Dad becomes leader, mum becomes mum

A new study shows that the gender gap within management increases after couples have their first child.

Girls choosing the hard sciences are not alike

Boating with grandad may affect one’s choice of education just as much as gender does, according to researcher Marianne Løken. She is critical to the gender stereotypical recruitment campaigns to the hard sciences.

Cool to be queer in the Norwegian music scene

Norwegian musicians make careers from experimenting with queer gender identities. According to musicologist Agnete Eilertsen, pop music shows that the gender norms are changing although there is still a shortage of queer musicians.

Justifying gender equality through Islam

Young Norwegian Muslims are more liberal than their parents’ generation when it comes to equality and homosexuality, but both groups find support for their view in Islam, according to Levi Geir Eidhamar’s study.

Public breastfeeding: When the sexy boob becomes baby food

According to Norwegian researchers, the nursing breast has a safe place within the cafe scene, but they warn against increasing puritanism and less rights for the mother.

Women dealers empowered by selling drugs

Female drug dealers are a minority. According to sociologist Heidi Grundetjern, they gain self-confidence by succeeding in a cutthroat business, but they do not challenge the male dominance.

New publications

BOOK: Feminist Futures of Spatial Practice

Author(s):
Schalk, Meike, Thérèse Kristiansson and Ramia Mazé
Published:
2017

POLICY BRIEF: Jihadi Brides or Female Foreign Fighters? Women in Da’esh – from Recruitment to Sentencing

Author(s):
Strømmen, Ester E.J.
Published:
2017

ARTICLE: The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: Where Does it Stand?

Author(s):
Holmström, Charlotta and May-Len Skilbrei
Published:
2017

BOOK: The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music and Gender

Author(s):
Hawkins, Stan
Published:
2017

ARTICLE: The Role of Family Policy Regimes in Work–Family Adaptations: Polish Parents in Norway and Poland

Author(s):
Bjørnholt, Margunn, Kari Stefansen, Agata Wężyk and Dorota Merecz-Kot
Published:
2017
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Sami victims of violence do not seek help

People with Sami background who experience domestic violence seek help from the authorities less often than other Norwegians. A new report has looked at what may be done.

Surrogacy: The impossible dream of a fair trade baby

While western couples get their longed-for child, Indian surrogate mothers are left with a feeling of having sacrificed more than they have gained. Surrogacy can never become a win-win situation, according to anthropologist Kristin Engh Førde.

Until infidelity, disappearance or impotence do us part – the history of divorce in Norway

The history of divorce reveals hidden stories of love, domestic violence and societal ideals for a healthy marriage.

A warning against desirable facts about women in peace and conflict

Oversimplified perceptions of gender roles in war and conflict reproduce gender stereotypes and existing inequalities, according to researcher Maria Eriksson Baaz.

Feeling gender: from housewife to working mum

When Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen interviewed three generations of Norwegian women and men, she discovered how the emotional perception of gender has developed over time.

Norwegian courts discriminate: Ethnicity and location matter in sentencing of rape cases

A survey of rape convictions in Norway reveals systematic discrimination of men with minority background and of women.

Girls beaten by their boyfriend avoid the word ‘violence’

Young women who have experienced violence may be difficult to detect. In online reader’s queries, they try to put what is going on in their relationship into words.

Gender-equality ideals make Muslim women more religious

When gender equality is portrayed as a uniquely Western value, immigrant Muslim women choose to embrace religion as a result, according to new research.

Underachieving boys, or clever girls?

Boys and girls perform differently at school, but researchers are uncertain whether this has to do with how they mature.

Gender matters in war reporting

Being a journalist in war zones and armed conflicts is becoming increasingly dangerous. Most of the journalists killed in the field are men, but the concern is about the security of their female colleagues.

Children have the right to their own gender identity

In Norway, children under the age of sixteen can now change their legal gender. Anniken Sørlie investigates how the legislation affects the way children and youth perceive their own identity.

Calendar

18 Sep 2017

Professional Certificate in Strategic Gender Equity Planning

London

The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies has worked with delegates from 88% of the world's countries and a variety of international organisations including the World Bank, OSCE, the UNDP and UN Women. Our primary aim is to empower human capital through capacity building. To this end, we organise a range of training programmes and policy discussions.

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22 Sep 2017

Making Sense of Sexual War Violence

Oslo

How can sexual violence in war be studied from a political-psychological perspective? To shed light on a topic that sadly never seems to lose relevance, we have invited two brilliant researchers; Inger Sjelsbæk and Anette Bringedal Houge.

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27 Sep 2017

PhD realy

Bergen

The Centre for women's and gender research (SKOK) at the University of Bergen invites all PhD-candidates writing their dissertation on gender-related topics to our annual PhD-seminar.

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