Regula Renschler

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Regula Renschler (* 1935 ) is a Swiss journalist and translator. She was the first woman in the editorial office of the Tages-Anzeiger and later a foreign editor for various Swiss media. From 1974 to 1985 she was head of department at the Bern Declaration (now Public Eye ). She is the founder of the women's information center FIZ (today: specialist office for trafficking in women and women's migration), co-founder of the “ working group tourism & development ” (akte) and the translator house Looren.

life and career

Regula Renschler grew up in Zurich , studied Romance languages and history and worked as a teacher during her studies.

She found her first journalistic job with the United Press International (UPI) news agency . In 1962 she was the first woman to join the editorial team of the Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger. First she worked in the night shift, then in the foreign editorial department. Renschler later worked for the Rundschau (SRF), among others . From 1966 to 1967 she worked in Africa, where she conducted journalistic seminars in several countries on behalf of the International Federation of Journalists.

In 1967 Renschler published her dissertation on the left-wing press in Zurich in the 19th century. From 1974 to 1985 she was secretary of the development-policy non-governmental organization Declaration of Bern (Public Eye) and headed the department “Racism - Ethnocentrism - Cultural Encounters”. In 1985 Renschler founded the women's information center FIZ (today: specialist office for trafficking in women and women's migration) for the protection and rights of migrant women who are affected by violence and exploitation.

From 1985 Renschler worked as an editor at Radio DRS as a «specialist for other cultures and minorities». Renschler is the author of several books. After her retirement she worked as a literary translator. The "Association of Translators' House Looren" in Wernetshausen awards a Regula Renschler grant every year .

Publications (selection)

As an author

  • The left-wing press in Zurich in the 19th century. Europa-Verlag, Zurich 1967.
  • Traveling in Africa, diary sheets of a journalist. Europa-Verlag, Zurich 1969.
  • Education in solidarity. School and Third World in German-speaking Switzerland. Paris 1973.
  • Who says I'm crying? Stories about children in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the USA and Switzerland. Lenos Publishing House. Basel 1977.
  • Wild, uncivilized or not-yet-white. Third world in children's books. Zurich 1983.
  • On site. Reports and reports from five decades. Lenos, Basel 2015.

As editor

  • With Roy Preiswerk: The Poison of the Early Years. Racism in Youth Literature . Basel 1981.
  • With Ruth-Gaby Vermot : Our daily racism. Bern 1981 .
  • Commodity love. Sex tourism, prostitution, trafficking in women. Wuppertal 1987.
  • With Anne-Marie Holenstein and Rudolf Strahm : Development means liberation. Memories of the pioneering days of the Bern Declaration. Chronos Publishing House. Zurich 2008.

As a translator

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Anne-Marie Holenstein, Regula Renschler, Rudolf Strahm: Development means liberation - memories of the pioneering days of the Berne Declaration . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-0340-0917-1 .
  2. ↑ a b Chronos Publisher: Regula Renschler. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Brigitte Hürlimann: It all started with the go-go girl. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. April 23, 2015, accessed February 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Nina Sahdeva: Fair on the road with Regula Renschler, co-founder of the tourism & development working group. In: fairunterwegs.org. May 17, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
  5. ^ Stephan Bader: Bridge building and vanishing points. In: Literary Month. SMH Verlag, January 2019, accessed on February 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Ueli Mäder: 68 - what remains? Rotpunktverlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-85869-774-5 .
  7. ↑ Zurich Central Library: Zurich University publications. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Doro Winkler: From Variété artist to go-go girl. In: FIZ Rundbrief May 30 , 2002, accessed on February 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Michael Luisier: Regula Renschler, journalist and translator. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  10. ↑ AdS : Announcements (accessed on February 7, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Renschler, Regula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renschler-Steiner, Regula (later name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author, journalist and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1935