- Tanja Kreil
Tanja Kreil is a German electrician notable for filing a lawsuit against the
Bundeswehr (Germany 'sarmed forces ) withEuropean Court of Justice that forced the German military to allow women to join the armed forces. Following the 2000 ruling, the German government changed a law that banned women from serving, and by 2001 the first female volunteers joined. An interesting, but not altogether surprising, fact is that Tanja Kreil didn't join the armed forces after winning the lawsuit.Women had been allowed to serve as officers (MDs) or enlisted personnel in the medical corps, and as musicians in the music corps since 1974.
There is no conscription planned for women (which there still is for men, as of 2006; see
Conscription in Germany ).See also
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Bundeswehr
*Conscription in Germany References
* [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1842630,00.html 'Deutsche Welle' article on the fifth anniversary of the court ruling]
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