Helga Diercks-Norden was born on Helga Kehrein: 6 April 1924 - 12 July 2011 and was a German journalist and feminist activist.
10 Facts About Helga Diercks-Norden
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Helga Diercks-Norden's appointment was seen as remarkable because she was the company's first female reporter.
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Helga Diercks-Norden began making her own film reports for incorporation in regional afternoon magazine programmes.
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Helga Diercks-Norden took over, briefly, directorship of the political series "Themen der Woche".
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In India Helga Diercks-Norden established herself as the officially accredited correspondent for Radio Bern, Switzerland's Die Weltwoche magazine and Zurich Television.
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Helga Diercks-Norden remained in India till 1973 when the family returned to Hamburg and Diercks-Norden resumed her career as a freelance journalist.
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Helga Diercks-Norden was appointed a member of the Hamburg Parliament in April 1977, taking the seat vacated through the resignation of her party colleague Carsten Clausen at the end of 1976, but she did not contest her seat in the local elections of June 1978.
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Helga Diercks-Norden involved herself in a number of relevant national and international organisations.
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Helga Diercks-Norden was a member of the Hamburg Region Women's Council, elected to chair it between 1986 and 1990, subsequently elected to a position as honorary chair.
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Helga Diercks-Norden was a delegate to the Geneva-based International Alliance of Women.