Inge Bell

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Inge Bell at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation , Berlin 2019

Inge Bell (born August 28, 1967 in Kronstadt , Romania ) is a German human rights activist, entrepreneur and second chairwoman of the women's rights organization Terre des Femmes and the Bavarian representation of the aid organization Solwodi .

Career

Inge Bell spent her early childhood in Schäßburg ; after her family fled to Germany, she grew up in Munich from 1971 . She studied language and literature.

From 1997 to 2010 she worked for ARD . On behalf of the NDR she shot a multi-part report for Weltspiegel from 2000 to 2003 about a Bulgarian home for disabled girls and women. The first report from it was broadcast in April 2000 in the ARD Weltspiegel under the title Banished, Forgotten, Deported - The Girls by Malko Scharkovo .

This broadcast prompted the regional director of the Rhineland Regional Association (LVR) Ferdinand Esser to undertake the LVR's first international engagement in its history, which led to the establishment of the Association for the Promotion of Facilities for the Disabled Abroad. V. , who has supported the home with monetary and material donations ever since. The second part of Inge Bell's report, Bulgaria: The Home for the Disabled at the End of Europe, was broadcast in May 2005 in Weltspiegel.

From 2006 Inge Bell began to work as a freelance media and communication trainer. In 2012 she founded a company that produces videos for communication training.

In 2014, Bell joined the management team at Kubon & Sagner . In 2016 she founded Bell & Baumgarth GmbH as a holding company with her then business partner and today's husband, Stefan Baumgarth . In addition to Bell Media GmbH, Bridgehouse Bell GmbH and Biblion Media GmbH, Kubon & Sagner Media GmbH became a wholly owned subsidiary of the holding company. In 2017 Kubon & Sagner Media GmbH filed for bankruptcy . Inge Bell is active in various associations and organizations across Europe as a member and speaker on forced prostitution and human trafficking .

Awards

Positions and Criticism

Inge Bell describes her position herself as “I stand firmly and clearly for women's rights”. In public she repeatedly addresses human rights violations against girls and women and, as a critic, takes a stand against prostitution and human trafficking, sexism, sexualised violence and the Muslim “children's headscarf”. In January 2017, Inge Bell criticized an advertising photo of the Allianz general agency Kundler Berlin as sexist , which triggered extensive media coverage. In February 2017, the Allianz general agency in Kundler Berlin obtained an injunction against Inge Bell, but replaced the criticized image.

In May 2017, the general assembly of Terre des Femmes elected Inge Bell to the board and passed the demand for a ban on Muslim children's headscarves. This demand had already caused criticism and "attempts at infiltration" within the association in advance.

Publications (selection)

Publications in edited volumes

  • Inge Bell: Maria - actually she doesn't exist. In: Lea Ackermann, Reiner Engelmann (ed.): Solidarity with women in need. 20 years of SOLWODI. Horlemann, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89502-201-2 , pp. 82-89.
  • Inge Bell: Child prostitution in the Czech Republic. In: Reiner Engelmann / Urs M. (Ed.): Children without childhood. A reader for children's rights. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-7941-8045-3 , pp. 134-141.
  • Inge Bell, Maria von Welser , Fritz Köster: Three voices on Solwodi. In: Lea Ackermann, Mary Kreutzer, Alicia Allgäuer (eds.): Living in freedom was just a dream for a long time. Courageous women tell of their escape from violence and modern slavery. Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-466-30878-1 , pp. 23-30, urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201111044946 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Board of Directors Terre des Femmes , accessed on March 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ Solwodi Bayern e. V., organizational structure , accessed on March 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ Homepage of the home , accessed on March 7, 2019, also in the NDR archive, archive no. 1082210.
  4. ^ Association Bulgaria Aid, History ( Memento from November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Verein-behindertenhilfe-bulgarien.de, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ NDR archive, archive no. 1100684.
  6. ↑ Bell Media website - Institute for vivid learning. In: bellmedia.info, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ Inge Bell further managing director. Eastern Europe specialist new at Kubon & Sagner. In: Börsenblatt , October 2, 2014, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ Peter Lang takes over the Slavic Studies program. In: Börsenblatt, August 15, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  9. ↑ Kubon & Sagner Media files for bankruptcy. In: Börsenblatt, July 28, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  10. ^ Administrator Ines Holthaus: Terre des Femmes - Human Rights for Women e. V. - October 24, 2007: Terre des Femmes member Inge Bell is “Woman of Europe 2007” . In: Frauenrechte.de .
  11. ^ Prize winner 2007 - Inge Bell ( Memento from November 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ As a person, I cannot look away ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Frauenrat.de .
  13. ↑ Federal Cross of Merit for "Woman of Europe" Inge Bell. In: netzwerk-ebd.de, European Movement Germany, March 13, 2013, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  14. ↑ #indivisible - a wolf in sheep's clothing? In: wize.life . October 13, 2018, accessed March 7, 2019.
  15. ↑ Inge Bell: Prostitution is violence. Terre des Femmes calls for a ban on buying sex. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . July 17, 2018, accessed March 7, 2019.
  16. ↑ Caroline Strang: Advertising. Are these ads sexy or sexist? In: swp.de, September 12, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  17. ↑ Olga Scheer: Equal Rights. Sexism dispute at Allianz agency. In: Spiegel Online . March 4, 2017, Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  18. ↑ Alliance agent in the sexism vortex. In: finews.ch . March 7, 2017, accessed March 7, 2019.
  19. ↑ Tamara Wernli: Absurd women's fight. In: Basler Zeitung . March 9, 2017, accessed March 7, 2019.
  20. ↑ Alice Schwarzer: Insurance or Escort Agency? In: EMMA . March 6, 2017, accessed December 9, 2019 .
  21. ↑ The right to childhood must be preserved: TERRE DES FEMMES calls for a legal ban on headscarves for girls. In: Frauenrechte.de, May 22, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  22. ↑ Alexandra Eul: Attempt to infiltrate TdF. In: EMMA, June 26, 2017, accessed March 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bell, Inge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Brașov , Romania