NKVTS project on sexual and gender-based violence against women migrants and refugees: analysing causes and effective policy response

NKVTS and six international partners in Europe, the Middle East and Canada have received a grant for a three-year study on “Violence against women migrants and refugees: analysing causes and effective policy response.” Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt from NKVTS is principal investigator for the Norwegian part of the project. The project is funded by the Joint Call on Gender and UN Sustainable Development Goals under Horizon 2020. Read more on gbvmigration.cnrs.fr

Oslo Economics and Oslo Research awarded contract by the Ministry of Education under the Government’s Action Plan to Combat Negative Social Control, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation

Oslo Economics and Oslo Research have been awarded a contract by the government to survey to which extent children and youth with a migration background have been left behind abroad and to assess how local government authorities respond to their situation. The project is part of the Government’s Action Plan to Combat Negative Social Control, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation. The project will result in a report to the government by the end of 2019.

Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt spoke on prevention of violence against women in the Nordic countries

Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt from NKVTS and ORES spoke on “Gender-blind or gender-based prevention” at the Nordic conference “Preventing violence against women in the Nordic countries” on 8 March 2018. The conference was hosted by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Ministry of Children and Equality and marked the conclusion of the Norwegian presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2017. Read more on Regjeringen.no.

Conference marked the end of successful Polish–Norwegian research collaboration

A well attended international conference in Łódź, Poland co-hosted by Oslo Research (ORES) marked the end of a successful research collaboration between ORES, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM) in Poland. NOVA Director Bjørn Hvinden gave the opening address, sharing important experiences from international research collaborations.