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French women had more power in the Middle Ages than after the revolution
The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were also common, according to a historian at the University of Oslo.
Men also benefit from gender perspectives in health research
Researchers agree that gender perspectives improve health research. But does Norway need a dedicated political strategy for women’s health?
Can Norway formulate its own penal law for sexual assault?
Amnesty believes the new Norwegian draft bill on rape violates the Istanbul Convention. Law professor disagrees.
Medieval law in Norway gave women new rights
In 2024, Norway celebrates 750 years since the Code of the Norwegian Realm was adopted. For women, that meant more access to financial resources and power.
Islamic women's organisations confront Western feminism
They oppose international conventions for gender equality and distance themselves from Western feminism. The conservative network aims to promote women's interests on their own terms.
Norway has not succeeded in preventing or combating rape
Rape prevention in Norway faced scrutiny from the government-appointed rape committee: An under-prioritised an unsolved social problem, the commitee concludes. Along with 30 measures to combat rape.
NEWS FROM KILDEN:
This year's final issue of The Journal of Gender Research contains five peer-reviewed articles and two book reviews. Read about gender and sexuality norms and how these norms can be challenged in society, analysed partly through the lens of queer theory. You can also get an insight into the situation of women in traditionally male-dominated fields in education and working life. In addition, you can read about how governance logics and ideals work in gendered ways in academia. This last issue of the year is an open issue and bears the mark of a type of tension that is present in the field of gender research more generally, between gender studies that is rooted in the category of women, and gender studies where it is examined how gender norms, as well as other societal norms, are reproduced.
What's up?
Ph.d.-course: Sex and politics in a global perspective
In spring 2025, SKOK, LawTransform and Skeivforsk will organize a cross-disciplinary, combined master and PhD course about the dynamics between sex and politics in a global perspective. The organizers invite PhD and master students in Bergen to a cross-disciplinary course on dynamics between sex and politics in a global perspective. The course will run throughout the 2025 spring semester. There will be both regular lectures and a 3-day gathering in May. Registration is required. Deadline: Monday 13 January 2025.
Call for papers: Would you like to contribute to a new Norwegian textbook on Gender Studies?
The editors of Doing Gender Studies, a new Norwegian-language textbook for Gender Studies under contract with Fagbokforlaget, are sending out a call for contributions to all researchers working in this field in Norway. The form of the book allows for shorter and longer contributions in a variety of formats. The editors have selected this novel form because they are hoping for a polyvocal volume with contributions from a range of researchers and educators working with gender and gender related themes in Norway. Proposals due by: January 30, 2025.
