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The study examines attitudes, ambitions and conditions for careers among employees of ten large and mid-sized companies in various industries. Nine main findings highlight a paradox: There are equal attitudes and commitment, but gender differences in careers remain.

In addition to differences between men and women in terms of those infected by COVID-19, the pandemic has amplified other aspects of gender inequality in Norwegian society.

In recent years, a tendency towards increasing equality scepticism and antifeminism has been observed in a number of countries. This is not the case in Norway – on the contrary.

NORDICORE – Nordic Centre for Research on Gender Equality in Research and Innovation started in 2017. Every year, we prepare a report for activities from the previous year. The annual report for 2020 is now ready. Here you can read about our main findings and what we worked on in the past year.

Here are five facts about gender equality in Norway for International Women’s Day 2021.

This week NORDICORE arranged a webinar where we addressed measures to promote gender equality and diversity in Nordic academic institutions. Watch the webinar here.

Women are underrepresented in professor positions, but a new study shows that female candidates are considered more competent and suitable for permanent employment compared with equally qualified male candidates.

The proportion of women in lead positions in Norwegian companies is slowly increasing, but having gender quota legislation on boards does not seem to have any transmissive effect on the proportion of women on executive committees. These are some of the findings from this year’s CORE Norwegian Gender Balance Scorecard.

The NORDICORE center has researched gender balance in academia since 2017. In this annual report, we present some of the most important research results in 2019.

Critical perspectives on the promotion of internationalization and excellence in academia were discussed at the NORDICORE seminar.