Siri Hangeland | |
Office: | President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights |
Term Start: | 1990 |
Term End: | 1992 |
Predecessor: | Irene Bauer |
Successor: | Bjørg Krane Bostad |
Term Start2: | 1998 |
Term End2: | 2004 |
Predecessor2: | Kjellaug Pettersen |
Successor2: | Berit Kvæven |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1952 |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Party: | Socialist Left Party |
Siri Hangeland (born 1 April 1952) is a Norwegian feminist, civic leader and politician.
She served two terms as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, from 1990 to 1992 and from 1998 to 2004.[1] [2] From 1996 to 1997 she served as a member of the Committee for Human Rights, a governmental committee appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] She was also a board member of the International Alliance of Women. She is a member of the Socialist Left Party and is a member of that party's committee on women's issues.[4] She graduated with the cand.philol. degree in Norwegian language at the University of Bergen in 1981, with a dissertation titled Sosiolingvistiske forhold i Kristiansand bymål.[5]