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Kjellaug Pettersen (born 5 January 1934, 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

  1. ^ Obituary, Aftenposten, 30 November 2012, p. 15
  2. ^ Gitte Johannessen, "Gutter er gutter og piker er stille," Aftenposten Aften, 23 September 1987, p. 17
  3. ^ Aud Langbo, "Kvinnehøvding har gått bort: Kjellaug Pettersen," Kvinnesaksnytt 2/2012
  4. ^ Kjellaug Pettersen, Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
  5. ^ Kjellaug Pettersen. The Norwegian State Administration Database.
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