Astrid Springer

Astrid Springer (born July 4, 1950 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) is a German lawyer and journalist. Since 1985 she has been working as a radio journalist for ARD with a focus on legal and social policy.

Life

Astrid Springer studied law at the University of Hamburg and passed both state exams. As part of her legal clerkship, she completed a six-month stay abroad at the German-Canadian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Toronto, Canada. From 1979 to 1980 Astrid Springer worked as an assessor, most recently at the Federal Ministry of Food in Bonn. Her area of ​​expertise was the " Washington Convention on the Protection of Species ". This includes the protection of animal and plant species that are endangered by international trade. From 1981 to 1983 she completed a "postgraduate course in journalism" with a minor in German at the University of Mainz , where she received a scholarship from Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann .

Astrid Springer reported as a radio journalist from 1985 to 1986 at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe and the Federal Constitutional Court . In the course of her professional life, the "structural discrimination" of mothers became the focus of her work. Today Astrid Springer works as a fully qualified lawyer for women's rights and as a freelance journalist, especially for the ARD radio. Her focus is on legal and social policy, in particular on the role of women in law and society. She publishes articles in daily newspapers and specialist journals and gives lectures. She lives and works in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg .

engagement

Astrid Springer has been campaigning for women's rights and anti-discrimination since the 1980s. In her reporting, she accompanies socio-political developments, often with reference to the Basic Law, and deals with them critically.

To educate and obtain information, it operates a free online radio archive on its homepage on the topics of equality and anti-discrimination, childcare law, family law (especially marriage, divorce and maintenance), parental custody and child protection, European law, family and gainful employment, social policy, role of women in society, health policy, Hartz IV laws, migration, animal protection and security policy.

Awards and nominations

She received these awards for her work:

• 1991: Caritas journalist award from the state of Baden-Württemberg for her broadcast on Süddeutscher Rundfunk about "Violence against old people in homes and families".
• 1993: Elisabeth Selbert Prize of the State of Hesse for her broadcast on Hessischer Rundfunk about "homeless women".
• 1997: Press award from the German Lawyers' Association for their broadcast on Hessischer Rundfunk "The Family - A Report on the Contrast between Law and Reality".
• 2014: Juliane Bartel Media Prize of the State of Lower Saxony for her broadcast on Radio Berlin Brandenburg "Despite working poor in old age."
• 2017: 2nd prize of the Aeternitas journalist competition "Friedhof heute" with the entry: "' His life was music. Your life was work' - The small difference between men and women in funeral culture ".

Astrid Springer was also nominated for the following prizes:

• 1995: Press award of the German Lawyers' Association for the program "The structure of the judiciary in the new federal states using the example of the Long Court in Neubrandenburg"
• 2006: Juliane Bartel Media Prize for the program "Why women in Germany hardly have children."
• 2007: Juliane Bartel Media Prize for the program “Just a storm in a water glass? Elisabeth Selbert's fight for equality. "

Radio contributions (selection)

• 2017: Migration and family law - new challenges for German law? [1]
• 2016: The law and women. Sexism in front of and behind the bar of the court.
• 2016: Much achieved and still a lot to do - ten years of the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
• 2015: The interchangeable model. Are the fathers disadvantaged when it comes to maintenance?
• 2014: Failure guarantee youth welfare office? Child neglect in Germany.
• 2014: Despite employment, poor in old age. Background and experiences.
• 2013: Results with mixed feelings - the care law 20 years after it came into force.
• 2011: Animals without protection. Factory farming in Germany .

Web links

• Radio archive on u. a. Women's rights, anti-discrimination, family law and social policy: http://www.astrid-springer.com/ 
• Archive on topics such as family law and integration: http://www.rechtamring.net/tag/astrid-springer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ women | hamburg women * library. Retrieved September 27, 2017 (German). 
2. ↑ Press award. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on September 27, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Juliane Bartel Media Prize 2014 | Nds. Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality. Retrieved September 27, 2017 (German). 
4. ↑ Aeternitas Prize. Retrieved March 5, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Migration and Family Law - New Challenges for German Law? - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . April 19, 2017 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).
6. ↑ Law and Women. Sexism in front of and behind the bar of the court. - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . November 17, 2016 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).
7. ↑ Much achieved and still much to do - ten years of the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG). - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . October 26, 2016 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).
8. ↑ Balance sheet with mixed feelings - the care law 20 years after it came into force. - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . March 7, 2013 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).
9. ↑ Failure guarantee youth welfare office? Child neglect in Germany. - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . November 20, 2014 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).
10. ↑ Despite employment, poor in old age. Background and experiences. - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . February 25, 2014 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).
11. ↑ Balance sheet with mixed feelings - the care law 20 years after it came into force. - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . March 7, 2013 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).
12. ↑ Animals without protection. Factory farming in Germany. - Astrid Springer - journalist . In: Astrid Springer - journalist . June 28, 2011 ( astrid-springer.com [accessed September 27, 2017]).