Nordic Experts in European Anti-discrimination Group
The EU-Commission is working with a governmental expert group to follow up the findings of a comparative study on homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the EU, carried out by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. Representatives from the Nordic countries participate. Read more
Gender and power
The Nordic Gender Equality Ministers have decided to carry out a project on gender and power in the Nordic countries. The project is being realised by NIKK and a broad-based Nordic research group in 2008–2009. Read more
News
Nordic Society for Research on Men and Masculinities established
The Nordic academic environment for research into men and masculinities has founded its first society. On Wednesday 28 January 2009, the first board of the Nordic Society for Research on Men and Masculinities was appointed at the conference “Changing Men and Masculinities in Gender Equal Societies” at Roskilde University in Denmark. Read more
“Norway best at fatherhood policies”
“The Norwegian Government is now best in the world when it comes to fatherhood policies.” This is claimed by masculinity researcher Jørgen Lorentzen after the Government presented a whole set of proposals that focus on men and gender equality on 12 December. Read more
Conference
(E)QUALITY 2009: Nordic conference on gender equality in research
Quality in research is important. But what do we actually mean by quality? How can it be measured and strengthened? And what role does gender play in this? The relation between gender equality and quality in research will be the main theme at the Nordic conference on research policy: (E)QUALITY 2009, which will be held in Oslo, March 23-24, 2009. Read more