On International Women's Day 2025, we handed out bags with a quote from Zaha Hadid—as a sign of appreciation and at the same time as an invitation to reflect on gender stereotypes in the workplace.

“Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?”

Zaha Hadid (1950–2016) was a renowned architect who designed, among other things, the Library & Learning Center at WU. In 2004, she became the first woman worldwide to receive the most prestigious award in architecture, the Pritzker Prize.

To mark International Women's Day 2024, WU hosted an event on March 20 addressing the gender gap in financial literacy. The discussion explored what drives this gap, how it arises, and where it is particularly evident. . 

The first female graduate of the Imperial Export Academy, a Polish resistance fighter, and a successful fashion designer—these and other exceptional female graduates of WU were profiled on International Women's Day 2023. 

This play starring Anita Zieher focuses on the life and career of a pioneer in Austrian economic history. The play was commissioned by WU and premiered at WU on International Women's Day 2022 (link to trailer). 

In March 2021, WU hosted its first online edit-a-thon (digital writing workshop), in cooperation with Wikimedia Austria. The goal was to increase the presence of women, especially those from the business world, on the German-language Wikipedia.

With this play, we brought to life two women who did pioneering work in social and economic research on the occasion of International Women's Day 2020 at WU. (Link to video)

On International Women's Day 2019, we asked successful female founders with ties to WU to share a short video clip in which they talk about their experiences and serve as role models. (Link to blog post)

Here you will find the biographies of the pioneering women who, around 100 years ago, were the first women to study at WU's predecessor institutions and whose achievements went unnoticed for a long time. 

In 1932, Hermine Goll was the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of World Trade. Her subsequent career remained unknown for a long time.

To mark International Women's Day, we looked back at the history of women in business studies. A blog post highlighted selected milestones in gender equality at WU and in the (inter)national context: Link to blog post 

We have added additional elements to some toilet pictograms for a short period of time. Our aim is to encourage discussion about stereotypes and attributions on International Women's Day. Link to blog post

On International Women's Day 2015, short profiles were published introducing women at WU and with ties to WU, their career paths, their motivational and success factors, and their personal career recommendations. The aim of this project was to increase the visibility of women at WU and empower other women by creating role models.