergone major changes in the course of history. At first, before the 1960s, hardly any distinction was made between building and non-building areas.
From then onwards, Switzerland was surveyed and areas were assigned a use, that is, building land, agricultural land or protected areas.
In the 1980s, the second generation of Swiss spatial planning came to be. In this phase, residential and office buildings were built over former industrial areas. In this period many companies relocated their production facilities abroad. Freed industrial wasteland that had once been on the outskirts became part of city centres due to the cities growing and were now in attractive locations. But this led to disputes, with the city authorities wanting apartments and developers preferring office spaces. These disagreements resulted in an important planning principle of the first generation to be surpassed, namely that the state specifies the rules and the private stakeholders implement them operationally. Instead, negotiations had to take place. Authorities had to sit down with the builders, investors and owners.
The third generation has been implemented in connection with a revised Spatial Planning Act, in force since 2014. Being a recent development, there are not yet many examples of this. The most recent implementation of spatial planning is about making changes in neighbourhoods that have already been built. The new spatial planning law requires inner development before exterior development, with the aim of protecting the landscape, reducing urban sprawl and making better use of the available space.
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September 29, 2020
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Nuns: powerful women of the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages were a rough time for women. They were considered inferior to men, and very few were educated. Convents offered them opportunities that might otherwise have been denied them: access to schooling, social welfare and the chance to break away from the close strictures of their families. An exhibition at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich showed how ecclesiastical women lived in the Middle Ages, and what they created.
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September 21, 2020
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How the Swiss film industry is coping with the pandemic
Filmmaking doesn’t naturally lend itself to social distancing, meaning the coronavirus is disrupting films worldwide. This is how Swiss directors and the industry have been coping with the situation.
After coming to a halt during the first few critical months of the outbreak, the making of the film “Une histoire provisoire” (A temporary story) was recently able to start up again, but under certain conditions. The crew first gathered in Luxembourg to complete the interior shots and then moved to Switzerland to film the outdoor scenes.
While filming on the shores of Lake Geneva, film director Romed Wyder talks about the adjustments his crew had to make to be able to get back to work.
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September 24, 2020
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Swiss women's football anniversary
It's the 50th anniversary of the women’s football league in Switzerland, and there's a special exhibition at Zurich's football club to celebrate women's participation in the sport.
The first-ever women’s football club was founded in Zurich in 1968. Soon afterwards, other female football clubs began springing up across the country.
A national women’s league was formed in 1970 and the first championship took place the same year. The Zurich team was eventually renamed FC Zurich Ladies in 2008.
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September 17, 2020
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What remains of Swiss democracy after the coronavirus measures?
On March 16 the Swiss government declared an “extraordinary situation” due to coronavirus. People had to stay at home for two months. The spring session of parliament was cancelled. The May referendum was postponed. The government ruled alone by emergency decree. Where does that leave direct democracy?
Martina Mousson*, a political scientist from the gfs.bern research institute, is familiar with psychological phenomena in times of crisis. After the Spanish Flu, which claimed millions of lives, the Roaring Twenties broke out, with many people celebrating excessively. The idea that the Covid-19 pandemic could be followed by something similar is therefore quite tempting.
The government’s emergency decrees are supported by the Epidemics Act. This authorised the government to declare the extraordinary situation on March 16 and to govern without parliamentary control.
After the spring session of parliament was interrupted, the two chambers regrouped at the beginning of May – not in the federal parliament building but on the city of Bern’s exhibition grounds, where the necessary distance could be maintained.
However, initiative committees had to remain patient. Collection signatures in the street was only approved at the beginning of June.
In the meantime, the government has also decided that the three issues on which the people should have voted on May 17, together with two other items, will be put to voters on September 27.
*The interview with Martina Mousson took place in early April, shortly after the Swiss government had urged the public to stay at home.
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September 15, 2020
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Time travelling in Basel
Why is the northern city of Basel described as Switzerland's cultural capital and how come the pharmaceutical industry started there? A new book called ‘Leaps in Time’ takes us on a journey down the centuries, introduces reformers, humanists, artists, plague doctors and the powerful tradesmen who ousted the aristocracy.
From the first settlement at the time of the Celts, it grew into Switzerland’s third most populous city. It’s known for its many museums, art collections, and its annual carnival parade, which is included on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.The presence of printing presses and the founding of a university in the Middle Ages attracted famous scientists, humanists, writers and reformers. Hans Holbein the Younger spent his early career there, and painted Erasmus of Rotterdam in Basel before going on to produce a portrait of King Henry VIII of England. Andreas Vesalius came to Basel to publish his ‘De Humani Corporus Fabrica’, his major opus on the human anatomy. Protestant reformer, Jean Calvin, also published his major work there.
Basel was an important trading city on the Rhine. Textile industries developed into chemical and pharmaceutical giants over the centuries. Roche and Novartis still have their head quarters there. But the busy port was also the gateway for plague to enter Switzerland. Tradesmen took the disease to surrounding towns and villages. The pandemic struck every ten to twenty years for centuries. A co-author of ‘Leaps in Time’, Gudrun Piller, explains why these moments in Basel’s past made it the place it is today.
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September 01, 2020
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How I built my own Swiss watch – in a day
For fans of Swiss watches, the watchmaking world can sometimes seem like an impenetrable castle. The uninitiated rarely get the chance to observe or even touch delicate mechanical watch parts.
Imagine assembling your own Swiss mechanical watch and taking it home with you at the end of the day. swissinfo.ch tried out the popular new concept run by Jura start-up Initium.
heir start-up offers beginner watchmaking courses open to all ages.
The firm, which employs eight people, has workshops in Noirmont, canton Jura, and in Geneva and Zurich. It proposes various half- and full-day courses, which cost from CHF1,690-2,690 ($1,860-2,950). The price includes a handmade watch – created by yourself.
The little-known concept has taken off in recent years. Several rival firms now also offer similar courses.
Today, Initium faces an uphill challenge as it attempts to rebuild its business amid the difficult economic situation resulting from the coronavirus lockdown. Fewer foreign tourists, who made up half of all visitors to Initium’s Geneva workshop, are taking the courses. This has caused a big dent to the start-up’s finances.
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August 18, 2020
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Why is Switzerland one of the most expensive countries?
Everybody seems to agree, Switzerland is one of the most expensive countries in the world, but why is that? The anecdotal evidence is there, and in the press, the big Swiss cities are constantly ranked among the most expensive cities in the world. Zurich and Geneva regularly make it into the top ten. And the Swiss are very much aware of these price differences.
A study published at the beginning of 2020 concluded that Swiss businesses and consumers could save over CHF3.3 billion a year if they were able to source certain products abroad directly. The study focused on orders placed online. Geo-blocking plays a role here. It’s a common practice where retailers stop online shoppers from buying cheaper products or services from sites abroad.
It can also be the case that foreign suppliers refuse to deliver to Switzerland. The result is that firms and individuals have to buy from retailers or manufacturers in Switzerland, or through exclusive importers, which costs more. The study concluded that if the Swiss could freely buy goods from neighbouring countries, the biggest savings would be in the clothing sector, followed by health-related products, cosmetics and perfumes.
For instance, Swiss families could save up to CHF78 million a year if they could order nappies and baby food abroad directly, at the same prices charged in, say, Germany. The Swiss are so aware of these price differences that they call their country 'the high price island', a common expression that was even picked up by the official Swiss price watchdog.
The Foundation for Consumer Protection is campaigning for an end to the high-price island. It demands that manufacturers and retailers pass on currency gains to consumers.
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August 18, 2020
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A 360-degree visit to Bern’s onion market
Take a virtual visit to the heart of the Zibelemärit, the picturesque onion market in the Swiss capital, Bern. Extra trains and more than 100 coaches from Switzerland and abroad brought thousands of visitors to this traditional farmers’ festival, where the main attraction was artfully braided onion garlands in all shapes and sizes.
The Zibelemärit dates back to the 19th century, when farmers from the Seeland region beneath the Jura mountains brought onions to the St Martin’s Day market in Bern.
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June 03, 2020
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How does asylum work in Switzerland
Switzerland has a humanitarian tradition and deals with relatively more asylum requests than other European countries, given the size of the population. Over 14,000 applications were submitted in 2019 and about a third of these people were admitted provisionally.
However, migrants heading for Europe often prefer to go to neighbouring Germany and France. The Swiss asylum authorities say a procedure that quickly sends failed applicants back home deters them.
If people are recognised as refugees, they might get help with living costs and finding a job, but the road to integration is a long one. In this ‘Switzerland Explained’ video, find out how the asylum process works and what conditions for asylum-seekers in Switzerland are like.
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May 22, 2020
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How to become Swiss
If you have a connection to Switzerland through your family or your partner and want to make it official by becoming Swiss yourself – this is how you can go about it.
The Swiss passport can seem difficult to get. In this 'Switzerland Explained' video we describe how to kickstart the application process if you're living abroad and how to find out if you’re eligible for a fast-track application procedure.
There are three ways of becoming Swiss: by birth (having a Swiss parent), marrying a Swiss or living in Switzerland for at least ten years. Being born in Switzerland doesn’t mean you automatically get a Swiss passport.
The process can cost hundreds and even thousands of francs and takes up to two years. If you're on welfare or have a criminal record, you’re excluded. In 2018, 42,500 people acquired Swiss citizenship. In 2017, 44,900 people were naturalised - so it is doable with the right information. This video should help point you in the right direction.
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March 03, 2020
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February 22, 2020
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There’s plastic in your beer: here’s why
Plastic is all around us: it’s so present in our everyday lives we don’t just find it in our cupboards and on our desks, we even find it inside human bodies. A study published by the University of Newcastle found plastic traces all the way inside our muscles.
For a material that’s so intrinsic to the way we live, recycling plastics is surprisingly difficult, and still seems to be a riddle in Switzerland. As waste management is in each canton or commune’s hands, and since there aren’t many suitable sorting facilities in the country, many plastics rarely have a chance to be recycled. Instead, today most of it is burnt along with regular waste, generating energy to supply Swiss households with electricity and heating.
Changing our habits to consume less of this material might help to solve the riddle, but in order to make plastics more recyclable from the outset, a fundamental shift in production is needed, something that’s outlined in what experts call the ‘vital recycling chain’.
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November 06, 2019
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Parties' position on gender equality
On October 20, a new parliament was elected and never before have so many women been chosen as parliamentarians. While their election can be viewed as a good thing in terms of gender balance, it's not automatically good news for gender equality issues, as each party has its own manifesto and position on matters such as paternal leave, quotas and equal pay.
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November 05, 2019
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Genf, ein globales Zentrum für Multilateralismus und Diplomatie
Genf feiert als europäischer Hauptsitz der Vereinten Nationen das 75-jährige Bestehen der UNO und das 100-Jahr-Jubiläum des Völkerbunds.
Die Organisation der Vereinten Nationen wurde offiziell am 24. Oktober 1945 gegründet, als die Unterzeichnerstaaten die Charta ratifizierten. Diese wurde am 26. Juni 1945 in San Francisco von 50 Staaten unterzeichnet.
Der UNO-Hauptsitz befindet sich seither in New York. Seit 1966 hat das Europabüro der Vereinten Nationen seinen Sitz im Palais des Nations in Genf, dem ehemaligen Sitz des Völkerbunds.
Die Schweizer Stadt hat sich seither als Weltzentrum für diplomatische Konferenzen etabliert. Genf hält den "Geist" lebendig, der schon bei der Gründung des Völkerbunds 1920 dazu führte, dass die Stadt als Treffpunkt der Nationen gewählt wurde.
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Es war ein grosser Zufall! Vor Der rund zehn Jahren stiess der Sammler Daniel Müller-Jentsch auf Aufnahmen der Schweizer Fotografen Emanuel Gyger und Arnold Klopfenstein. Paul Hugger, einer der führenden Kenner der alpinen Fotografie in der Schweiz, hatte ihn darauf aufmerksam gemacht.⠀
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In perfekten Inszenierungen vor Gegenlicht und mit harten Kontrasten hatten Gyger und Klopfenstein vor fast 100 Jahren ein Werk geschaffen, das noch heute fasziniert. Gyger war auf einem Auge blind. Dies ermöglichte ihm, wie eine Kamera zweidimensional zu sehen.⠀
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Müller-Jentschs Enthusiasmus ist es zu verdanken, dass die Skiaufnahmen der beiden Fotografen jetzt in Berlin zum ersten Mal in einer Ausstellung zu sehen sind. Ab November wird eine Auswahl ihrer Arbeiten am Festival des Europäischen Monats der Fotografie in Berlin (EMOP) gezeigt.⠀
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Spontane öffentliche Versammlungen sind nun auf 15 Personen beschränkt, und es wird erneut empfohlen, von zu Hause aus zu arbeiten. Das ist nur ein Teil der neuen nationalen Covid-19-Beschränkungen, die ab heute in der ganzen Schweiz gelten.
Masken müssen nun in allen geschlossenen öffentlichen Räumen getragen werden, darunter Bahnhöfe, Flughäfen, Geschäfte, Museen, Restaurants, Kirchen und sogar Umkleidekabinen in Sportzentren.
Die Schweizer Bundespräsidentin Simonetta Sommaruga sagte an der gestrigen Pressekonferenz, dass die gegenwärtige Situation mit dem "exponentiellen" Anstieg der neuen Covid-Fälle ernst sei. Bundesrat Alain Berset, sagte: "Die zweite Welle ist seit zehn Tagen hier und ist früher und stärker gekommen als erwartet."
Die Regierung hat jedoch nicht wie im Frühling, die "ausserordentliche Lage" ausgerufen. Die Schweiz befindet sich laut Epidemiengesetz nach wie vor in der "besoderen Lage".
Wir aktualisieren unser Papier "Coronavirus: die Situation in der Schweiz" laufend.
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#coronavirus #covid19 #schweiz #swissnews #coronainfoCH
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Ihr Nutzen ist unbestritten. Aber was passiert mit all den Schutzhandschuhen und Hygienemasken, nachdem sie weggeworfen werden? Die Frage, wie mit dieser neuen Verschmutzungsquelle umgegangen werden soll, drängt sich auf.⠀
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Die Persönliche Schutzausrüstung (PSA) stellt nach ihrer Entsorgung eine neue Form der Verschmutzung dar. Der Umgang damit ist nicht einfach. Dies, weil Masken aus drei Elementen bestehen: dem "Stoff", dem Metallstab, der auf die Nase geklemmt wird, und den Gummibändern. Soweit die erste Schwierigkeit, da die verschiedenen Materialien nicht gleichzeitig recycelt werden können.⠀
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Darüber hinaus besteht der Schutzteil nicht aus Gewebe, sondern aus Polypropylen, einem Kunststoffmaterial. Was die Handschuhe betrifft, so sind sie bestenfalls aus Naturlatex hergestellt. Im schlimmsten Fall bestehen sie auch aus Kunststoff und kreieren hinsichtlich der Zersetzung die gleichen Probleme wie Masken.⠀
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Seit einigen Monaten schlagen die Umweltverbände Alarm. Ende Februar veröffentlichte Oceans Asia unweit von Hongkong die ersten schockierenden Bilder von mit Covid-Müll übersäten Stränden.⠀
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In Europa waren Teams der Operation Clean Sea, die vom Taucher Laurent Lombard gegründet wurde, die ersten, die Anzeichen von Verschmutzung bemerkten. Auf ihrem Facebook-Konto zeigen sie seither ständig die ökologischen Rückschläge der Gesundheitskrise.⠀
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Letzten Monat fischten Freiwillige im Rahmen des Clean-Up-Days haufenweise Schutzmasken aus dem Genfersee. Bei der Zersetzung von PSA entsteht Mikroplastik. Im Meer wird dieses von Fischen verschluckt und landet dann auf unseren Tellern. An Land wird Mikroplastik vom Wasser mitgeführt, versickert im Grundwasser und landet in unserem Trinkwasser.⠀
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Auch andere Nichtregierungsorganisationen wie Earth.org oder Greenpeace versuchen, die Aufmerksamkeit der Behörden auf die Probleme der PSA zu lenken.⠀
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#Coronavirus #Umwelt #Gesichtsmasken #PPE #Verschmutzung #Schweiz #Covid-19 #CoronaInfoCH #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Mikropartikel #facemaskpollution #dontthrowyourmaskonthestreets
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Was bedeutet für Sie "angemessen gekleidet"?⠀
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Jugendliche von Sekundar- und Mittelschulen in Genf gehen auf die Barrikaden. Ihnen stösst sauer auf, dass sie ein übergrosses "T-Shirt der Schande" tragen müssen, wenn die Lehrperson der Meinung ist, sie seien für den Unterricht "unangemessen" gekleidet. Das sei erniedrigend und sexistisch, sagen sie.⠀
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"Mädchen wird gesagt, dass sie sich bedecken sollen. Aber Männern wird nicht beigebracht, sich richtig zu verhalten", sagte die 16-jährige Julie.⠀
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Das Genfer Bildungsdepartement hielt gegenüber den Medien fest, die Menschen sollten "die Anforderungen von Schulen an die 'Angemessenheit' nicht mit einer wichtigen feministischen Debatte verwechseln". Es sei wichtig, über die Rolle der Frau zu sprechen, über ihre Kleidung, über die Art und Weise, wie man manchmal den Körper der Frau und andere Themen betrachte.⠀
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Was halten Sie davon?⠀
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#ShirtDerSchande #tshirthonte #Schule #Genf #Kleidervorschriften #Dresscode #Sexismus #Protest @sexisme_geneve
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Glauben Sie, dass die Schweizerinnen und Schweizer einen Sinn für Humor haben?⠀
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Viele sagen, das Klischee der humorlosen Schweizer treffe nicht zu. Wie viel hat Humor mit Kultur, Politik und Sprache zu tun, die vielleicht von Aussenstehenden nicht verstanden werden?⠀
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Was bringt die käseessenden Schweizerinnen und Schweizer so richtig zum Lachen? Dieser Frage geht eine Ausstellung im Schweizerischen Nationalmuseum im Zentralschweizer Kanton Schwyz nach. Sie dauert noch bis Januar 2021.⠀
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Historische Witze und Wortspiele über die Schweizer Gesellschaft und die Neutralität stehen in der Ausstellung neben Blondinenwitzen und Sticheleien über die Marotten von Ehefrauen und Ehemännern, wie sie in jeder Kultur zu finden sind.⠀
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#Humor #Lustig #Comedy #Cartoons #Schweiz
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Gestern haben wir Ihnen auf unserer Webseite von Tests mit führerlosen Shuttle-Bussen erzählt.
Wir waren in Genf, wo solche Mobile im Park des Krankenhauses Belle-Idée verkehren.
Schauen Sie sich unser Video an.
Mehr Informationen finden Sie in unserem Artikel.
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#autonomeFahrzeuge #autonomesFahren #ConnectedCar #SelbstfahrendeFahrzeuge #NeueMobilität
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Freizeit, wie wir sie heute kennen, war bis in die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, insbesondere für Schweizerinnen, nicht immer selbstverständlich.
Mit dem eidgenössischen Fabrikgesetz wurde 1877 der 11-Stunden-Tag eingeführt. War die Fabrikarbeit erledigt, hatten die Männer freie Zeit, man nannte dies Restzeit. Die arbeitenden Frauen hingegen kamen von der Fabrik nach Hause, um sich um den Haushalt, die Wäsche, die Kinder und das Kochen zu kümmern. Frauen mussten sich ihr kleines bisschen Freizeit hart erkämpfen.
Die ersten öffentlichen Bäder, die zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts als Antwort auf das wachsende Hygienebewusstsein entstanden, boten Frauen die ersten Freiräume. Erst 1837 wurde in Zürich das Badeverbot für Frauen aufgehoben und ein "Damenbadehaus" gebaut.
Es waren oft Künstlerinnen, intellektuelle und mutige Frauen, die den Weg für mehr Rechte und Freiheit ebneten. Sie hatten in Paris, London oder New York studiert und wollten nach ihrer Rückkehr in die Schweiz die gesellschaftlichen Debatten fördern und etwas zum kulturellen Leben beitragen. Sie wollten die Form ihres Gesellschaftslebens selbst bestimmen.
In den 1920er-Jahren wollte sich nicht nur der kreative Geist, sondern auch der Körper aus Zwängen befreien. Sexuelle Tabus und strenge Konventionen wurden aufgelöst. Dies war vor allem für Frauen revolutionär: Sie waren nicht mehr von einem Partner abhängig, der sie ausführte und sie in gesellschaftliche Zusammenkünfte einbezog. Sie übernahmen die Kontrolle über ihr eigenes gesellschaftliches Leben.
Welche Fragen haben Sie zur Rolle der Frau in der Schweizer Gesellschaft in der Vergangenheit oder Gegenwart?
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#geschichteleben #Schweiz #Frauenpower #Frauengeschichte #schweizerfrau #frauenrechte #Filmgeschichte #Kinogeschichte #historisches #Zürich #Charleston
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MOPS_DanceSyndrome ist eine einzigartige Tanzkompanie und Tanzschule mit Sitz in Locarno, die junge Erwachsene mit Down-Syndrom zusammenbringt.
Die Tanzgruppe besteht aus jungen Erwachsenen im Alter zwischen 18 und 35 Jahren, die sich jeden Mittwoch und Donnerstag treffen, um zu trainieren, zu proben und neue Shows einzustudieren. Amedea, Gaia, Elisabetta, Simone und Vinzenz machen mit, um den Sinn für Bewegung und das Zusammensein zu geniessen.
Die Kompanie wurde vor über zehn Jahren von der Choreografin und multidisziplinären Schweizer Künstlerin Ela Franscella gegründet. Die Tanzkompanie ist einzigartig in Europa, da sie nur aus Tänzern mit Down-Syndrom besteht.
Die MOPS_DanceSyndrom kann mehr als zehn choreografische Originalproduktionen vorweisen. Sie nimmt auch an professionellen Tanzkreisen teil, wo sie mit Gruppen nicht behinderter Tänzerinnen und Tänzer zusammenarbeitet. Sie nimmt auch an internationalen Tanzfestivals teil, tritt in der Schweiz und im Ausland auf und arbeitet mit Schweizer und ausländischen professionellen Tanzkompanien zusammen.
Franscellas aussergewöhnliche Ansatz wurde mit Preisen und Anerkennung ausgezeichnet und u.a. von Pro Helvetia, der Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Danse Suisse, dem British Council, seinem britischen Pendant und dem Kanton Tessin, der ihr den Preis Pro Ticino 2018 verliehen hat, unterstützt.
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#schweiz #ticino #tanz #prohelvetia #mopsdancesyndrome #dancecompanies #prohelvetia #dansesuisse #kultur #preformingarts #choreographie #downsyndromeawareness #downsyndromedance
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Die Filmindustrie wurde durch die Pandemie zwar behindert, aber nicht vollständig aufgehalten.
Mit neuen Regeln und zusätzlichem Personal konnten die Dreharbeiten nach dem Lockdown wieder aufgenommen werden.
So sieht es am Set in Genf aus. Filmregisseur Romed Wyder erklärt die grossen Veränderungen, denen sein Projekt ausgesetzt war.
#schweizerfilm #swissfilm #swissfilmmakers #filmregisseur #filmregisseurin
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Vereinigte Staaten, Neuseeland, Frankreich, Peru, Simbabwe: Überall streiken Pflegefachleute, um bessere Arbeitsbedingungen zu fordern.⠀
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Die Coronavirus-Pandemie brachte die Härte des täglichen Lebens der Beschäftigten im Gesundheitswesen ins Scheinwerferlicht. Unterbesetzung, schlechte Bezahlung, mangelnde Anerkennung: Die Extremsituation, in der sich das Pflegepersonal in den letzten Monaten befand, gibt den seit Jahrzehnten erhobenen Forderungen neuen Auftrieb.⠀
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Auch in der Schweiz gewinnt die Bewegung an Dynamik: Verbände und Gewerkschaften schlossen sich zusammen, um eine Allianz der Berufe im Gesundheitssektor zu gründen. Für Ende Oktober ist eine Protestwoche geplant, auf die am 31. Oktober eine Aktion vor dem Bundeshaus in Bern folgen soll.⠀
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Für mehr dazu klicken Sie auf den Link in unserer Bio.⠀
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#unitednurses #medicalworker #nursesworldwide #nurseprotest #pflegepersonal #nurselife #coronavirus #coronavirusnurses #nursesonthefrontlines #covidnurses
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Seit zehn Jahren scheint die #Windenergie in der Schweiz in einer Flaute zu stecken. Lediglich 0,2% des gesamten Stromverbrauchs des Landes stammt aus dieser Energiequelle. Im Vergleich zu ihren europäischen Nachbarn ein verschwindend kleiner Anteil.⠀
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Der Windenergie-Verband Suisse Eole hofft bis 2050 auf einen Stromanteil aus Windkraft von 10%. Die Regierung strebt an, bis dann 7% zu erreichen.⠀
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Die Windenergie stösst jedoch auf grossen Widerstand. Vor allem bei Umweltgruppen ist sie nicht beliebt. Sie argumentieren, dass Windturbinen die Landschaft verschandeln, Lärm verursachen und die Immobilienpreise drücken.⠀
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Einige Projekte wurden wegen der starken Opposition seit Jahrzehnten auf Eis gelegt. Am 27. September stimmen 1200 Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner einer Gemeinde im Kanton Bern über den Standort eines Windparks ab. Das vor 15 Jahren begonnene Projekt in Quatre-Bornes zum Bau von 10 Turbinen fand nicht die Unterstützung aller Einheimischen. Könnte sich der Wind drehen?⠀
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Was halten Sie von der #Windkraft? Steht sie dort, wo Sie leben, im Gegenwind? Mehr darüber finden Sie unter dem Link in unserer Bio.
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