The film Going Beyond Gender’ reveals how diverse women’s experiences and backgrounds can be and how this diversity can affect their opportunities and career in academia. The entire film was recorded in and around the Kamerlingh Onnes Building as well as the Academy Building at Leiden University. The five women featured in the film are all staff, or former staff, of the Law faculty.
The film shows that multiple factors, besides gender, affect the extent to which these women feel welcome and secure in the academic world. Their accounts will perhaps resonate with many people, regardless of gender.
The film can serve as a starting point for more awareness and conversations: awareness of the ingrained systemic structures that can halt the progress of those who do not fit the (often unspoken) ‘norm’; and conversations about how to make academia a safe place for ALL talent.
Source: Film Going Beyond Gender – Leiden University
