WOW Festival Athens
Participation in WOW Festival forms part of a broader engagement with issues of gender, equality and social justice. Through discussions, workshops and public events, these activities contribute to creating spaces for dialogue around experiences that often remain invisible or overlooked.
WOW Festival 2025
Digital activism: creating alliances and movements on social media ↗
Digital activism on social media promotes the inclusion, visibility and empowerment of different identities. It is a form of resistance to stereotypes, promoting knowledge, action and open dialog. Online solidarity expands access, empowers communities, and strengthens the collective voice.
MODERATOR
Sofia Trypidaki, Social Worker | Psychotherapist – Family Therapist, Creator of SexismInGreece.com
SPEAKERS
Rosa Vassilatu, Co-Founder CLiTTERATEΣ, Communications Manager WHEN
Eva Kotta, Social Activist, Founder of The Abstract Girl
Eva Xevgeni, Editor-in-Chief of Womanlandia.com
Girlhood, today – Zenia Mamalaki, 15
VIA ΖΟΟΜ:
Anastasia Karagianni, Doctoral Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Founder of @femme_group_brusselsGR and Co-founder of DATAWO.
The elephant on the couch↗
If mental difficulties, existential dilemmas and social pressure are symptoms, can it be that the diagnosis is patriarchy? And can it be that psychotherapy, theoretically a strong response to all the aforementioned challenges, “suffers” from the same “disease”? How are psychotherapeutic models constructed? How trained are mental health specialists in the gender dimension of their patients’ journeys? Do mental health specialists recognize sexism, homophobia, and transphobia? And how critically do they examine their own viewpoint and the cultural context in which they work?
MODERATOR
Dina Daskalopoulou, journalist specializing in social issues
SPEAKERS
Marieke Bigg, PhD, Author, Sociologist
Irini Georgi, Author, Speaker, Dating & Communication Consultant
Leo Kalovyrnas, Psychotherapist, writer, translator
Sofia Trypidaki, Social Worker, Psychotherapist/Family Therapist, Creator of SexismInGreece.com
Κορίτσι, σήμερα-Αλεξάνδρα Νικολοπούλου, 15
Woman and Non-Motherhood: How do I exist without the role of mother? ↗
How does society view a woman who is not a mother? How is her identity affected? How does she stand and exist in the narrower and wider context, and how does she deal with the pressure?
Design-Implementation: Sofia Trypidaki, Social Worker, Psychotherapist/Family Therapist, creator of sexismingreece.com
WOW Festival 2024
Sexist language & internalized misogyny ↗
“She’s someone’s daughter or partner, that’s why she’s advancing in her career,” they used to say. “Her hiring is the result of quotas,” they say now. Sexism never dies. It corrodes and challenges every effort towards inclusion. Sometimes, it emanates from women themselves, who internalize and reproduce it, without realizing it.
Panel Moderator:
Xenia Kounalaki – Journalist
Speakers:
Angeliki Alvanoudi – Professor of Linguistics and Teacher at the Department of English Language and Literature of AUTH
Katerina Vrana – Stand up comedian
Mary Synatsaki – Presenter, Youtuber, Entrepreneur
Sofia Trypidaki – Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Womanhood Beyond Motherhood ↗
How does society view women who are not mothers? How is their identity affected, how do they stand and exist within both narrow and broader contexts, and how do they manage the pressure?
Design-Implementation: Sofia Trypidaki, Social Worker, Psychotherapist/Family Therapist, creator of sexismingreece.com
Participation in WOW Festival is part of an ongoing effort to bring conversations about sexism, gender equality and social inequalities into public dialogue, encouraging reflection, exchange and collective learning.