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Nordic Information on Gender (NIKK) is a co-operation body under the Nordic Council of Ministers. We gather and communicate knowledge about policy and practice, facts and research in the area of gender equality and equal rights for LGBTI people with a Nordic and cross-sectorial perspective.


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Gender perspective on green jobs in the Nordic region in new publication

Several of NIKK’s previous reports are relevant again in a new publication that provides a gender perspective on green jobs and social sustainability.

During the years 2020-2022, NIKK has produced reports on topics such as the labor market and gendered study choices as well as sustainable development. NIKK has now gathered parts of the results from the reports in a publication that highlights how issues of gendered educational choices and gender-segregated labor market, norms on skills and distribution of care work are related to the transition to green jobs. 

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Iceland’s Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2023

In 2023, Iceland is leading the work of the Nordic Council of Ministers. In the gender equality and LGBTI area, particular emphasis is being placed this year on initiatives for a socially sustainable Nordic region, the rights of LGBTI people and the gender perspective on climate work.

During the year, projects are being carried out on the conditions of transgender persons in working life and a project on the living conditions of older LGBTI people, which was initiated by the Norwegian Presidency in 2022 and will be completed this year. Both projects are important for identifying needs and communicating knowledge and conclusions.

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Conceptions of sexual harassment are challenged in the Nordic anthology Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment – Perspectives from the Nordic Region

Researchers and writers from across the Nordic region write about sexual harassment, violence and justice in a new anthology.

In the book, 19 writers contribute to a more nuanced and deeper understanding of issues such as violence in the workplace, sexual harassment in academia and the challenges and opportunities of the legal system.

Conceptions of sexual harassment are challenged in the Nordic anthology Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment – Perspectives from the Nordic Region »

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Nordic Gender Equality Fund celebrates ten years

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Nordic Gender Equality Fund celebrates ten years with new publication!

NIKK present the experiences, insights and effects of the first ten years of the Nordic Gender Equality Fund in a new publication.

The publication gives an insight into ten of these projects, one for each year in the history of the Fund, and the concrete results they have generated. In brief reports and interviews, project participants share their experiences, knowledge and insights from their efforts to promote gender equality.

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New co-operation projects strengthen gender equality in the Nordic region

Six projects have been granted funding from the Nordic Gender Equality Fund 2022.

The collaboration projects will increase knowledge and create platforms on issues such combining parenting and academic careers, health consequences of covid-19 for immigrant women and feminist cooperation the in the West Nordic Region.

New co-operation projects strengthen gender equality in the Nordic region »

Father and mother feed children. Photo: norden.org