Tag: equality
Svendsen mulls ‘exciting’ offers
Berit Svendsen, the highly rated executive who felt compelled to leave Telenor earlier this month, says she's had "incredibly many nice messages and exciting...
Government scolds Telenor’s CEO
"I had expected more of Telenor," exclaimed Linda Hofstad Helleland after the state-controlled company failed to retain its most senior female executive who has...
Women still struggle in Norway, too
Norway is widely viewed as a haven of gender equality, but local media took due note on Thursday, International Women's Day, of all the...
Pay gap persists between men and women
Women in Norway continue to earn just 86 percent of what men in Norway take home in terms of average monthly earnings. The latest...
Norwegian Air ‘preferred blondes’
Norwegian Air, home-based in a country that prides itself on equality, has raised a new flap over the casting call for a new commercial shot in...
Saudi envoy scolds critics in Norway
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Norway has fired off a response to criticism from members of the Norwegian Parliament Wednesday over the status of Saudi...
Norwegians angered by Saudis’ UN post
UPDATED: Several members of the Norwegian Parliament are among those angered by a secret UN vote last week that gave Saudi Arabia, where women aren't even...
‘Look to Iceland’ to achieve equal pay
As Norway's royals and top government officials hosted the first state visit from the President of Iceland in 20 years this week, equality experts were urging...
State also guilty of gender pay gaps
Wide pay gaps have been found between male and female CEOs at Norway's wholly state-owned companies in charge of everything from the railroad to airports and...
DNB aims to narrow women’s pay gap
DNB, Norway's biggest bank, has set aside NOK 17 million to boost the salaries of female employees who are earning less than male colleagues...
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