• FGMC Round Table – Between taboo, racism and culturalisation: discrimination in the context of FGM_C in healthcare practice (Berlin Co-ordination Centre against FGM_C, speaker: Khulud Sharif-Ali)

• FGMC and childbirth – implications for sexuality and pregnancy (Pro familia)

• Symposium on Child Sexuality (Strohhalme e.V.)

• Residence in Germany at Risk – An Overview of Common Legal Situations (TransVer)

• Sensitive Subjects: Sex Education, Racialisation, and Paternalism in Postcolonial Germany (Armanc Yildiz, Institute Colloquium of the Berlin Institute for European Ethnology)

• Purity Culture: On Concepts of Chastity and Myths of Virginity  (AKD)

• Queer Refugees – Safer Spaces and Empowerment in Counselling Practice and Referral to the Mainstream System (Schwulenberatung Berlin)

• Understanding, Protecting and Supporting Young LGBTIQA* Refugees (LSVD Berlin)

• Symposium on the Menopausal Transition (FPZ Balance, speakers: Dr Kerstin Augener, Miriam Stein, Dr Jennifer Chan de Avila)

• Culture, Religion, and Sexuality (Magdalena Zidi, Sexologisch)

• First Aid for Children (German Red Cross)

• Pelvic Floor (spt Institute, DHV)

• Pregnancy and Childbirth with Trans* People (Marek Sancho Höhne)

• Intersexuality in HIV & STI Prevention Work and Sex Education (Waldschlösschen Academie)

• Conference "All Menopause or WHAT?!" (AKF)

• Sex education made understandable for everyone - A workshop on sex education in simple language (Eva Hys)

• Pregnant and no right of residence (Imeke de Weldige, Welcome Center – Counseling Center of the Berlin Senate's Commissioner for Participation, Integration and Migration)

• Islamist narratives online – Addressing young people and prevention approaches (AJS NRW)

• Structural discrimination and work critical of paternalism with refugees (TransVer)

• Sexually boundary-violating behavior - Peer violence among boys*, masculinities & sexualized violence against boys*, pedagogical methods for the prevention of sexualized violence (Berliner Jungs)

• Basic training for the care of victims of domestic and sexualized violence (S.I.G.N.A.L.)

• Sexuality and mental illness in the tension between care, therapy and institutions (FPZ Balance)

• Midwives and pregnancy counseling as a key function for intersex newborns (VIVA Foundation)

• Racism & birth justice (Pro (Family)

• Accompanying and supporting LGBTQ* youth in the school setting (FPZ Balance)

• Addressing shame in the context of sexuality with competence (FPZ Balance)

• Kinks, fetishes, and BDSM as topics in sex education (FPZ Balance)

• Training for professionals on female genital mutilation/circumcision (FGM/C) (Berlin Coordination Office against FGM/C)

• Language, images, materials – which media do I (not) use? (FPZ Balance)

• Psychosocial support for refugee children and families (Save the Children)

• Easy language in sex education (Büro für gute Leichte Sprache, Ingeborg Naundorf)

• Sex education with people with learning difficulties (FPZ Balance)

• Sex education – The basics. Introduction to sex education with children and young people (FPZ Balance)

• Tutoring, design principles (Fulda University of Applied Sciences)

Olejniczak, L., Hahn, D., Knittel, T., Schneider, M., & Torenz, R. (2025): Where do women with unplanned pregnancies seek and find advice? FORUM Sexual Education and Family Planning: Information Service of the Federal Institute for Public Health (BIÖG), 2, 22–27. https://doi.org/10.17623/BIOEG_SRH:forum_2025-2_ratschwangere

Hahn, D.; Torenz, R.; Thonke, I.; Eckardt, S.; Schneider, M.; Wyrobisch-Krüger, A.; Busch, U.; Helfferich, C.; Knittel, T.; Böhm, M.; Brzank, P.; Knaevelsrud, C.; Krumm, S.; Schumacher, S. (2024): Barriers to Accessing Abortion Services: An Analysis from the Perspective of People with Unintended Pregnancies – Insights from the Study “Experiences and Life Situations of People with Unintended Pregnancies. Counseling and Care Services (ELSA).” Bundesgesundheitsblatt 68, 28–37 · Dec. 4, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-024-03987-2

Schneider, M.; Eckardt, S.; Torenz, R.; Thonke, I.; Vollmer, H.; Wyrobisch-Krüger, A.; Hahn, D. (2023): Knowledge Levels of Women with Unintended Pregnancies Undergoing Abortions in Germany. Journal of Sexual Research 2023; 36(04): 213–222; · Dec. 7, 2023. DOI: 10.1055/a-2194-5972

Schneider, M. (2025): “Violence in Obstetric Care” as a Curricular Component of Midwifery Training. Journal of Midwifery Science, 08(02): 85–87 · Dec. 7, 2020 fuldok.hs-fulda.de

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I speak fluent German, English, and Italian. I’ve provided counseling in German and English, and in exceptional cases, depending on the topic, also in French. If you're interested in counseling in a language other than German or English, please contact me first. We’ll figure out together—depending on the topic and medium—how we can best communicate.