Gender Equality and LGBTI
The Nordic countries have worked together for over four decades to improve gender equality in all aspects of society. Gender equality between the sexes is a condition for the success of the Nordic Model and a pillar of the modern Nordic welfare states.
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Debate on Faroese abortion legislation
At its meeting this week, the Nordic Council Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region discussed abortion legislation and gender equality in the Faroe Islands. The committee has decided to discuss the matter again at a forthcoming meeting and will invite experts in the field as well as...
Nordic Council calls for end to online abuse
The Nordic Council’s Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region wants to see something done about the disparaging and hateful tone on the Internet, a growing trend targeted at women in particular, who are being forced out of public debates by sexual harassment and threats.
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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 occasion of the 63rd Session of the Commission of the Status of Women and the bilateral meeting with the E...
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