Stoltenberg: Women’s battle continues.
Domestic violence affects women far more than men. Continued use women twice as much time on housework than men. And even if we have achieved the goal of 40 percent female representation in the ASA-boards, there are still such that most business leaders are men, “said Stoltenberg.
He used part of the Women’s Day to speak at a women’s political conference organized by the Labor Party.
- It is especially much that remains beyond our borders. Comprehensive abortion of girl babies in some countries,Healthy Heart, shows that boys are valued higher. Somewhere in the world a woman dies in childbirth every minute. Of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals, it is only when it comes to maternal health that we do not see any progress, lead to playing aion kinah, mostly men, “said Stoltenberg.
He believes that a commitment to work and education is the most important intervention Norwegian politicians can take to promote gender equality, particularly in some minority communities.
That there are now more women than men who take higher education in Norway,Tobacco Arcturus to the baggage against Norway, shows that it moves forward with equality. But still it is so that women consistently earn less than men, “said Stoltenberg.