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Female musicians ride the Norwegian country wave
Country music is often portrayed through masculine stereotypes. Nevertheless, female musicians have helped define the genre’s development in Norway, researchers say.
"It's become more dangerous to be a journalist"
Foreign correspondents have traditionally been seen as a "macho club" with few female members. Today, there are more women, but the profession has also become more risky.
Fathers want to share parental leave equally
In a sense, men are more oriented towards gender equality than women when it comes to sharing parental leave, says Ragni Hege Kitterød.
Most read articles from Kilden genderresearch.no in 2023
The five most read articles in 2023 covered a variety of issues: from fatherhood and paternity tests; intimacy among whalers in the early 20th century to the treatment of gender dysphoria.
"It wasn't my fault" – 13 men about femicide
The killing of women and girls is such a big problem in Latin America that a number of countries have incorporated femicide into their penal code. A study from Buenos Aires looks at how the killers account for their crimes.
How the AIDS epidemic changed Norway
According to historians, the Norwegian authorities reacted differently to the AIDS epidemic than other Western countries.
Fewer women reach the peak in snowboarding
When it comes to snowboarding, women are in the minority of top athletes, coaches, referees and in the boardroom. New research reveals how invisible structures help maintain an unequal gender balance in the sport.
Changing legal gender and gender points: Is the scheme being abused?
The regulations don't readily allow individuals to impulsively change their legal gender, a legal experts explains.
Whalers dressed up as women and slept snugly together
At the same time, life on the whaling vessels was both boring and extremely dangerous, according to one researcher.
“I don't post porn”: Norwegian master's thesis about OnlyFans
The competition on the popular site was fierce. In the beginning, the women made a decent profit from their content, but then the income dwindled, writes Astrid Rokstad in the masters blog.
Circumcision method creates confusion
A less invasive form of circumcision is becoming more common among Norwegian-Somalis, but the women have very different ideas of what it entails.
New study from Kilden and our partners
As partner of the Horizon Europe project, GENDERACTIONplus, Kilden has participated in a study about policies and measures for integrating the gender dimension into the content of R&I and teaching in 21 countries across the ERA (The European Research Area). The report highlights promising practices and recommends measures for policy development.
Circumcision method creates confusion
A less invasive form of circumcision is becoming more common among Norwegian-Somalis, but the women have very different ideas of what it entails.
Killer children arouse our underlying fears
They kill with pigtails and dresses, and they shoot down members of their family in tight, sensual clothes. But the motifs of the murderous children we encounter in literature remain mysterious, says literary scholar.
When DNA tests show that dad is not the father
"As the law currently stands, there is no limit to how long one of the biological or social parents can withhold information about biological parenthood," a law professor warns.
Gender quotas on corporate boards? Norwegian researchers share their views
The Norwegian government wants to introduce requirements for gender balance on private boards, but do gender quotas really work? Read what researchers in the field think of the proposal.
Mari Teigen: Likes protest but in moderation
Armed with hard facts, Mari Teigen, as head of CORE – the Centre for Research on Gender Equality – has dedicated her career to investigating how gender plays out in the structure of society.
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Hijacking Women's Health
What happens at the intersection of women's health and international relations? In this Global Health Unpacked seminar, Dr Sophie Harman will look closer at the state of gender in global health. Seminar by the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo.
Research course: Gender, Peace and Conflict
A PhD level course, organized by PRIO.
This course presents theories and approaches to the study of the gendered dimensions of peace and conflict. With a focus on the gendered aspects of all the phases of conflict cycles (before, during and after) – from conflict risk to conflict prevention and resolution. The course will address thematic issues such as international normative frameworks on Women, Peace and Security, sexual violence in armed conflict, children born of war, DD&R processes, conflict mediation and peace agreements and international peace operations.
