The Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers organizes a Nordic conference on gender and power in Reykjavik November 18-19, 2009. The conference is co-organized by The Nordic Gender Institute, NIKK.
Nordic Conference in Grand Hotel Reykjavik, November 18-19, 2009
The conference presents results from the Nordic research project Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries carried out by NIKK and a Nordic research group on behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers for Gender Equality.
Preliminary programme
Wednesday November 18 (University of Iceland)
Kl. 18:00 Arrival and registration
Kl. 18:30-19:30 Keynote: Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Kl. 19:30-22:00 Reception
Thursday November 19 (Grand Hotel Reykjavik)
Kl. 08:30-09:00 Press conference
Kl. 09:00-09:10 Opening of the conference by the Prime minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Kl. 09:10-09:30 Presentation of research results by head of research Kirsti Niskanen, NIKK
Kl. 09:30-12:30 Gender and power in politics
Kl. 12:30-13:30 Lunch
Kl. 13:30-16:30 Gender and power in the private sector
Kl. 16:30-17:00 Coffee break
Kl. 17:00-18:00 Panel discussion: similarities and differences among the Nordic countries
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