Alexandra Goy

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Alexandra Goy (* 1944 ) is one of the first feminist lawyers in the Federal Republic of Germany to campaign for women's rights since the 1970s. She was a co-founder of the first women's shelter in West Berlin and the women's emergency number . She helped shape the laws against rape in marriage , sexual harassment in the workplace and the Violence Protection Act . She was also one of the founders of the feminist legal magazine Streit . At the end of 2014, Alexandra Goy was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Professional career

Alexandra Goy studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau in the mid-1960s . Here she joined the student movement . In the academic year 1967/68 she moved to Frankfurt am Main , where she took part in the demonstrations against the Vietnam War and the emergency laws. This was followed by a legal traineeship in Berlin and a legal post in Paris . In the 1970s, Alexandra Goy became part of the autonomous women's movement . In 1974 she and two colleagues opened a district office in Berlin-Kreuzberg . Here she defended protesters, squatters and supporters of the June 2 movement . In 1976 she founded the first women's shelter in what was then West Berlin , based on the model of the London refuge " Erin Pizzey ". In 1977, Alexandra Goy, together with her colleagues, initiated the meeting of women in law, from which in 1985 the “Feminist Lawyers' Day” emerged.

Goy founded a feminist collective of lawyers specializing in the representation of women, victims of physical, psychological and sexual violence. At the same time, she encouraged the publication of the various forms of violence against women. She discovered the accessory prosecution as a useful legal tool for abused women. One woman who was a joint plaintiff was able to attend the entire trial and ask questions through her lawyer, instead of being sent back from the courtroom after giving evidence .

One of their most important projects was the reform of rape - section 177 of the Criminal Code , the criminalization of marital rape and the change in the concept of violence. In the "gynecologist trial" of 1984, Goy exposed the defenders' misogynistic trial strategies. Two doctors raped an anesthetist in a hospital. The defense tried to make the victim implausible by making the woman's "sexual past life" the central theme of the trial. In this context, she introduced the topic of sexual harassment at work and the Employment Protection Act into German case law.

Alexandra Goy is co-founder of the Hidden Museum , which has exhibited works by artists from the fields of painting, photography, sculpture and architecture since 1986. On October 28, 2014, Senator Dilek Kolat presented the Federal Cross of Merit to attorney Alexandra Goy in the Hidden Museum .

literature

  • Honor for Alexandra Goy. In: Streit - Feminist Legal Journal , Issue 3/14.
  • Heinrich Boell Foundation and Feminist Institute: How far did the tomato fly? A gala of reflection for women in 1968.
  • Anne Wizorek : Because an outcry is not enough - for today's feminism. Fischer Tb, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-596-03066-8 ; also as a Fischer e-book, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-10-403049-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ siegessaeule.de , We have to continue to scandalize
  2. ↑ a b c d berlin-woman.de , Alexandra Goy
  3. ↑ emma.de , Federal Cross of Merit for Alexandra Goy
personal data
SURNAME Goy, Alexandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION feminist German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1944