4.1: Higher Education
Gender equality in the higher education sector Other Information:
In Norway, all public institutions are required by law to work actively to promote gender equality, and these efforts are
to be documented each year. Norwegian universities and university colleges have drawn up specific action plans on gender equality.
In 2007 the Ministry of Education and Research established a national committee to promote gender equality in science. The
Committee for Mainstreaming - Women in Science will support and provide recommendations on measures to facilitate the mainstreaming
of gender equality efforts in the higher education and independent research institute sectors. The Research Council is represented
on this committee by Special Adviser Gunnar Bolstad. The committee has launched the Resource Bank for Gender Mainstreaming
in Science as a resource for those who are working to improve the gender balance in the research sector, and those who are
interested in issues on gender equality in science. The Resource Bank has been developed by KILDEN Information Centre for
Gender Research in Norway.
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