Monika Barz
Monika Barz (born 5 April 1953) was Professor for Women and Gender Studies at the
Life
Monika Barz was born in Castrop-Rauxel, near Dortmund. Her early training was in Mathematics and in Sports Education, after which she became a lower and middle school teacher. She studied for her degree level teaching qualification at the University of Tübingen.[1] She then received her doctorate[2] from Leibniz University Hannover with a dissertation concerned with the situations of lesbian women in the churches.
After this, based in
In 1987 Barz, Leistner and Wild published the book "„Hättest Du gedacht, dass wir so viele sind? Lesbische Frauen in der Kirche." ("Would you have thought that there are so many of us lesbian women in the church?").[6] Taken together, the book and the annual Bad Boll lesbian meetings triggered a response across the German speaking world: the annual meetings became a protected space in which lesbian churchwomen were able, for the first time, to create networks and collaborative quasi-political structures. New groupings emerged such as LUK ("Lesbians and the church"), the MuM ("Mary and Martha network") in Bad Boll, and later the "Labrystheia" and NKL ("Network of Catholic Lesbians") networks. In 2012 Monika Barz was herself a co-founder of the LSBTTIQ Baden-Württemberg network which drew together around 100 organisations and initiatives from the LGBT sector in the region.[3]
Between 1993 and 2016 Monika Barz was employed as a professor at the Protestant University of applied sciences ("Evangelische Hochschule") in Ludwigsburg where she taught "Theory and Practice of Social Work with Girls and Women". The focus of her research work was on Women's and Gender studies.[1]
Between 1995 and 2013 she served on the executive of the Equality Welfare Association ("Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband") for Baden-Württemberg: during 2014 and 2015 she served on its supervisory council.[7] For her years of commitment and dedication she was honoured in 2016 with the "Golden pin-badge" ("Goldene Ehrennadel").[3]
Politics
From 1985 till 1993 Monika Barz was a local councillor in
References
- ^ a b c d "Prof'in Dr'in Monika Barz ... Theorie und Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit mit Mädchen und Frauen, Geschlechterforschung". Evangelische Hochschule Ludwigsburg. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Rafael Binkowski (25 April 2016). "Evangelische Hochschule Ludwigsburg: Eine Frau, die polarisiert und mobilisiert". Stuttgarter Zeitung Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d Kerstin Söderblom (as interviewer); Monika Barz (as interviewee). "Monika Barz: Eine Pionierin lesbisch-feministischer Bildungs- und Sozialarbeit". Gemeinschaftswerks der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) gGmbH, Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b Monika Barz (14 November 2016). "BTW-36 Monika Prof. Dr. Barz". Bündnis 90 Die Grünen. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ Dr. Herta Leistner, Uetteroda (2006). "20 Jahre Lesbentagungen Bad Boll - International" (PDF). Nationaler und internationaler Kontext. Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ISBN 978-3-783-10849-1, Stuttgart 1987
- ^ "Monika Barz im Landesvorstand bestätigt". SÜDWEST PRESSE, Reutlingen. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2017.