https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway's government said Monday it planned to increase gender equality in the business world by extending quotas for the number of women on boards to 20,000 large and medium-size companies by 2028. https://www.thelocal.no/20230619/norway-to-extend-quotas-for-women-on-company-boards Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:13:37 +0200 norway-to-extend-quotas-for-women-on-company-boards When Norwegian climber Kristin Harila stepped onto the summit of Cho Oyu this month she became the fastest woman to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks. https://www.thelocal.no/20230520/not-just-the-fastest-woman-norwegian-mountaineer-eyes-speed-record Sat, 20 May 2023 11:49:07 +0200 not-just-the-fastest-woman-norwegian-mountaineer-eyes-speed-record Many describe Norway as a gender equality pioneer, but are women still paid less than men for doing the same job?  https://www.thelocal.no/20221213/working-in-norway-is-there-a-gender-wage-gap Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:14:00 +0100 working-in-norway-is-there-a-gender-wage-gap Norway, a gender equality pioneer, plans to expand its quota system to the boards of several thousand additional companies, its government said Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20221213/norway-seeks-to-strengthen-gender-quota-laws Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:14:52 +0100 norway-seeks-to-strengthen-gender-quota-laws A Christmas advert by Posten, the Norwegian postal service, which depicts Santa in a same-sex relationship, has been branded "fantastic" and "perfect" after going viral.  https://www.thelocal.no/20211126/watch-viral-norwegian-christmas-ad-where-santa-has-a-boyfriend Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:15:16 +0100 watch-viral-norwegian-christmas-ad-where-santa-has-a-boyfriend Norway will submit a bill to ban LGBT conversion therapy as part of a broader action plan aimed at improving the lives of LGBT people in the country, the government announced Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20210624/norway-to-ban-lgbt-conversion-therapy Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:06:24 +0200 norway-to-ban-lgbt-conversion-therapy Norway is a highly inclusive nation, according to newly-released research. https://www.thelocal.no/20191219/why-norway-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-inclusive-nations Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:21:34 +0100 why-norway-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-inclusive-nations Norway’s MPs will on Wednesday decide whether to ban the practice of conversion therapy. https://www.thelocal.no/20191211/norwegian-parliament-set-to-ban-conversion-therapy Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:30:18 +0100 norwegian-parliament-set-to-ban-conversion-therapy Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said she thinks a ban on so-called conversion therapy should be considered by lawmakers. https://www.thelocal.no/20191112/norway-considers-enforcing-ban-on-conversion-therapy Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:24:35 +0100 norway-considers-enforcing-ban-on-conversion-therapy Guro regularly clocks in 60 to 70-hour weeks; half of the time spent on football and the other half at a job. While that may seem excessive, it's the norm for women football players in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20190611/equal-pay-in-football-norway-still-far-from-the-goal Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:09:15 +0200 equal-pay-in-football-norway-still-far-from-the-goal An analysis has aimed to demonstrate Europe’s gender pay gap by showing the date that women effectively stop being paid due to average salary differences compared to men. https://www.thelocal.no/20171101/norwegian-danish-women-stop-being-paid-in-november-due-to-salary-gap-report Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:15:27 +0100 norwegian-danish-women-stop-being-paid-in-november-due-to-salary-gap-report In the very second that the clock struck midnight and the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church’s new liturgy allowing gay couples to marry in church weddings came into force, Kjell Frølich Benjaminsen and Erik Skjelnæs tied the knot in Eidskog Church. https://www.thelocal.no/20170201/history-is-made-first-same-sex-church-wedding-performed-in-norway Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:35:39 +0100 history-is-made-first-same-sex-church-wedding-performed-in-norway Norway's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Monday adopted a new liturgy that will allow gay couples to marry in church weddings, an issue which had previously divided the country's main denomination. https://www.thelocal.no/20170131/gays-now-free-to-wed-in-norways-lutheran-church Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:41:07 +0100 gays-now-free-to-wed-in-norways-lutheran-church Norway is the best country in Europe to work in if you identify as LGBT, according to a recent study by Expert Market. https://www.thelocal.no/20170127/why-norway-is-the-best-country-for-lgbt-workers Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:32:42 +0100 why-norway-is-the-best-country-for-lgbt-workers Norway has been declared the world’s third most gender equal country in a study by the prestigious World Economic Forum, but the study as a whole as bad news for equality. https://www.thelocal.no/20161028/norway-classifies-third-on-gender-gap-report-2016 Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:32:09 +0200 norway-classifies-third-on-gender-gap-report-2016 As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Norway had both plenty to cheer and areas that could use clear improvement. https://www.thelocal.no/20160308/norway-leads-glass-ceiling-index-but Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:04:20 +0100 norway-leads-glass-ceiling-index-but Norway has been ranked the least progressive Nordic country in a new world ranking of attitudes towards gender equality. https://www.thelocal.no/20151112/norway-worst-in-nordics-for-gender-attitudes Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:47:17 +0100 norway-worst-in-nordics-for-gender-attitudes Norway's equality minister has declared that she is opposed to gender quotas or affirmative action designed at increasing equality for women in the workplace, although she stressed she would not seek to rewrite Norway's existing rules. https://www.thelocal.no/20140131/im-opposed-to-any-quotas-says-norways-equality-minister Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:29:00 +0100 im-opposed-to-any-quotas-says-norways-equality-minister Despite scoring high in international gender equality comparisons, Norway still has a gap between men and women when it comes to taking an interest in politics. https://www.thelocal.no/20130725/norwegian-women-trail-mens-political-savvy Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:28:00 +0200 norwegian-women-trail-mens-political-savvy