Nordic Information on Gender opens the call for applications to Nordic cooperation for gender equality
7th of February 2018
Nordic Information on Gender opens the call for applications to Nordic cooperation for gender equality
This March, Nordic Information on Gender will once again open the call for applications to Nordic cooperation for gender equality. In total, The Nordic Council of Ministers will distribute 2.7 million Danish Krone to cooperation for gender equality in the Nordic Region.
About the call: Almost DKK 3 million to gender equality cooperation
Organization’s that for example want to work against gendered educational choices, promote gender equality in the labour market or perhaps organize an expert conference will soon be invited to apply for funding of Nordic cooperation projects in the area of gender equality. Almost DKK 3 million will be allocated from the Nordic Council of Ministers’ gender equality fund.
In March, Nordic Information on Gender (NIKK) will once again accept applications for funding of Nordic gender equality cooperation. As in previous years, for a grant application to be approved, the proposed project must involve actors from at least three Nordic countries. The granted activities must begin in autumn 2018 and be completed within two years. The money may for example be used to develop shared methods and new knowledge or to organize conferences and networks.
Three prioritized themes have been identified for the Nordic Council of Ministers’ gender equality fund: the public space, sustainable development, and welfare and innovation. Read more here.
The projects that were granted funding last year include:
A care-crisis in the women-friendly welfare states?
A project that explores the status of work in care occupations in the Nordic countries against the background of the neoliberal turn in politics and how it affects gender equality.
Gender equality in workplace-based learning in the Nordic countries
A Nordic exchange of ideas and experiences that identifies methods currently used in workplace-based learning, shares them via network meetings and documents experiences online. The goal is to provide a tool that can be used in gender equality work in vocational education.
Gender-equal parenthood – gender equality in the labour market
This project explores the parental insurance systems in the Nordic countries and how they affect women’s paid work and men’s claiming of parental benefit. The results will be compiled in a report that will also include suggestions regarding how the system can be improved to increase gender equality.
The so-called funding scheme was initiated by the Nordic gender equality ministers to stimulate Nordic cooperation. The application form is available at nikk.se. Applications can be submitted 1–31 March. Read more here.
