What is the GEA Times?

One of the main objectives of the GEA project is to put the spotlight on gender equality issues in the Arctic. The GEA Times is 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. We hope that the GEA Times will help strengthen the GEA community.

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The GEA Report is on its final stage!

After a long-lasting ideas collecting, writing, editing, identifying policy-relevant highlights, and reviewing process the GEA Team is thrilled to announce that the Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality Issues (The GEA Report) is approaching to its final stage of preparation. The GEA Report is a collaborative international project which involves 10 lead authors and more than 70 contributors from different Arctic and non-Arctic states. This collaborative work includes valuable contributions from variety of representatives, scholars, activists, researchers, and scientists from different fields of expertise. Of particular importance has been engagement with Indigenous Peoples´ representatives and youth representatives.  

Each chapter of the Report went through the thoughtful process of reviewing of the Youth Advisory Group (with the support and facilitation of the Arctic Youth Network and the Saami Council), SDWG experts and external group of independent reviewers.     

The printed GEA Report version will be ready in May 2021, while the enhanced online version will appear shortly after the printed version and will be populated with all full contributions to the Report and many other additional multimedia materials. 

The GEA Report is a primary component of the Phase III of the GEA Project. GEA III is an Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) project and a chairmanship project of the Icelandic Arctic Council Chairmanship 2019-2021, as part of the priority People and Communities of the Arctic. Project leader is Iceland with co-leadership from Sweden, Finland, Canada, the Saami Council, the Aleut International Association, and the USA.

The purpose and objective of the GEA III project is to raise visibility and understanding of the importance of gender-issues in the Arctic, to identify priorities and concrete strategies for increased diversity and gender balance in policy- and decision-making processes and to provide information to facilitate sustainable policy making for the future.

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Materials in Focus

In this issue of the GEA Times the topics of the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic, the use of Indigenous knowledge along with science, women in business in Northern Europe, Greenlandic mythology, security strategies of Indigenous women in Nenets Region, and other topics were highlighted.

Top 20 Women in Business in Northern Europe | By Anniina Turunen
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic | By Arctic Council
Read the article

5 Mythical Creatures from Greenland: Mother of the Sea, Tupilak, Qivittoa and more | By Visit Greenland
Watch the video

Sunna & Tatiana: Cultural gatherings & Barents Co-operation - the fuel of Sámi people | By KulturSámi podcast
Listen to podcast

Living condition of indigenous people and relations of gender in the Arctic in light of rapid climate change and globalization | By Inga Hrönn Ólafsdóttir
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The need for transformative changes in the use of Indigenous knowledge along with science for environmental decision‐making in the Arctic | By Helen C. Wheeler et al.
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Nordic Gender Equality in Figures 2015 | By Norden
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ICC International Chair Dalee Sambo Dorough | By Inuit Circumpolar Council
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The GEA has compiled more than 500 academic papers, reports, research papers, professional comments and interviews, videos, podcasts, journalist publications and books relevant to Gender Equality in the Arctic.

Check out our growing list of materials

The GEA Calendar

The GEA Calendar gathers upcoming Gender Equality in the Arctic – relevant deadlines and events.

Shaping the new Nordic gender agenda, March 19, 2021, Online. This panel of Nordic ministers and young activists will drive attention to how the agency of young women, in all their diversity, is crucial in shaping a new gender agenda.

Gender equality – a key to rural prosperity, March 25, 2021, Online.

The population structure in the Nordic countries is changing fast. Ageing, migration, and urbanisation pose challenges for both labour markets and welfare provision – especially in remote rural regions. The current Covid crisis adds fuel to the fire and the response and resilience differ widely between countries and regions. What are the solutions and ways forward towards a more sustainable regional development?

About the GEA project

Gender Equality in the Arctic is an international collaborative Sustainable Development Working Group project focusing on gender equality in the Arctic

The purpose of this project is to promote an extensive, policy-relevant dialogue on issues of gender equality in the Arctic region in the context of current realities in terms of economic and social development as well as current and future challenges, inter alia relating to climatic and environmental changes.

The Gender Equality in the Arctic project is endorsed by the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group
SDWG website | Arctic Council website