Clara Ottesen
Clara Ottesen | |
|---|---|
| 19th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights | |
| In office 1968–1972 | |
| Preceded by | Eva Kolstad |
| Succeeded by | Kari Skjønsberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1997 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | economist and politician |
Clara Ottesen (October 30, 1911 – May 8, 1997) was a Norwegian government official, economist, aid worker and politician.[1]
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
European Movement in Norway, that was headed by former Foreign Minister Svenn Stray at the time.[2]
References
- ^ "Clara Johanne Ottesen". Gravferdsetaten i Oslo kommune. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ISBN 8205244952
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