Eva Kolstad
Politician
1918 – 1999
Who was Eva Kolstad?
Eva Lundegaard Kolstad was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Liberal Party, and a central figure in the history of gender equality in Norway and internationally. She served as President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, member and vice chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Minister of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs of Norway in Korvald's Cabinet, leader of the Liberal Party and as Norwegian Gender Equality Ombudsman, the first gender equality ombudsman worldwide. She contributed significantly to the development of the United Nations' gender equality policies.
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