LFR AWARDS PROFESSOR DANA-SOPHIA VALENTINER THE “ HAMMONIA 2022 ”
by Carol Harbers
On January 9 , 2023 , the LFR presented the 2022 Hammonia award to Professor Dana-Sophia Valentiner , vice president and regional chair of the German Women Lawyers Association ( DJB ), for her unwavering efforts “ to keep gender equality on the agenda during the study and practice of law .”
Dr . Valentiner studied law and gender studies at the University of Hamburg and received her doctorate with a thesis on the fundamental right to sexual selfdetermination . After legal clerkships at regional and federal courts , she served as a research assistant and post-doctoral fellow at Helmut Schmidt University . Since September 2022 , she is a junior professor at the University of Rostock .
During the award ceremony , LFR Chairwoman Annika Husianga highlighted the impact of the podcast “ Justitias Töchter “ that addresses feminist judicial policies . Created by Dana-Sophia and her DJB colleague Selma Gather , the podcast “ classifies , explains , and analyzes legal policies and legislation addressing gender equality … and is directed to all those interested in feminism and legal policy — explicitly also for non-lawyers !”
Every year since 2008 , the LFR awards the “ Hammonia ” to a woman in Hamburg to recognize her commitment and contribution to gender equality . The Hammonia is named after Hamburg ’ s allegorical goddess , who slowly replaced the Virgin Mary as the city ’ s patroness after the Protestant Reformation . She can be found in many places in Hamburg , depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown in the form of a city wall and often holding a ship anchor or wheel . She represents the hanseatic values of freedom , peace , prosperity , welfare , and trade .
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