Farewell to Paula Marckx, activist who made illegitimate children legal – Radar

On the night of Sunday to Monday, Paula Marckx ( 94), the women’s rights activist who ensured that illegitimate children were given the same rights as children of married parents.

Paula Marckx is the woman behind the Marckx ruling handed down by the European Court of Human Rights 40 years ago. She was 47Ste Unexpectedly pregnant, she wanted to keep the baby, but soon came to the conclusion that her daughter was discriminated against under Belgian law.

First she had to acknowledge her own child to pass on her surname, then she was forced to adopt her so that she could inherit from her. In addition, Alexandra had no family connection to her grandparents before the law. Marckx’s complaint went to the European Court of Human Rights, which upheld discrimination against “legal” and “wrong” children. After a procedure of – still – five years, the state had to change its laws.

The varied career of Antwerp is fodder for an interesting biopic. Marckx, who did not want to be called a feminist, was not only an activist, but also a painter model, mannequin on the natan parades during World War II and author. As a journalist, she bluffed herself into a hotel for an interview with the Beatles, becoming the first woman with a pilot’s license in Deurne and director general of the WTC in Antwerp. She never married.

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Paula Marckx is the woman behind the Marckx ruling handed down by the European Court of Human Rights 40 years ago. She unexpectedly became pregnant at the age of 47 and wanted to keep the baby, but soon came to the conclusion that her daughter was discriminated against under Belgian law. First she had to acknowledge her own child to pass on her surname, then she was forced to adopt her so that she could inherit from her. In addition, Alexandra had no family connection to her grandparents before the law. Marckx’s complaint went to the European Court of Human Rights, which upheld discrimination against “legal” and “wrong” children. After a procedure of – still – five years, the state had to change its laws. The varied career of Antwerp is fodder for an interesting biopic. Marckx, who did not want to be called a feminist, was not only an activist, but also a painter model, mannequin on the natan parades during World War II and author. As a journalist, she bluffed herself into a hotel for an interview with the Beatles, becoming the first woman with a pilot’s license in Deurne and director general of the WTC in Antwerp. She never married.