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When feminism legitimizes war

The war in Afghanistan is a war to liberate women, supporters claimed. Eight years later the voices that spoke on behalf of Afghan women have fallen silent. “The women were used in a rhetoric of silence,” according to researcher Berit von der Lippe.

(22.02.2010) Read more

Articles

Challengers of manliness

Our traditional view of manliness contributes to create a framework in which men can also be victims of sexual abuse, according to Torbjørn Herlof Andersen. The researcher has studied men who have been sexually abused and he shows how they cope with their painful experiences.

(04.02.2010) Read more

Portrait: No prima donna

According to colleagues, she is one of the most important scholars on children and gender in the world. So how come she is proofreading texts for colleagues at the Centre for Gender Research at the University of Oslo?

(19.01.2010) Read more

–Unsuccessful strategy

All the fuss about recruitment destroys young women’s interest in natural science, according to educational researcher Guðrún Jónsdóttir.

(11.01.2010) Read more

A balancing act

Getting married was not the only way for a woman to live her life, even in the 1800s. As art historian Jorunn Veiteberg shows in her new biography of the Norwegian sculptor Ambrosia Tønnesen, an alternative lifestyle was not necessarily filled with self-denial and loneliness.

(21.12.2009) Read more

Publications

Gender and innovation : learning from regional VRI‐projects

In this report, Elisabet Ljunggren (picture) and the other writers argue that a narrow definition of innovation has led to the fact that industries dominated by men are regarded as more innovative than those dominated by women.

Nora 4.2009

In this issue of Nora, one of the articles examines how tensions between feminism and multiculturalism conflate in a media debate on female genital cutting.

Gender and power in the Nordic countries : a study of politics and business

This brochure presents the results of a year-long research project, "Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries".

Aid for women’s empowerment and gender equality – what do we know?

In this working paper, Berit Aasen from the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research discusses the aid to women's empowerment and gender equality. What experiences have we gained? Which new challenges are facing us today?

More publications

More articles

Harassment leads to sport drop-out (09.12.2009)
Child care: parents’ private problem? (23.11.2009)
Few women leaders in the research institute sector (11.11.2009)
Not feminized, but modernized (04.11.2009)
Successful Russian crisis centres (19.10.2009)
Portrait: An eye for the unseen (01.10.2009)
Always a difficult choice? (15.09.2009)
Rigid structures and reluctant men (04.09.2009)
Parodic, political pop (19.08.2009)
Partner violence continues after break-up (09.07.2009)
More articles in the News Archive
The Icelandic parliament passes law on gender quotas Iceland introduces gender quotas on corporate boards. Companies with more than 50 employees must have at least 40 per cent of both genders represented on their boards by September 2013. Read more at NIKK
Global interest in Nordic gender equality A combination of political will and the Nordic welfare model has propelled the Nordic countries along the path towards gender equality but many challenges remain, according to the Nordic equality ministers. Read more at Norden
The Golden Age of Gender Equality “We now have a unique historical opportunity to do something about the gender imbalance in Norwegian research,” says Professor Hanne Haavind at the University of Oslo. Read more at Women in Science -Norway
Lysbakken addressed the UN CSW "We must combat violence against women",Norwegian Minister for Gender Equality, Audun Bjørlo Lysbakken said in his address to the CSW and the UN. Read more at Norden
Nordic support for new UN entity for gender equality The Nordic countries support the setting up of a new UN entity for gender equality and the advancement of women. This was apparent when the Nordic ministers for gender equality spoke at the Un session of CSW. Read more at Norden
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