Hellen Felter
Hellen Felter, Born in Suriname, Dutch nationality, living for more than 40 years in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Education:
Doctoral degree Social and Cultural Science. Specialised in National Policy, Culture, Race and Gender issues; Teachers Degree, HBO-Social work degree, Higher Management, Telematics Training, Intersectionality Training and more.
Work:
Professional Trainer / Youth and student Counsellor / Anti-racism trainer / Supervisor / Researcher (1969-till now)
Coordinator of projects such as: “Women, Diversity and Society’,
“Bridging the Gap” a European wide project on mainstreaming of non discrimination in the workforce’ (Action Now-II (EU-project under Art. 13),
“Towards a workforce without Discrimination” (EQUAL)
Dessimination Break Through (EU-Daphne 036)
The Working group ‘Gender, Race and Ethnicity’ and more
Other:
Initiator of NIEWS -Network Interethnic Women’s Studies (University of Amsterdam); Facilitator at the 6th International Interdisciplnary Congress on Women, University of Adelaide 1996; Delegate to the 4th UN Women’s Conference Beying China / Commission on the Status of Women UN, New York; Facilitator and/or participating in different other Fora and Seminars at National, European- and International level. (Australia, China, Europe, USA, Africa); Delegate for the Netherlands to the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) in Brussel; Vice –President of the EWL; representative and facilitator of the EWL in the Steering Committee of the World Conference Against Racism, Xenophobia and other Related Intolerence (WCAR) in Durban in 2002; Coordinator for EU NGO’s of the European Region during the WCAR, Representative of the global “International Cross Cultural Black Women’s Studies Institute”; Representing black women in Europe for the World Council of Churches in Madagaskar, Zimbabwe, Brasil and other places in the world.
Projectmanagement ‘Safely at Home’. Sustainable development manager in the project ‘Eradication of Poverty, Capacity Building from a Gender perspective in the NL and South Africa. Boardmember of Tiye International and in different NGO’s and Institutions world wide.
Publications:
Several on different issues for example: “Poverty, intervening in social exclusin of women”;
“Gender and Empowerment of Women”;
“Development of a Network”;
“Employment obstacles for Black and Migrant Women - A case study from the Netherlands”.
Awards:
- Royal Award as Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau. (Officier in de Orde van Orange Nassau).
- Heroine of the 20th Century in the Netherlands. (Heldin van de 20ste eeuw in Nederland)
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