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.

About the Nordic co-operation on gender equality and LGBTI

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E-health services for all!

Digital health technology will improve people’s lives in the Nordic Region but not everyone finds the new digital world easy to navigate. To address this issue, the Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region is calling on the Nordic Council of Ministers to establish the conditions neces...

COVID-19 has been bad for the mental health of vulnerable children and young people

COVID-19 has had a particularly detrimental effect on young people who were already having a hard time. This was one of the points to emerge from a meeting between Lena Hallengren, the Swedish Minister for Health and Social Affairs, and the Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region, wh...

Publications

Ändra föreställningar och bryt traditioner! Kön och jämställdhet i småbarnspedagogiken i Norden

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2021:536

THE NORDICS – a sustainable and integrated region? Baseline report for Our Vision 2030

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2021:727

Gender equality in the Nordic energy sector

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2021:05

Resumé af rapporten: Helbred, velvære og levevilkår blandt unge LGBTI-personer i Norden. En forskningsoversigt og kortlægning af initiativer

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2021:529

Samantekt af skýrslunni:Heilsa, líðan og lífsskilyrði ungs hinsegin fólks á Norðurlöndunum Rannsóknaryfirlit og kortlagning aðgerða

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2021:530

Raportin yhteenveto: Nuorten LGBTI-henkilöiden terveys, hyvinvointi ja elinolot Pohjoismaissa Tutkimuskatsaus ja aloitteiden kartoitus

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2021:531

Oppsummering av rapporten: Helse, velvære og livsvilkår hos unge LGBTI-personer i Norden En forskningsoversikt og kartlegging av tiltak

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2021:532

Hälsa, välmående och livsvillkor bland unga LGBTI-personer i Norden En forskningsöversikt och kartläggning av insatser

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2021:527

Declarations

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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Fadumo Q Dayib at the launch of the Nordic prime ministers' initiative "Nordic Solutions to Global Challenges", May 2017

About the Nordic Gender Effect at Work

Achieving gender equality and providing decent work for all are two of the most pressing global challenges. To surmount them, we need to work together and share knowledge and information – at the local, regional and global level.