The acceptance of gender identity as something more diverse than just the binary categories of male and female has increased in recent years. However, significant skepticism persists regarding the introduction of a third legal gender. A new brief from CORE – Centre for Research on Gender Equality shows that the population is divided on how legislation should reflect this diversity.
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.
Here are five facts about gender equality in Norway for International Women’s Day 2021.
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.
