Article by Charlotte Berthin Le viol, comme infraction pénale, a évolué parallèlement aux changements sociétaux, ces derniers ayant joué un rôle déterminant dans la modification…
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Article by Pascale Giezendanner Die rechtliche Gleichstellung der Geschlechter war im Zivilrecht lange Zeit nicht gegeben. Verheiratete Frauen standen unter der Vormundschaft ihres Ehemannes, waren…
Article by Manuel von Rotz Die Masterarbeit «Gleichstellung durch Gesetz: Der Weg zum Bundesgesetz über die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann von 1995 im Kontext…
Claudia Kaufmann was born in 1956 in Basel and experienced her youth during a time of social upheaval. In her family, it was taken for…
Erica Kuster was born in Basel in 1941 and grew up in a bourgeois, patriarchal family in St. Gallen. Her father was a politically active…
‘The crux of equality lies in the family. If differences are made there, they are almost impossible to undo.’ Born in Bern, Ruth Reusser was…
A conversation with former Federal Councillor Ruth Dreifuss reveals how closely social and political change are linked. She was a member of the Swiss government…
Gabrielle Nanchen was one of the first ten women elected to the Swiss National Council in 1971. Her biography is a testament to the long…
Rosemarie Weibel was born in 1962 in the Canton of Bern. Her father, a trained shoemaker, worked as a warehouseman, and her mother, a trained…
“Emilie Kempin-Spyri was the first private lecturer in law. And I was the second”, said Professor Beatrice Weber-Dürler in her speech at the inauguration of…