Karin Junker
Karin Renate Junker (born December 24, 1940 in Düsseldorf ) is a German SPD politician and author.
After graduating from high school, which she passed in southern Germany, Junker trained as a daily newspaper editor in Hesse. She then worked for a news agency as well as for several newspaper and magazine editors. She was co-editor of a series of fiction books and a press service. She also worked as a freelancer for associations, authorities and institutions. From 1980 to 1989 she was a research assistant in the mayor's office, and from 1985 as a personal advisor.
Junker joined the SPD in 1964. From 1992 to 2004 she was national chairwoman of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women , she was also a member of the party executive, was deputy chairman of the party's internal media commission and the One World Forum, and chairwoman of the party executive committee's gender equality policy. From 1989 to 2004 she was a member of the European Parliament . In addition, she was a member of the Broadcasting Council of West German Radio for many years . There she was chair of the program committee. From its founding in 1993 to 1999, Junker was chair of the women's organization of the Party of European Socialists . Today she is a member of their board.
Works
- Confident. Self-determined: Women in Europe , Bonn 1994
- Children , press and Information Office d. Federal Government, Bonn 1979
- The Training Place Promotion Act , Federal Ministry of Education u. Wiss., Pressreferat, Bonn 1977?
- Women and Education , Federal Ministry of Education u. Wiss., Pressreferat, Bonn 1976?
Web links
- Entry on Karin Junker in the database of members of the European Parliament
- Member profile of Karin Junker ( memento from October 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on the German website of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ 20 years of PES women: a success story Press release by the SPD with a comment by Elke Ferner dated May 22, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Junker, Karin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Junker, Karin Renate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |