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Norway: The Uncomfortable Gender Gap in News Media

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Norway is ranked first among 135 nations in the Press Freedom Index 2012.1 Norway also has the rank of number two on the Global Gender Gap Index 2011, conducted by the World Economic Forum. In many respects, political efforts to obtain and ensure gender equality in working life, as well as family and public life, have been a field of consensus in Norwegian society. The last three decades have seen important measures adopted in public policy to ensure that women have the same opportunities, obligations and rights as men. In spite of this, there is still a strong male domination in the power elites of the country.

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Øvrebo, T. (2013). Norway: The Uncomfortable Gender Gap in News Media. In: Byerly, C.M. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137273246_11

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