On the occasion of 1975 being designated as the International Women's Year, Austrian female artists were invited to create an exhibition in Vienna's Ethnological Museum. The jury consisted solely of male judges, which was protested by a group of prominent artists (including Birgit Jürgenssen, Doris Reitter, Meina Schellander and VALIE EXPORT). As no reaction followed, 46 women did not participate in the exhibition.
In 1977 the International Action Group of Female Visual Artists (IntAkt) was founded with the intent to "improve the social and artistic situation of female visual artists, promote participation in cultural and political events and active engagement in existentially significant problems."