{"id":62,"date":"2009-03-11T22:42:49","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T02:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=62"},"modified":"2009-03-11T22:42:49","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T02:42:49","slug":"gender-equality-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/gender-equality-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Equality in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

men = menn<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 women =kvinner<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a man= en mann<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a woman=ei\/en kvinne<\/strong><\/p>\n

the men= mennene\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the women=kvinnene\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a boy=en gutt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>a girl=ei\/en jente<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Americans think that since most Scandinavian immigrants settled in the midwest, they must resemble their Scandinavian-American decendants.\u00a0 One very prominent distinction between the Norwegian-American heartland and Norway lies in the area of gender equality.\u00a0 Norway is considered to be the most gender equal country in the world, followed by Finland, Sweden, and Iceland.\u00a0 One wonders how Norway was able to get to this point, ahead of the rest of the world when it is a fairly young nation.\u00a0 I must say that although it doesn’t make much sense initially, I believe that part of the reason for such great gender equality is Norway’s all-but-recent homogenous population.\u00a0 Since Norway became a sovereign country in 1905, long after most European countries, catching up to the rest of Europe in terms of the arts, the military, and the businessworld, among other things, progress occurred quickly.\u00a0 I think this could have been\u00a0an important\u00a0opportunity that allowed for gender equality to develop so rapidly in Norway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Norwegian Minister of Children & Equality, Anniken Huitfeldt, came to New York City for the UN Commission on the Status of Women last week.\u00a0 The Norwegian Consulate General and Innovation Norway, (an organization that promotes Norwegian industry abroad and the tourist industry in Norway) were partners in the event.\u00a0 Anniken Huitfeldt acknowledges Norway’s status as a highly gender equal nation, but at the same time warns Norweigan not to become too cocky about this because there is still a lot left to change.\u00a0 Women still have a ways to go before they are equal to men in the workforce and in the home.\u00a0 Many men still earn more money than women in their field.\u00a0 But…I can tell you first-hand that Norwegian men are much more domestic than American men.\u00a0 The most evident example of this is how visibly domestic men are.\u00a0 I don’t know about you all, but I don’t see a whole lot of men out walking their children or driving them around to sports events and daycare.\u00a0 This means that either there are more stay-at-home moms in the U.S. than there are in Norway or that even if both parents work, in Norway men and women share more of the responsibilty in taking care of the children.<\/p>\n

I completely understand Anniken’s caution for Norwegians to not be cocky, but I think it’s very important to not only commend Norway and the other top nations for gender equality, but do a little research on why this is the case.\u00a0 How did Norway get to where it is today?\u00a0 What implications does high gender equality\u00a0 have\u00a0on a country’s commerce and general success?\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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