Tackling the “gender gap”

Kick off at ICASS IX in Umea/Sweden 2017

New IASSA Working Group Gender in the Arctic (GIA WG)

During the Ninth International Conference on Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) in Umea/Sweden the new IASSA Working Group on “Gender in the Arctic” will be launched.

The “GIA WG” will kick-off with a roundtable discussion on 9th of June 2017 where the relevance and state of the art in Arctic Gender and Intersectionality Studies will be addressed. This discussion follows the official launch of the Working Group where future activities and modes of boosting the theme in Arctic research are going to be discussed. Everyone who is interested to contribute and participate is warmly welcome to this kick-off.

ICASS IX - gender related events

8th of June: Toward a gender equal sustainable human developement in the Arctic. session chair: Eva-Maria Svensson

9th of June: The invisibility of gender. session chair: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv

9th of June: Roundtable: Gender in the Arctic. chair: J. Otto Habeck and Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv