Editorial
| March 2017

The Nordic region not good enough on gender equality and mental health

Mar 06, 2017 There has been no overall change in the distribution of powerful positions in the Nordic region, according to the NLJ’s gender equality barometer for 2017. Yet there is an increase in the number of women in top positions within trade unions, employers’ organisations and labour government ministries.
tema
| March 2017, March 8

Nordic gender equality stagnating, yet there is an increase in female working life leaders

Mar 06, 2017 There was no overall change in the distribution for Nordic women in the past year. But the Nordic Labour Journal’s gender equality barometer shows that there has been a further polarisation between the countries.
Humor is a tool for gender equality in Värmland tema
| March 2017

Humor is a tool for gender equality in Värmland

Mar 06, 2017 Region Värmland and the Värmland county administrative board use humour in a new campaign to get young people to learn more about gender equality. The aim is to get the young to make more equal choices than today, which is considered necessary in order to create growth and a good life.
Palestinian, woman, dyslexic – and successful businessperson in Iceland Portrait
| March 2017

Palestinian, woman, dyslexic – and successful businessperson in Iceland

Feb 14, 2017 Fida Abu Libdeh arrived in Iceland aged 16. “I didn’t even understand whether my teacher was trying to teach me Icelandic or Danish. It wasn’t until many years later I learnt I had dyslexia,” she says.