Bilde AI is trained using old, gender-conservative data However, in a recent report on artificial intelligence in the public sector, only three per cent of the participants believe that new technology increases the risk of discrimination. The lack of awareness is alarming, says one of the authors.
Bilde Racism impacts men and women differently “Men get compared to animals and have animal sounds shouted at them, while girls and women are more likely to encounter contempt because of their appearance,” says Cora Alexa Døving. She is the editor of a new book about racism in Norway.
Bilde From gender equality to inclusion How will gender equality efforts in the research sector evolve as we take more and more groups into consideration?
Bilde “Simone de Beauvoir’s analysis of old age is still relevant” The French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir’s analysis of the oppression of women may be applied to explain oppression of elderly people today, says Tove Pettersen.
Bilde No discrimination against women whose CVs are as good as men’s According to a recent study, women and men have equal chances to move up professionally in academia as a whole. There are, however, a number of systematic differences.
Bilde The EU raises the standard of Norwegian gender equality policies That the EU affects Norwegian gender equality policies has mostly proven to be a good thing. But an individual-oriented policy puts pressure on the social democratic approach, say researchers.
Bilde One of four LGBT people experience hate speech A new report shows that twice as many LGBT people are victims of discrimination and exclusion as the rest of the population. The risk increases even more among those with minority characteristics.
Bilde Norwegian courts discriminate: Ethnicity and location matter in sentencing of rape cases A survey of rape convictions in Norway reveals systematic discrimination of men with minority background and of women.
Bilde “Feminine sound” = poor dance music? Girls are sent out of the queue because they’re not cool enough. Female DJs don’t get gigs because the music they play is “too feminine”. According to music researcher, discrimination of women is common in the club scene.
Bilde Excluded both as man and minority Exclusion during the student days may result in lower ambitions when entering the job market. In bioengineering, male students with minority background are struggling the most.
