She earned the cand.oecon. degree in 1938 and was employed as a senior civil servant in the central government administration. She worked for the Ministry of Supply and Reconstruction and the Ministry of Social Affairs, before she joined the Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1956. During the 1950s and 1960s she was a key government official within social affairs and gender equality policies in Norway. She served as a United Nations development expert in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) from 1962 to 1964, resident in Dhaka, where she worked to develop programs to address the position of women in the then-Pakistani province.
clara, ottesen, october, 1911, 1997, norwegian, government, official, economist, worker, politician, 19th, president, norwegian, association, women, rightsin, office, 1968, 1972preceded, byeva, kolstadsucceeded, bykari, skjønsbergpersonal, detailsborn1911died1. Clara Ottesen October 30 1911 May 8 1997 was a Norwegian government official economist aid worker and politician 1 Clara Ottesen19th President of the Norwegian Association for Women s RightsIn office 1968 1972Preceded byEva KolstadSucceeded byKari SkjonsbergPersonal detailsBorn1911Died1997NationalityNorwegianOccupationeconomist and politician She earned the cand oecon degree in 1938 and was employed as a senior civil servant in the central government administration She worked for the Ministry of Supply and Reconstruction and the Ministry of Social Affairs before she joined the Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1956 During the 1950s and 1960s she was a key government official within social affairs and gender equality policies in Norway She served as a United Nations development expert in East Pakistan now Bangladesh from 1962 to 1964 resident in Dhaka where she worked to develop programs to address the position of women in the then Pakistani province She was Second Vice President of the Norwegian Association for Women s Rights from 1966 to 1968 and President from 1968 to 1972 in succession to Eva Kolstad She was a board member of the International Alliance of Women from 1967 to 1973 From 1971 she was a member of the Executive Board of the European Movement in Norway that was headed by former Foreign Minister Svenn Stray at the time 2 References edit Clara Johanne Ottesen Gravferdsetaten i Oslo kommune Retrieved August 1 2016 Elisabeth Lonna Stolthet og kvinnekamp Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913 Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 1996 ISBN 8205244952 nbsp nbsp This Norwegian biographical article related to a government official is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clara Ottesen amp oldid 1188779869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
