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PLUREQ – Gender equality, cultural diversity, religious pluralism: State policies and feminist interventions
Web exhibition on trafficking and prostitution in Norway.
Women conquer private business
The Norwegian gender quota law requiring that the boards of public limited companies consist of at least 40 percent women caused both excitement and indignation. Now it is being copied in many European countries.
(09.05.2012) Read more
ArticlesWhy women choose ICT “It’s about time that we explore what includes women in the ICT field and stop focusing on what excludes them,” says Knut Holtan Sørensen, who recently published a book on the topic. (02.05.2012) Read moreRemember gender when crisis strikes Women and men, boys and girls may have different needs and personal resources in a crisis situation. But how easy is it for humanitarian aid workers to remember this when they are surrounded by people in crisis? (16.04.2012) Read moreMen soften with age “Dirty old men” or asexual seniors? Research on sexuality and old age paves the way for a new view of masculinity. (26.03.2012) Read moreHit by the baby blues Many Norwegian women postpone pregnancy until they have completed their education and are well established on their career path. This may make them more vulnerable to postpartum depression. (13.03.2012) Read more |
Publications Transitions to parenthood in Europe : a comparative life course perspectiveThis book examines the ways in which working parents in seven European countries negotiate the transition to parenthood and attempt to find a 'work-life balance'.  Nordic fashion studiesThis volume explores Nordic fashion from different perspectives. Fashion expresses the cultural gender, as well as reflecting the cultural and economic conditions of society, today and historically.  What's in it for me? : Norwegian students' choices of post-compulsory science in an expectancy-value perspectiveIn her thesis, Maria Vetleseter Bøe (University of Oslo) explores what motivates young people to study science in secondary and tertiary education. Students of both genders want to work with something they care about, the "problem" is they have different interests. Making use of Bøe's findings may improve gender balance in science and technology.  Gendered pathways in school burnout among adolescentsAre boys or girls more prone to experience burnout during secondary education? Are there any differences between students following academic and vocational paths? Finnish researchers have investigated the matter. |
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Calendar
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17.05.2012 - 20.05.2012
Budapest
The Politics of Location Revisited: Gender@2012 -
24.05.2012 -
Bergen
Rethinking the perceived conflict between culture and universal human rights in post-colonial societies: women and multi-culturalism in South Africa -
25.05.2012 - 26.05.2012
Linköping
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30.05.2012 - 01.06.2012
Gothenburg
Making Sense of Consumption - NCCR 2012