NIKK stands for Nordic Information on Gender. NIKK is a Nordic cooperation body under the Nordic Council of Ministers. We collect and disseminate knowledge about politics and practice, facts and research in the area of gender equality in a Nordic perspective.
NEW REPORT
It has been one year since the Corona pandemic first hit the Nordic countries and the consequences are far from gender neutral. How are the Nordic countries handling the effects of COVID-19 on gender equality?
NIKK’s new publication summarises knowledge, initiatives and measures regarding gender equality in relation to the pandemic. Gender equality effects of COVID-19 – Knowledge and initiatives in the Nordic countries is based on data from the Nordic countries as well as interviews with researchers and experts.
Gender equality effects of COVID-19 – Knowledge and initiatives in the Nordic countries »
The Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic cooperation program Generation 2030 have commissioned NIKK to develop a knowledge base. The documentation will examine how the Nordic countries work to achieve a better gender balance in education and occupations that are in demand in the scientific and technical fields and how this is expected to contribute to sustainability and equality in future labour markets.
Sustainability and gender equality in the high-tech working life of the future »
2021-06-15 This autumn, the Nordic LGBTI Fund opens up for applications for funding for the first time ever. We have gathered information about the new fund in a message available in in English, Finnish, Icelandic och Swedish. The fund is a part of the new Nordic co-operation on improving conditions for LGBTI people. NIKK is tasked to administrate the fund. It opens for applications for funding »
2021-05-05 Since 2020, the Nordic countries have been working together to ensure that LGBTI people have equal rights, equal treatment and equal opportunities in the region. This year, calls for proposals to finance projects from the Nordic LGBTI Fund are being issued for the first time. The Fund aims to promote Nordic efforts to improve conditions for LGBTI »
2021-05-03 How will gender equality and sustainability be achieved in the high-tech labour market of the future? A new report examines how the Nordic countries are working to break down gender segregation in natural scientific and technical fields (STEM). The report shows that many initiatives are based on the assumption that the solution is to ‘fix »
