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Nordic equality: small annual changes but a long-term revolution tema
| March 8

Nordic equality: small annual changes but a long-term revolution

2020 became a bit of a gap year for gender equality, according to the Nordic Labour Journal barometer. It measures whether 24 positions of power in each of the Nordic countries are being held by a woman or man on 8 March. Like last year, women got 83 points. 100 points equals total equality.
Nordic focus on getting more newly arrived women into work tema
| April 2018

Nordic focus on getting more newly arrived women into work

To succeed in getting more newly arrived women into work, the Nordic countries need more employment measures, an increased focus on childcare and documented results from measures, according to a new study.
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Nordic focus on new jobs without discrimination

Upskilling and gender equality will be central to the Nordic countries’ labour market cooperation in the coming years.
Nordic Freedom of Movement Council gears up to banish border barriers tema

Nordic Freedom of Movement Council gears up to banish border barriers

The Nordic region aims to be the world’s most sustainable and integrated region by 2030. To achieve that, we need to change gears, facilitate trade and focus on removing the remaining border barriers, says Anders Ahnlid, the new Swedish representative on the Nordic Freedom of Movement Council.
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| March 2018

Nordic gender equality 2018 – from #metoo to new structures

#metoo has thrown the spotlight on sexual harassment and indecent behaviour towards women, and marks a new chapter when it comes to discrimination. But loud voices, engagement and structural measures are all needed to achieve gender equality.
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Nordic gender equality paradoxes and power distribution

More than 100 years after Swedish women got voting rights, Sweden got its first female Prime Minister last year.
tema
| March 2017, March 8

Nordic gender equality stagnating, yet there is an increase in female working life leaders

There was no overall change in the distribution for Nordic women in the past year. But the Nordic Labour Journal’s gender equality barometer shows that there has been a further polarisation between the countries.
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Nordic governments' sigh of relief as collective bargaining rights still intact

Pilots and cabin crew do not perform work of equal value, thus it is not discriminatory when pilots receive higher travel allowances. This was the somewhat anticlimactic ruling from the EU Court of Justice in a case that Sweden and Denmark feared would set a precedent that could threaten the right to free collective bargaining. That did not happen this time.
Nordic governments: Everyone must join the fight against climate change nyhet
| Climate

Nordic governments: Everyone must join the fight against climate change

Fighting climate change is no longer a choice, but an absolute necessity which means our countries, our citizens and our industries must make great changes. That was the message from the Nordic prime ministers at the Nordic Council’s session in Stockholm.
Nordic hunt for solutions to youth unemployment Infocus

Nordic hunt for solutions to youth unemployment

26 good examples of measures that work and 600 people wanting to discuss youth unemployment. That was the impressive effort at the meeting of Nordic prime ministers and labour ministers in Stockholm on 16 May. The Nordic Labour Journal was there and this edition focuses on youth outside of the labour market.
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