“The GEA Times serves as a venue for us, and you, to contribute to the discussion and to put focus on gender equality in the Arctic, and to promote events and material related to Arctic gender equality.”
In this episode we are discussing gender equality with Captain Malin Andersson. She has broad shipping experience, both onboard the vessels and in ports. Her insights as female captain in a still male dominated industry are truly inspiring! Keep listening to an interesting conversation in our podcast.
Author’s Note: Malin Andersson is one of the few female Merchant Marine Captains in Sweden.
Read MoreREDOIL is a grassroots Alaska Native group in Alaska states. Faith Gemmill tells it like it is. Global warming is impacting Indigenous people in Alaska right now. The ice is melting, lives are being threatened, there are emergency evacuations, coastal people are having to move inland (forced relocation). Who cares?
Read MoreThis research report is the second of two documents dealing with the social impacts of mining activity near Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake) on Inuit women and families in the community. The first report (March 2014) was based on interviews and qualitative data. This report deals with results of a questionnaire, with content developed in 2013 by Inuit women of Qamani’tuaq in the course of a week-long workshop.
Read MoreSweden argues that that even though it has not yet adopted ILO 169, it has many legal protections for its Sámi residents, By Kevin McGwin
Read MoreWhile the world is busy going vegan, microbiologist Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann insists that a plant-based diet is not the right choice for everyone – at least not in Greenland. She wants us to stop shaming meat eaters and develop a more nuanced view of Arctic food culture. By Martine Lind Krebs
Read MoreThis video was produced as part of the priority initiative during Canada’s Chairmanship (2013-2015) to promote the traditional ways of life of Arctic indigenous peoples. The purpose of this initiative was to highlight the importance of traditional ways of life for Arctic Indigenous communities and raise regional and global awareness.
Read MoreThe SLiCA anthology probes into the theoretical and methodological background of the SLiCA project, the research design, the ethical principles applied and introduces examples of the wealth of information available on the livelihoods and living conditions of the Inuit, Saami and the indigenous peoples of Chukotka and the Kola Peninsula, measured with quality of life criteria they themselves chose.
Read MoreHunther-gatherer societies have often been used to support theoretical discussions about gender relations. This article examines four models, widespread in the anthropological literature, about the relative position of men and women (men hunt; men dominate Inuit societies; men control the public sphere; men "work").
Read MoreFollows homeless, addicted and alienated Greenlandic women in Copenhagen, Denmark; includes fragments of Greenlandic culture. [Source: imdb.com]
Read MoreTopics highlighted in this issue of GEA Material in Focus are domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic in the Arctic, indigenous people in the Arctic, women’s empowerment in the Russian Arctic, security issues in the Arctic.
Read MoreThreshold Podcast—The Refuge, Episode 3: 'Listen to the People'
December 27, 2019 | Threshold Podcast
BY AMY MARTIN AND NICK MOTT
How did the largest wildlife refuge in the country come to be next door to the largest oil field in the country? And how did oil companies, the conservation movement, and indigenous communities each have a hand in shaping the disparate paths of these two “siblings?”
November 06, 2019 | Threshold Podcast
BY AMY MARTIN AND NICK MOTT
A new federal effort targets a related problem — the epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls. Will that help curb trafficking?
By Melody Schreiber - November 27, 2019
Read MoreBy Henrik Kleven, Camille Landais, and Jakob Egholt Søgaard
Using Danish administrative data, we study the impacts of children on gender inequality in the labor market.
Read MoreThe Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security offers a comprehensive examination of security in the region, encompassing both state-based and militarized notions of security, as well as broader security perspectives reflecting debates about changes in climate, environment, economies, and societies.
Read MoreAfter a decade of studying gender inequality, sociologist, Kyl Myers, decided childhood gender socialization needed a creative overhaul. Kyl shares her idea that if we want adulthood gender equality, we have to change the way we treat kids.
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