Children and young people
The Nordic Council of Ministers’ strategy states that “the Nordic Region must be the best place in the world for children and young people”. This means that the Nordic Region must lead the way in efforts to promote the welfare of children and young people, to ensure that children and young people are aware of their rights and are able to exercise them, and to ensure the participation of children and young people in decisions that concern them. Children and young people are important right now, not just in the future.
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Joint action on sustainable development, gender equality and children and young people
For us to meet our sustainability objectives, everyone needs to be included. Our ambition is for a sustainability, a gender equality, and a child rights and youth perspective to permeate all parts of the Nordic Council of Ministers' work and of Nordic societies. We all share respon...
Declarations
We call on governments to stand up for the full and equal enjoyment of LGBTI persons’ human rights
When WorldPride 2021 kicks off in a few days’ time, we – the ministers for equali-ty from the Nordic countries – will be there to show our support for equal rights. We will continue working to improve our legislation and counteract hate, ignorance and prejudice so that lesbian, gay, bis...
Declaration of Support towards the role of the UN Women in the realisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The Nordic Council of Ministers for Gender Equality Declaration of Support towards the role of the UN Women in the realisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on the occasi...
News
New report: Refugees have the most difficulty finding a job in Denmark
More refugees have jobs in Sweden and Norway, and they receive higher wages than in Denmark. More men than women are in work after living in their new Nordic country for a few years. These are the findings of a new report on labour market integration, which was launched on Monday. ...
Finland lyfter välfärden som prioriterad fråga i Nordiska rådet
Den gröna omställningen, en åldrande befolkning och allt färre som jobbar och betalar för vår välfärd. Det är bara några utmaningar som den nordiska välfärdsmodellen står inför. Modellen är värd att slå vakt om, anser Finland, som lyfter välfärdsfrågan som en av de viktigaste prioriteri...
