The Nordic Gender Equality Fund finances collaborations that promote gender equality.
Through the Fund, the Nordic Council of Ministers issues an annual call for proposals for funding projects in which at least three organisations, from at least three Nordic countries, collaborate.
The aims of the projects can be to contribute new knowledge, a sharing of experiences or Nordic networks.
NIKK administers the Fund on behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers, including calls for proposals, assessment of proposals, and monitoring of results.
The Nordic Gender Equality Fund call for proposals is now closed.
2020 The project, Share the Care, will provide new knowledge towards a less gender-segregated health care sector, a heavily female-dominated sector. The actions implemented are largely based on recommendation from previous research “Men in Nursing Education: Mapping Educational Practices, and Student Experiences in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway”. This will be done by implementing a system to »
2020 The objective of the project is to – across the Nordic Region – to gather knowledge and to highlight what inhibits and what promotes gender balance in the media industry. »
2020 The forestry and agriculture sectors are important parts of the Nordic bioeconomy, but are two of the Nordic region’s most gender-segregated sectors. Digitalisation and increased automation of heavy work could benefit gender equality in the sectors. However, this has not yet happened. The project will examine how the digital transformation affects gender equality among young »
2020 With the objectives of gender equality and diversity in Sápmi, the project aims to develop the gender equality policy for Sami people and the majority societies in order to strengthen democracy through participation and to contribute to knowledge and changes in attitudes. The project has two objectives: 1. Creation of a community for discussion about »
