Dr. Natascha Nicklaus is receiving the 2019 Anne Klein Women's Award for her dedication.
Original language: German
Natascha Nicklaus, born in 1970.
Studied medicine in Marburg/Lahn.
At the same time, she came out and engaged with a wide range of feminist, women’s, and lesbian political issues. Long-time volunteer with the Emergency Hotline for Raped Women, Lesbians, and Girls, e.V., and instructor of self-defense courses for disabled women and lesbians. Co-founder of the group “Lesbians in Healthcare,” co-organizer of the 3rd Women’s Congress on Health Policy in 1997 in Marburg. Active member of Charlotte e.V. (Association of Lesbian Doctors), Lesbenfrühling e.V., and Lesbenring e.V.
I was very relieved when the AKF—Arbeitskreis Frauengesundheit in Medizin, Psychotherapie und Gesellschaft e.V. (Working Group on Women’s Health in Medicine, Psychotherapy, and Society)—was founded in 1993. I have regularly attended the annual conferences from the very beginning and have also been a member of the AKF’s Gynecology Section since 2012.
Her first position as a doctor (at that time still “in residency”) was at the Gynecological Rehabilitation Clinic in Bad Salzuflen under the direction of Dr. Barbara Ehret, Ehret is a founding board member of the AKF e.V. and author of the book *The Uterus: The Superfluous Organ*, and she had a profound influence on Natascha Nicklaus.
Further training as a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics at the Bielefeld-Rosenhöhe Municipal Clinics under Prof. Tinneberg. There, abortions were part of her daily work routine.
Regular continuing education in the field of psychosomatic gynecology and member of the DGPFG (German Society for Psychosomatic Gynecology and Obstetrics).
As a specialist and senior physician at Kassel University Hospital, she was committed to providing adequate and respectful care for women who had experienced rape or violence, women who had suffered a stillbirth, and women who had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). Also involved in the S.I.G.N.A.L. project at Kassel University Hospital (healthcare interventions against domestic and sexual violence).
Since 2012, she has been in a group practice with her AKF colleague Nora Szász in Kassel. Outpatient surgeries, including abortions. Additional areas of focus (in addition to all basic services): women who have undergone FGM, hormone-free contraception, and lesbians wishing to have children.
