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The ILO’s Deborah Greenfield: In dialogue with the Nordics on gender equality interview

The ILO’s Deborah Greenfield: In dialogue with the Nordics on gender equality

Deborah Greenfield was part of the transitional administration from Bush to Obama. Now, as the Deputy Director General, she is about to take the ILO into a new era. Meeting Nordic labour ministers, Deborah Greenfield is impressed with the discussion.
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| Dec 2016

Denmark and refugees: Traineeships and wage subsidised jobs work best

Denmark has redoubled its efforts to get newly arrived refugees quickly into working for companies. Earlier they had to learn Danish first.
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Christl Kvam

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Roskilde van

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Roskilde washing up

Photo: Tomas Bertelsen
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| Dec 2016

Nordic men blind to women’s working life challenges

The Nordic countries stand out with higher levels of well-being than anywhere else in the world, explained by the fact that women are expected to be active in the labour market and make an important contribution to household income. Yet men do not understand that women are facing a harder time in the labour market than themselves.
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| Dec 2016

Nordic countries are trailblazers, but few women reach top positions

Women in the Nordic countries participate in the labour market to a greater degree than in any other country. But some glass ceilings remain unbroken, concluded the conference “Global Dialogue on Gender in the World of Work” which was held in Helsinki in late November.
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| Dec 2016

The Nordic DNA

More than 90 percent of Nordic women prefer to work outside of the home, according to the ILO survey which was presented at the Global Gender Dialogue conference during the labour ministers’ meeting in Helsinki. Luckily. Nordic women’s participation in the labour market is unique. Is there then anything we could learn from women in completely different parts of the world?
Working hours: a hot topic for the Labour Inspection Authority director interview

Working hours: a hot topic for the Labour Inspection Authority director

Ingrid Finboe Svendsen's dream is to create a popular drive for a better work environment. The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority has often been in the spotlight for dealing with cases of social dumbing, but the Authority's director wants to showcase the full scope of what the organisation does. And this is where Facebook comes in.
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Bente Sorgenfrey

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