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Dinah Derycke
Dinah Derycke (1 April 1946 in Armentieres - 19 January 2002), was a French politician in the Socialist Party.
Biography.
Dinah Derycke first became an activist at the age of eighteen at the Northern Federation of the Socialist Party.
After earning a master's degree in public law, and studying at the École Nationale des Impôts, she was appointed an inspector of taxes for Roubaix in 1968. In the same year, she joined the General Confederation of Labour (CGT). In 1982
Women's Rights)
initiating an inquiry in 1999. The 2001 report of the Delegation (named after its author, Senator Dinah Derycke (1997-2001))
was critical of what it saw as the lack of commitment in the fight against prostitution, mainly the difference between France's official abolitionist position and what was occurring in practice. Although the report received a favourable reception in parliament initially, its political impact was limited. Senator Derycke retired due to ill health and died soon after, while other pressures diverted the