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Men also benefit from gender perspectives in health research
Researchers agree that gender perspectives improve health research. But does Norway need a dedicated political strategy for women’s health?
Medieval law in Norway gave women new rights
In 2024, Norway celebrates 750 years since the Code of the Norwegian Realm was adopted. For women, that meant more access to financial resources and power.
Islamic women's organisations confront Western feminism
They oppose international conventions for gender equality and distance themselves from Western feminism. The conservative network aims to promote women's interests on their own terms.
Norway has not succeeded in preventing or combating rape
Rape prevention in Norway faced scrutiny from the government-appointed rape committee: An under-prioritised an unsolved social problem, the commitee concludes. Along with 30 measures to combat rape.
The political love letters of Camilla Collett and Amalie Skram
Both Camilla Collett and Amalie Skram challenged the role of women in their writing. Even the letters they wrote to their hearts' chosen reflected the debates of their times about the role of women in matters of love, marriage, and society.
Female musicians ride the Norwegian country wave
Country music is often portrayed through masculine stereotypes. Nevertheless, female musicians have helped define the genre’s development in Norway, researchers say.
NEWS FROM KILDEN:
This year's third issue of the Journal of Gender Research is a special issue on the gendered effects of the reform of the Biotechnology Act in 2020. What did the changes in the regulation of biotechnology and assisted reproduction bring about? You can read an analysis of how egg donation is now understood in a Norwegian context, about egg freezing as "our generation's birth control pill", about assisted reproduction for trans men and about the parallels between the new Biotechnology Act and the Abortion Act. The issue is rounded off with an interview with Marit Melhuus, an authority within the field of research on reproductive technology. Together, these texts challenge how we reflect on the relationship between the law, cultural conceptions, and people's reproductive and gendered lives and practices.
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Improving European Universities. International Conference on Gender (In)equality in Academia
The University of Rzeszów and the Academic Network for Security and Equality – association of ombuds and other persons working to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in Polish academia – invites representatives from other universities and HEI institutions to discuss general issues related to building more inclusive and equal universities and particular issues related to GEP (gender equality plan) creation and implementation. Equality plans are changing European universities from within and contribute to creating a more welcoming, inclusive, and friendly environment for those who study and work in academia.
Call for papers: Speculative Futurities – Queer and Crip Interventions
This special issue of Lambda nordica invites contributions exploring queer and/or crip interventions in speculative technologies and narratives. Lambda nordica is a peer-reviewed open-access Nordic academic journal of LGBTQ studies. Topics may include AI, robotics, biotechnologies, Afrofuturism, queer/crip temporalities, and alternative imaginaries of futurity. Abstracts of 300–500 words are due by December 20, 2024. Full articles (6,000–8,000 words) will be invited for submission.
