Kjellaug Pettersen
| Kjellaug Pettersen | |
|---|---|
| 26th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights | |
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In office 1994–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Bjørg Krane Bostad |
| Succeeded by | Siri Hangeland |
| Special adviser in the Ministry of Education | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1934 |
| Died | 11 November 2012 |
| Nationality | Norway |
| Occupation | government official and politician |
Kjellaug Pettersen (born 5 January 1934 at Andøya, died 11 November 2012) was a Norwegian senior government official, politician and feminist.
She worked as a teacher and headmistress of Bygdøy School from 1979 to 1988. In 1981 she was appointed by the Ministry of Education as a member of an expert committee on gender equality, and in 1991 she became director of the gender equality secretariat within the Ministry of Education. She later served as a special adviser in the Ministry of Education.[1][2][3][4]
She was a co-founder of the Women's University in 1983 and was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1994 to 1998. She was a deputy member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' committee on human rights from 1994 to 1995.[5]
Publications
- Framtidsdrømmen og virkeligheten : jenter og gutter velger utdanning og yrke, Friundervisningens forlag, 1990, ISBN 82-7020-297-5
- Tøffe gutter, stille jenter; hjemme og på skolen, Aventura, 1987, ISBN 82-588-0442-1
References
- ↑ Obituary, Aftenposten, 30 November 2012, p. 15
- ↑ Gitte Johannessen, "Gutter er gutter og piker er stille," Aftenposten Aften, 23 September 1987, p. 17
- ↑ Aud Langbo, "Kvinnehøvding har gått bort: Kjellaug Pettersen," Kvinnesaksnytt 2/2012
- ↑ Kjellaug Pettersen, Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
- ↑ Kjellaug Pettersen. The Norwegian State Administration Database.