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"Finnish home care support increases inequality" tema
| March 2018

"Finnish home care support increases inequality"

Mar 07, 2018 Fewer Finnish children go to nursery than elsewhere in the Nordic region. One reason is the home care support, paid to parents who chose to stay at home beyond the normal parental leave period. The organisation Mothers in Business wants to scrap the benefit altogether, calling it a trap for women.
tema
| March 2018

Earmarked equal pay pool to reduce gender pay gap

Mar 07, 2018 Danish trade unions and political parties have proposed to earmark a separate pool of money to increase pay in traditional female occupations. One expert calls it a necessary first step, but warns more is needed to get rid of gender divisions in the labour market altogether.
Enormous interest for Icelandic equal pay standard tema
| March 2018, Gender equality Iceland

Enormous interest for Icelandic equal pay standard

Mar 07, 2018 Iceland is the first country in the world to make it legally binding for all companies with more than 25 employees to have an equal pay standard. The law says there should be equal pay for equal work for women and men in the same workplace. This has gained international attention.
debatt
| March 2018

Nordic gender equality 2018 – from #metoo to new structures

Mar 07, 2018 #metoo has thrown the spotlight on sexual harassment and indecent behaviour towards women, and marks a new chapter when it comes to discrimination. But loud voices, engagement and structural measures are all needed to achieve gender equality.
Norwegian technical studies recruitment a model for Nordic universities nyhet
| March 2018

Norwegian technical studies recruitment a model for Nordic universities

Mar 07, 2018 A considerable proportion of girls choose not to study sciences and technology. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU in Trondheim has chosen to hold several fairs to recruit girls. The rest of the Nordics will follow, the “girl agents” say.
Theme: New measures in the fight for gender equality in the Nordics tema
| March 2018

Theme: New measures in the fight for gender equality in the Nordics

Mar 02, 2018 The 2018 gender equality barometer indicates a more equal division of power between the sexes in the Nordic region. Only Finland is lagging behind. #metoo shows more needs to be done in the fight for gender equality. The Nordic region is getting to grips with basic and structural changes in order to improve the gender balance in the workplace and in society as a whole.
Women tighten grip on power in Norway - bottom place for Finland tema
| March 2018

Women tighten grip on power in Norway - bottom place for Finland

Mar 07, 2018 When Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg met the world’s most powerful man, alongside her was also Norway’s first ever female Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Eriksen Søreide. Norway still leads NLJ’s gender equality barometer by a good margin, while Finland has fewer women in positions of power than any Nordic country has had for 19 years.
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