Lawyers Switzerland

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Lawyers Switzerland
legal form society
founding 2001 in Freiburg im Üechtland
Seat Freiburg im Üechtland , Switzerland
main emphasis Further development of the law in all areas, realization of equality and equality for women in all areas of society
Chair Regula Kägi-Diener (President)
Website www.lawandwomen.ch

Women Lawyers Switzerland is a politically independent, all- Swiss association of women lawyers .

history

The Association of Women Lawyers Switzerland (with full name: Women Lawyers Switzerland - Femmes Juristes Suisse - Giuriste Svizzera - Giuristas Svizra) was founded on June 30, 2001 in Friborg . The initiators were the four lawyers Zita Küng, Brigitte Pérez-Frei, Petra Hauser and Kitty von Streng. More than 100 women lawyers from all parts of the country were present at the inauguration ceremony, as was the then President of the European Women Lawyers Association EWLA, Elisabeth Müller. The first female federal judge in Switzerland, Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger , gave a speech and encouraged the lawyers to join forces . The conference president was the Lausanne lawyer Catherine Jaccottet Tissot. Regula Kägi-Diener was elected as the first president. Her speech "Olympe de Gouges - the beginning of modern law" was later published in the German feminist-legal journal "Streit". Since Alice Reichmuth was elected president, Regula Kägi-Diener has acted as honorary president of the association. In her honor, the Association of Women Lawyers in Switzerland had the ceremony "Women lawyers in Switzerland: Different! - Femmes Juristes Suisses: Différentes! - Giuriste Svizzere: Differenti!" published.

aims

In accordance with its statutes and its self-image, the organization wants to promote women-specific perspectives in research, teaching, training, in professional life, in law-making, comparative law, and the application of law, and it has an influence on what happens in society. It represents the interests of female lawyers in Switzerland and aims to network and collaborate on a national and international level with associations with similar objectives. The association can bring actions and complaints within the meaning of Art. 7 of the Federal Act on Equality between Women and Men of March 24, 1995 (GlG) .

Networking

The Swiss Lawyers Association became an associate member of EWLA in 2001, and has been a full member since 2005 and is a member of the Board of Directors. She works in the platform for NGO coordination Post Beijing.

activities

The lawyers in Switzerland advocated more women in Swiss courts on various occasions. It took and continues to influence political decisions, projects and legislation through submissions to political authorities, namely through consultation.

She was particularly involved in stalking, for which Switzerland does not yet have any criminal protection norms.

In November / December, the Swiss lawyers regularly take part in events organized by them in the national campaign 16 days against violence against women .

40 years after Swiss women had been granted political rights, and 10 years after their association was founded, in 2011 the Swiss lawyers published the volume "40 women who move - 40 years of women on the move". It contains 40 interviews and portraits of women from Switzerland who are or were committed to a just society in various areas.

In 2016, the Swiss lawyers, together with BPW Switzerland (Business & Professional Women), the BKV Bank Kader Verein and the Swiss Kader Organization SKO, launched the "Women on Board" series of events. In April 2016 the topic was "Working quotas". The guests of the discussion were the behavioral economist and Harvard professor Iris Bohnet and the German top manager Thomas Sattelberger. In May 2017, Professor Sita Mazum was the keynote speaker.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ European Women Lawyer's Association. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
  2. ^ Regula Kägi-Diener: Notes of a speech that was not given: Olympe de Gouges - beginning of modern jurisprudence. June 30, 2001. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
  3. ^ Controversy - Feminist legal journal. "Women argue for their rights eV", Frankfurt am Main, accessed on May 11, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Juristinnen Schweiz (Ed.): Juristinnen in der Schweiz: Anders! - Femmes Juristes Suisses: Différentes! - Giuriste Svizzere: Differenti !, Editions Weblaw , Bern 2014.
  5. ^ Statutes of the Swiss lawyers. June 30, 2001. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
  6. ^ European Women Lawyers' Association. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
  7. ^ NGO coordination Post Beijing. Retrieved on May 11, 2017 (German, French).
  8. ↑ http://www.16tage.ch/16tage/partnereinrichtungen/index.php  ( 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. .@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.16tage.ch  
  9. ↑ Juristinnen Schweiz (ed.): 40 women who move - 40 years of women in motion, Editions Weblaw , Bern 2011.
  10. ↑ Women on board! "We're not all that good". In: Handelszeitung. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .