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Finnish women have conquered the most important positions of power tema

Finnish women have conquered the most important positions of power

Mar 07, 2011 Finnish women top the Nordic Labour Journal power barometer with 15 out of a possible 40 points. Not least because both their president and prime minster are women.
Iceland: the crisis brought a female breakthrough tema

Iceland: the crisis brought a female breakthrough

Mar 07, 2011 The financial crisis hit Iceland harder than any other Nordic country, and it also led to a political earthquake. Wide-spread corruption and nepotism made voters look for new politicians. This has benefited women.
Norwegian women have lost the most power tema

Norwegian women have lost the most power

Mar 07, 2011 Norway has been the hottest country in the gender equality debate since quotas were made law there in 2008. Publicly listed firms, often major listed companies, must have at least 40 percent of each sex in their boardrooms. Yet at the same time women have lost more positions of power in Norway than in any other Nordic country.
Who'll replace Sweden's powerful women? tema

Who'll replace Sweden's powerful women?

Mar 07, 2011 Sweden is the only Nordic country which has never had a female prime minister or a female head of state in modern times. The Social Democrat Party leader Mona Sahlin could have become prime minister in the September 2010 elections, but her new red-green coalition lost.
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New tack sought in Danish equality debate

Mar 07, 2011 Norway uses quotas and a men's panel to improve gender equality, but in Denmark there is disagreement on how to do it. Yet the Danes do agree there's a need for a gender equality debate which focuses on both sexes.
"Part-time is a result of lacking equality” tema

"Part-time is a result of lacking equality”

Mar 07, 2011 The high number of involuntary part-timers is a result of how we value women's work, says Annelie Nordström, chairwoman at Kommunal, the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union. The union has been fighting for the right to full-time employment for 30 years. It's been an uphill battle, and since the economic crisis hit in 2009 it's been even harder.
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Gender equality in the Nordic region - vision or reality?

Mar 07, 2011 Nordic countries a leaders in international gender equality surveys. Is reality as splendid as the vision of gender equality in the Nordic region? Nordic Labour Journal has examined the past 40 years of female representation in governments, trade unions, employers organisations and other symbolically important positions. Are women taking over power?
Work without boundaries can severely increase number of burnouts tema

Work without boundaries can severely increase number of burnouts

Feb 11, 2011 The borderline between work and leisure time is becoming fuzzy. It's getting increasingly difficult to achieve the old dream of eight hours' work, eight hours' off and eight hours' sleep when the smartphone wants your attention, colleagues work in other timezones and you need to work a night shift to get through your inbox.
Rocketing Finnish IT business: less bureaucracy saves our spare time tema

Rocketing Finnish IT business: less bureaucracy saves our spare time

Feb 11, 2011 Today's software businesses face demands for a shorter journey from idea to product and expectations of higher returns of investments. Finnish company Houston Inc. claims this can still be achieved with a 7.5 hour working day and a work tempo which won't lead to burnouts.
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Online culture's effect on work-life balance

Feb 11, 2011 A working life without boundaries puts new demands on management, employers and unions. They all need to prevent workers slaving away until they drop.
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