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21-534: The predecessor of Saffa was the first exhibition on women's work, organized by Rosa Neuenschwander in Bern in 1923. In the '"Viererfeld" area (today Länggasse-Felsenau) in Bern, the first Saffa was held from 26 August until 30 September 1928. Louise (Lux) Guyer , the first Swiss women architect, was the chief organizator, and she completed the buildings in only three months using prefabricated elements made of wood. When

42-611: A third SAFFA on the occasion of their women picnic brunches on the Swiss national holiday on the Saffa-Island in Zürich. For financial reasons, the project could not be started for the time being. Alliance F , as before better known as Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine (BFS), prepares a third Saffa, founded the "2020" association for this purpose, and initiated the project "2020 – der weibliche blick auf die zukunft" (literally: 2020 –

63-742: Is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2006 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she was elected as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2010 and 2017. Leuthard headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs until 2010, when she became head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications . As of 19 December 2019 she

84-662: Is a member of the board of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Stadler Rail . Leuthard was a member of the Swiss National Council from 1999 to 2006 for the canton of Aargau . She presided over the Christian Democratic People's Party from 2004 to 2006. Following the resignation of Joseph Deiss from the Swiss Federal Council , Leuthard was elected as his successor on 14 June 2006. She received 133 out of 234 valid votes to become

105-517: Is under the patronage of the three Federal Councillors: Leuthard, Simonetta Sommaruga and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf , as well as by the former Federal Councillor Calmy-Rey. In July 2022, Swiss media reported that Doris Leuthard was the victim of aggression by her husband in their vacation home in Ticino with a knife. Her husband has been detained in a psychiatric prison by the Swiss police because of

126-570: The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications , succeeding Moritz Leuenberger . For the calendar year 2009, Leuthard was elected Vice President of the Swiss Confederation, virtually assuring her election as President of the Confederation for the calendar year 2010. Due to a large amount of turnover on the Federal Council in recent years, she was the longest-serving Federal Councillor not to have served as

147-440: The 109th Federal Councillor. She is the fifth woman elected to the Federal Council. Her election represented a departure from a long precedent of replacing a Member of the Federal Council with someone from the same language group. While Deiss was a French speaker, Leuthard is a German speaker. From 1 August 2006 until 31 October 2010, she was head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs . On 1 November 2010 she became head of

168-422: The Federal Council as a whole is regarded as the head of state). She was also the highest-ranking official in the Swiss order of precedence and had the power to act on behalf of the whole Federal Council in emergency situations. However, in most cases, Leuthard was merely primus inter pares , with no power above and beyond her six colleagues. She was succeeded by Calmy-Rey in 2011, the first time two women held

189-598: The Saffa Women's Orchestra at the opening concert, of course, exclusively from women musicians, and directed by the first women conductor who graduated in Switzerland, Hedi Salquin , who conducted the concerto for orchestra Intrada by Fernande Peyrot (1888–1978) in the Wasserkirche auditorium. The exhibition was a great success, with 1.9 million visitors, and generated a substantial financial surplus that

210-687: The Women's suffrage in Switzerland was realized in the last cantons in 1990. From 17 July until 15 September 1958, the BSF led the second Saffa in Zürich , with over a hundred national and cantonal women's organisations on the Landiwiese in Zürich- Wollishofen . The Saffa-Insel , an artificial island, was created before the event, being still today a popular meeting place also used as lido in

231-432: The body's president. She was elected President of the Confederation for 2010 and 2017. She became the third woman to hold the post, after Ruth Dreifuss (1999) and Micheline Calmy-Rey (2007). As President of the Confederation, Leuthard presided over meetings of the Federal Council and carried out representative functions that would normally be handled by a head of state in other democracies (though in Switzerland,

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252-490: The fair opened, her reputation was firmly established. Focus of the exhibition were the services of women in family, working life, science and art; the representation of women's work and their importance for the Swiss economy and society. Saffa also promoted the female self-confidence and campaigned –for the so far not related – political rights to the Swiss women and the right to a gainful employment, as well as for their recognition as Swiss citizens with all political rights, until

273-487: The female looks to the future). The project seeks to capture ideas and visions for the future of our society from the perspective of women and in an appropriate manner of the public present. A first web presentation was 2013 and started the realization phase to SAFFA 2020. The project 2020 – der weibliche blick auf die zukunft is under the patronage of the three federal councillors ( Bundesrat ) Doris Leuthard , Simonetta Sommaruga and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf as well as by

294-697: The first exhibition on women's work in Bern in 1923, which she expanded into the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work (SAFFA), in 1928. The most important organizations she founded were the Schweizerische Frauengewerbeverband and the Schweizerische Landfrauenverband or SLFV (Swiss Country Association for Women Suffrage). She died on 20 December 1962 in Bern, Switzerland. Doris Leuthard Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963)

315-492: The former councillor ( aBR ) Micheline Calmy-Rey . Rosa Neuenschwander Rosa Neuenschwander (1883-1962) was a Swiss feminist who was a pioneer in vocational education and counseling. Neuenschwander was born in Brienz , Switzerland , on 3 April 1883. She became the first vocational counselor in Bern . She was instrumental in founding several social projects to benefit women and youths. Neuenschwander organized

336-568: The office in succession. Following a reshuffle of portfolios after the by-election of two new Federal Councillors in 2010 , Leuthard replaced outgoing Moritz Leuenberger at the head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications . In her capacity as minister, she was appointed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres in 2018 to the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, co-chaired by Melinda Gates and Jack Ma . The project SAFFA 2020

357-495: The realm of the kitchen" attracted the then housewives. The Saffa 1958 was marked by the upcoming vote to women's suffrage, thus the promoters did not practice an overly combative appearance and even created a "men paradise" ( Männerparadies ) department. On occasion of the Saffatheater Jörg Schneider played in the cabaret comedy Lysistrata . For that time, the women excelled with innovative ideas, among

378-456: The social discrimination against women. With the profits from the two exhibitions, solidarity works were established for women. The exhibition was organized and designed exclusively by women, including ETH Zurich alumnae Berta Rahm and Claire Rufer-Eckmann. An innovation and particularly startling were the rotundas , which were planned as manifestation of the solidarity of women. Topics such as "my home – my world", "needle and thread" and "in

399-429: The summer and for events. Annemarie Hubacher-Constam was chief architect of the exhibition, which stood under the motto "Life circle of women in family, occupation, and country". SAFFA presented women, who were wanted in the booming economy merely as consumers and workers, with possibilities in the areas of education, employment, shopping and leisure. In accordance with the economic and sociopolitical needs, SAFFA promoted

420-438: The then radical three-phase model as an 'ideal female curriculum': employment prior to the marriage, motherhood, and return to the labour market. In addition, the women had to absorb negative impacts of the rapidly changing world, nevertheless, by spreading harmony inside and outside of their families. The men should be made aware of 'women services' in the service of the general public on the indispensability and so motivated to fix

441-542: Was used for solidarity associations for women. The Saffa island was dedicated to women, and is part of the water lot owned by the canton of Zürich. The Swiss Federal Council signed the optional protocol as an addition to the Women Convention for the legal and formal recognition of the full human rights of women in Switzerland in February 2007. The Internet platform frauennet.ch proposed the decision to organise

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