Deutscher Frauenring e.V. (DFR) is a
non-partisan political advocacy organisation and the leading
women's organization in
Germany, founded in 1949 in
Bad Pyrmont
Bad Pyrmont (, also: ; West Low German: ) is a town in the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont, in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population close to 19,000. It is located on the river Emmer, about west of the Weser. Bad Pyrmont is a popular spa resort ...
to promote the interests of women in all areas of society. During the
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
, it only existed in
West Germany (including
West Berlin). The association is a member of the
International Alliance of Women, an NGO with
general consultative status with the
United Nations. It has state chapters in all 16 states, 40 local branches and around 50,000 members. It published the journal ''Grüne Reihe''.
Deutscher Frauenring traditionally belongs to the movement often referred to as the "bourgeois-liberal" women's rights movement and thus stands in a broad and inclusive
liberal feminist tradition. In modern times, Deutscher Frauenring takes an
intersectional perspective into account and thus understands the human rights of minority groups as an integral part of feminism, and the organization supports, for example, the rights of transgender people and other queer people.
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Deutscher Frauenring
Liberal feminist organizations
Feminist organisations in Germany
Organizations established in 1949
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