Dinah Radtke
Dinah Radtke | |
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Dinah Radtke in the Erlangen City Library on 12 January 2026 | |
| Born | 10 September 1947 |
Dinah Christine Radtke (born 10 September 1947) is a German activist in the disability rights movement. She is a co-founder of the Center for Independent Living for People with Disabilities (ZSL) in Erlangen.
Biography
Dinah Radtke is a state-certified translator for English and French. Due to spinal muscular atrophy, she uses a wheelchair. Since the 1970s, she has been advocating for the rights and needs of people with disabilities. As a champion of the independent living movement, she co-founded the Center for Independent Living (Zentrum für Selbstbestimmtes Leben e.V.) in Erlangen in 1987 and headed its counseling department from 1997 to 2014.
In 1990, she co-founded the nationwide umbrella organization Interessenvertretung Selbstbestimmt Leben eV (ISL).[1] In 1991, the association became a member of the international disability rights organization Disabled Peoples International (DPI), where Radtke served as vice president for several years. From 2003 to 2006, she actively participated in the negotiations on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, serving as the DPI's representative for human rights.[2]
In 1998 she co-founded the association Weibernetz, a nationwide umbrella organization for disabled women, and in 1999 she co-founded the network of and for women with disabilities in Bavaria.[3]
Honours
- 2000: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[4]
- 2009: Officer's cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[4]
- 2016: Honorary citizenship of the city of Erlangen[5][6]
- 2019: Bezirksmedaille des Bezirks Mittelfranken[7]
- 2019: Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Silber[8]
Literature
- Georg Pöhlein (2019), Stadt Erlangen, Sozialreferat (ed.), "Dinah Radtke", Menschen in Erlangen, Erlangen, pp. 38–49
References
- ^ "30 Jahre ISL: Überzeugt, die Welt verändern zu können" (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Platz für WegbereiterInnen" (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Gründungsfrau Dinah Christine Radtke". Netzwerkfrauen Bayern (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ a b Redaktion kobinet-nachrichten (2 November 2017). "Dinah Radtke erhielt MAIK-Award 2017". kobinet-nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Platz für WegbereiterInnen". Die Europäische Metropolregion Nürnberg (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Ehrenbürgerwürde für Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana". Stadt Erlangen (in German). 20 January 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Werner Falk (19 November 2019). "Bezirksmedaille für vier". Falk Report (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Terminhinweis: Bayerischer Landtag ehrt 43 Persönlichkeiten mit der Verfassungsmedaille 2019 | Bayerischer Landtag". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
External links
- Literature by and about Dinah Radtke in the German National Library catalogue
- Dinah Radtke – Wegbereiterin für Inklusion und Selbstbestimmung (Filmporträt, 28:39 Minuten)