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Posts Tagged ‘Sweden’

Media: Where are the female role models?

Wednesday, 04 May 2011 09:56 Written by Greg 0 Comments

Research from Norway shows that among the 25 professors that most often were quoted in the media in 2007 – only two were women. This raises the question of whether or not good female role models are portrayed through media. Another example comes from thematic studies in Norway on global warming. Research show that women were absent in articles on the subject, only 11 percent of the articles from the biggest Norwegian newspapers had a female leading voice.

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From Reykjavík to Vladivostok

Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:44 Written by Arni 0 Comments

Potential participants in the ad competition could do worse than look for inspiration to the so-called Nordic Noir or the recent wave of crime novels from the five Nordic countries: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.

Violence against women seems to be a recurrent theme in recent Nordic literature.

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