• Gender equality for a thriving, sustainable arctic 

      Oddsdóttir, Embla Eir; Ágústsson, Hjalti Ómar; Svensson, Eva-Maria; Hoogensen Gjørv, Gunhild; Kendall, Sarah Seabrook; Smieszek, Malgorzata; Prior, Tahnee; Hayfield, Erika; Williamson, Karla Jessen; Rozanova-Smith, Marya; Petrov, Andrey; Williams, Varvara Korkina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-29)
      On 21 May 2021, a milestone Pan-Arctic Report: Gender Equality in the Arctic was published in tandem with the Arctic Council’s Ministerial Meeting held in Reykjavík, 19–20 May 2021. This article provides a brief review of the report and its major findings across six chapters that address key themes concerning gender equality in the Arctic: Law and Governance, Security, Gender and Environment, Migration ...
    • Gender Equality in the Swedish Welfare State 

      Svensson, Eva-Maria; Gunnarsson, Åsa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Sweden represents utopia for many women’s activists around the world. The article tries to explain the policies that created the vision of a women-friendly welfare state. Global gender gap indexes have placed Sweden in the top five for many years. The success is measured in a high level of labour market participation and education, instituted policies for the reconciliation of work and family life ...