NNL Pod 5,6+7: The Nordics and Gender
Listen to three podcasts about gender equality in the Nordics and some suggestions for improvement - two in English and one in Norwegian.
Meet the students!
Victoria recently graduated from a Master's in history at the University of Oslo, and she regularly provides input into articles and the development of the lexicon as part of the Reference Group.
Emma studies European and Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki and has also written an article for the New Nordic Lexicon called The Different Meanings of the Kalevala.
NNL Pod 5: Does reality live up to the Nordics' reputation when it comes to gender equality?
This is the fifth of our podcasts for the New Nordic Lexicon where students get the chance to put questions to researchers. In this episode, students Emma Healey from the University of Helsinki and Victoria Austveg from the University of Oslo speak to Cathrine Holst, Professor in Philosophy of Science and Democracy at Oslo University. Nicola Witcombe, who is editor of nordics.info based at Aarhus University, also joins the discussion.
Podcast
The Nordic Region is often lauded as exemplary when it comes to gender equality, but each Nordic country has its strengths and weaknesses. This episode is about perspectives on mainly male/female gender paradigms in the Nordic countries and particularly Norway. We will be looking at how gender issues are influenced from outside, and how the Nordics influence, or are seen, by the surrounding world. The participants also have the opportunity to share some good gender equality examples from their own lives (30 mins, in English):
Meet the researcher!
Cathrine Holst did her PhD at the University of Bergen. She has been a visiting scholar in Germany, the US, the UK and Italy. She has worked in a number of processes that link gender equality policy and research, such as, the Norwegian Public Inquiry Commission on Gender Equality (Likestillingsutvalget), and the project 'The influence of experts on public policy' financed by the Norwegian Research Council.
NNL Pod 6: What are the challenges to gender equality policymaking in the Nordics?
In this episode, students from Helsinki and Oslo Universities, Victoria Austveg and Emma Healey, and editor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe speak again to Cathrine Holst from the University of Oslo.
Podcast
This episode builds on the last one, but focuses more on policymaking, gender segregation and equal pay. The participants also have the opportunity to share some bad gender equality examples from their own lives. It is in English. Some later episodes will be in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian (32 mins).
Meet the researcher!
Mari is a Professor and Head of the Centre for Research on Gender Equality at the Institute for Social Research in Norway.
NNL Pod 7: What is the state of gender policy in Norway today?
In this episode, Victoria Austveg, a Master’s student from the University of Oslo, speaks to Mari Teigen, Professor at the Institute for Social Research in Norway.
Podcast
This episode builds on the last two, but focuses more on Norway’s policies, including board membership requirements placed on companies, the gender segregated labour market, how wages are set and equal pay. It is in Norwegian and Danish (31 minutes).
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These podcasts were produced in response to readers’ interest in discrimination and equal pay.
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Further reading:
- Armi Mustosmäki, Liza Reisel, Tiina Sihto, and Mari Teigen, 'Gendered Labor Market (dis)advantages in Nordic Welfare States. Introduction to the Theme of the Special Issue', Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 11, 57 (2021).
- Cathrine Holst, Hva er feminisme [What is feminism] (2009).
- Cathrine Holst and Mari Teigen, Silenced at the border: Norwegian gender-equality policies in national branding. In Eirinn Larsen, Sigrun Marie Moss, and Inger Skjelsbæk (eds.) Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region (London: Routledge, 2021).
- Ines Wagner and Mari Teigen, The Gendered Nature of Pattern Bargaining: Leeway for Change?. In Anna Elomäki, Johanna Kantola, and Paula Koskinen Sandberg (eds.) Social Partners and Gender Equality: Change and Continuity in Gendered Corporatism in Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), pp. 29–47.
- Ingrid Skinlo, 'Increasing opposition to feminism and gender equality in the Norwegian society?', CORE – Centre for Research on Gender Equality (2021).
- Mari Teigen, Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards: A Qualified Success in Changing Male Dominance in the Boardroom. In Caroline de la Porte, Guðný Björk Eydal, Jaakko Kauko, Daniel Nohrstedt, Paul 't Hart, and Bent Sofus Tranøy (eds.) Successful Public Policy in the Nordic Countries: Cases, Lessons, Challenges (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022), pp. 133–152.
Links:
- Podcast from the UiO Publisher: Cathrine Holst on feminism (In Norwegian)
- CORE – Centre for Research on Gender Equality at the Institute for Social Research in Norway
- Department for Equality, Non-discrimination and International Affairs (Norway)
- The Women's Room in the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen)
