| Housewife
and mother of 3 children, 19, 18, 14 . |
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| Lives since
September 2000 with her Austrian husband and children in Salzburg –
Aigen. |
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Born
1952, Churchfenton,
England; spent the first 2 years of her life in Egypt. |
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| Thereafter
, brought up in England in ‘Air force’ schools, and on her father’s
retirement, returned to Scotland. |
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| Visited USA, became a freelance journalist travelling extensively in East Africa:
Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti. |
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| 1982
married, settling in Germany. |
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Activities |
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| 2003: WFWP
Salzburg / Austria; Working on a Medical Project for Albania .
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| WFWP
Europe; development of documentation and communication, a WFWP Europe
website |
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| 2002:
November: Platform for Quality in Education and Integration:
member of founding parents group |
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| March:
Project on the WFWP European 10 year history; compiled the history from
17 nations in east and west. |
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| May: Salzburg WFWP Charity Project for Rwanda WFWP School; concert raised
8000 Euros |
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| 2001: WFWP
Europe International Liaison |
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| WFWP
Austria chapter
Vice President. |
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| Salzburg
Poverty Conference
: member of coordination team and the official committee. |
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| 2001
January: WFWPI NGO rep. in Vienna, Austria; attends Peace
Committee, |
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Development Committee. |
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| 2000 -2003:
Aiglhof School Parents Assoc. - member of the Board. |
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| 1999-2000 :
Florist shop Assistant- responsible for buying of new plants and
flowers, and bouquets |
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1999
June: Women’s Worlds Conference in Tromse, Norway ; gave workshop
with 2 Norwegian WFWP members on ‘The Bridge of Peace – a Modern
Technology’. |
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| 1998/1999:
Promoted the UN Culture of Peace through our network by
gathering signatures |
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| 1998:
WFWP European coordination through Networking : established an E-
mail group with emphasis on communication |
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| 1998-2000
November : WFWP German President |
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| 1997 /98:
Forum on Violence Against Women, (encompassing many organisations
and NGO’s and the Justice department in Munich) represented WFWP local
branch |
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| ‘Overseas Persons Friendly Association’ (FFB): member rep. WFWP
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| 1997:
Women’s Advisory Council in Fuerstenfeldbruck ,member of the
committee of 8. |
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| member of
INKU: cultural assoc., assisted the organisation of International
City Festivals. |
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| 1996: WFWP
Munich chapter chairwoman |
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| 1995:
visited UNO conference on the Status on Women in Peking |
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Interests and Skills |
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Cooking; gardening; flower-arranging; swimming;
reading; writing; singing; Qigong; teaching English; listening to music;
She has a wide range of community welfare interests: Social Welfare and
Development, Education and Integration, Peace, Human Rights, and Women’s
Topics.
She also enjoys helping as a parent –
speaker/
School Board in her
children’s schools;
organising conferences; networking and international
communication. |
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