Marijke Van Hemeldonck
Marijke Van Hemeldonck | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1982–1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria Van Hemeldonck 23 December 1931 Hove, Belgium |
| Political party | SP |
Maria (Marijke) Van Hemeldonck (born 23 December 1931) is a Belgian feminist and former politician of the Belgian Socialist Party (SP).
Career
Van Hemeldonck became a professional teacher, after which she went to work for the socialist trade union
Brussels Region.[1] Furthermore, from 1975 she was an expert at the Committee on Women's Labour, in 1973 she was rapporteur for the OECD as an expert on labor problems and in 1979, as a feminist on behalf of Belgium, she was part of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[2]
Via the ABVV Van Hemeldonck ended up at the SP and became chairman of the party branch in
Oudergem. She was also a member of the federal board of the SP in the Brussels Region. Before she was politically active with the SP, she was co-founder of the Red Lions in 1968, which defended the interests of the Flemish socialists in Brussels.[3]
From 1982 to 1994, Van Hemeldonck was a member of the European Parliament, succeeding Marcel Colla.[4]
References
- ^ Flour, Els (2013). Marijke Van Hemeldonck. Socialiste en Feministe (PDF) (in Dutch). Brussels: Instituut voor de gelijkheid van vrouwen en mannen. p. 145.
- ^ Flour 2013, p. 155
- ^ Flour 2013, p. 161
- ^ "Marijke J.H. VAN HEMELDONCK". European Parliament. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
