Education
1977: Graduate in political science and history
1980: Graduate in Slavonic studies.
1977: Graduate in political science and history
1980: Graduate in Slavonic studies.
She is a substitute for the Committee on Women"s Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. 1977: Graduate in political science and history 1976-1978: Freelance journalist 1978-1980: editor attached to the Central Executive Committee of the Ötelevision (Public Service, Transport and Communications Workers" Union) 1981-1982: Press officer in Bonn of the Senator for Federal Affairs of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen 1983-1986: head of the Bonn office of the Federal Republic"s representative for cultural affairs under the Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation 1986-1987: International and European affairs officer in the state chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia 1987-1994: organisation and management of Bremen"s office in Brussels for liaison with the European Union Chairwoman of Nationales Forum Deutschland e.V since 2000: within Europa Donna, the European Breast Cancer Coalition.
She is also a member of the Delegation to the European Union-Kazakhstan, European Union-Kyrgyzstan and European Union-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia. Since 1973: Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
since 1998: Member of Bremen Social Democratic Party of Germany Land Executive Committee
since 1994: Member of the European Parliament
Member of the United Service Sector Union ver.di (formerly the Ötelevision and IG Medien (media workers" union))
Member of the Workers" Welfare Association (AWO)
Member of Europa-Union Germany
Member of Amnesty International and Refugio e.V.