Town planner Nina Stieger was recently officially registered as a woman. For 54 years her name had been Ueli. Now after a lengthy process, during which she also had to deal with discrimination, her dream has come true.
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I lead the Spanish-language team at SWI swissinfo.ch, which involves ensuring the quality of our publications and making them understandable for Spanish-speaking people from more than 20 countries. I'm also part of a team of journalists specialising in foreign affairs. Explaining current events and its relations with Switzerland is an essential part of my task.
Senior journalist with over 30 years of experience in investigative journalism, broadcasting, multimedia content production and social media distribution.
As a photo editor I am responsible for the editorial use of photography at SWI swissinfo.ch and our collaborations with photographers. When the opportunity arises, I take a camera and accompany one of our journalists.
I trained as a photographer in Zürich and began working as a photojournalist in 1989. I was a founder of the Swiss photographers' agency Lookat Photos in 1990. A two-time World Press Award winner, I have also been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. My work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
The expression “transgender” is used to describe the gender identity of people who are born with a clearly male or female body, but who feel they belong to the other sex, or that they are half-way between the sexes, or that they are part one and part the other. Many – but not all – undergo hormone treatment and/or operations to bring their body into line with their identity. Transgender people are still stigmatised in Switzerland and find a problem with being accepted, including in their jobs. Nina Stieger is involved in the Transgender Network Switzerland association, which campaigns to improve their social and legal situation. (Thomas Kern, Patricia Islas and Daniel Wihler, swissinfo.ch)
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