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PLUREQ – Gender equality, cultural diversity, religious pluralism: State policies and feminist interventions

Web exhibition on trafficking and prostitution in Norway.

Female minority politicians favoured

Both voters and political parties use the opportunities they have to give extra votes to female politicians of ethnic minority background.

(24.05.2013) Read more

Articles

Older, brighter and funnier

Camilla Collett is famous for writing one novel, but her authorship consists of a large body of essays. Tone Selboe directs the attention to the essayist Camilla Collett in a new book.

(25.04.2013) Read more

Wealthy women voted first

If a country girl in the nineteenth century wanted to show romantic feelings for a boy, she might give him a self-knitted codpiece as a token of love. The knitted codpiece is one of many objects displayed at an exhibition about women’s rights and living conditions in Norway.

(11.04.2013) Read more

“Drop the pen and pick up the needle”

Badly written, trivial, unlikely plot, rubbish, aimed at immature young women. Comments on modern Pulp Fiction? No, these reviews are approximately 250 years old.  

(18.03.2013) Read more

Strong gender equality legislation has enhanced overall protection against discrimination

The Norwegian Gender Equality Act has become a model for expanding the protection against discrimination in other areas as well. In this way the Act has strengthened anti-discrimination laws in general.

(04.03.2013) Read more

Publications

Marriage is politics : prospects for women's equality after the Arab spring

Rather than safeguarding women’s equal rights, the Arab spring have so far reinforced patriarchy in many states rocked by the uprisings, according to this article.


Gender and equality in muslim family law : justice and ethics in the Islamic legal tradition

This book examines the construction of male guardianship in the Islamic tradition and seeks to create an argument for women's full equality before the law.


The good, the bad, and the invisible father : a phenomenological study of fatherhood in men with substance use disorder

This article investigates fatherhood from the perspective of men with substance addiction, and claims that the role of these fathers is largely ignored in the research litterature.


Masculinities, gender equality and violence

It is misleading to speak of "gender-based" violence when empirical data shows that the real issue is lack of equality, according to this article.

Surrogacy transforms ideas of family Surrogacy has changed the perceptions of what a family is and should be. Read more at ScienceNordic.com

Oslo freedom forum Founder of anti-sexual harassment organisation Tahrir Bodyguard, Soraya Bahgat, addressed the Oslo Freedom Forum this week. Read more at Norway News

Nordic countries best places to be a mother According to a new ranking, the Nordic countries are the best in the world in which to become a mother. Finland ranks highest, followed by Sweden and Norway. Read more at The Local - Sweden's News in English

Girl-dominated classes bad for boys New research shows that attending school classes dominated by girls in lower secondary school has negative effects for boys' education and career. They tend to take shorter education and work in less paid jobs later in life. For girls, however, attending classes with a high proportion of girls is positive for their later careers. Read more at NHH Paraplyen

Diversity causes less stress New research shows that equal pay, access to parental leave for both sexes and gender diversity at the work place cause less work-related stress among both women and men. Read more at ScienceNordic.com

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