“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 commentary Dirk Gindt, Professor of Theatre Studies in the Department of Culture and Aesthetics and Head of Research in Theatre Studies at Stockholm University, pays tribute to female Sámi cultural workers and, in particular, the recently deceased actor and director Harriet Nordlund who was the co-founder of the world’s first professional Sámi theatre ensemble.
Read MoreIn this commentary Victoria Qutuuq Buschman, Inuk Conservation Biologist describes how indigenous youth in the Arctic are getting to work to address the pressing climate issues in the 21st century – coastal erosion, ocean acidification, pollution, fluctuating and unpredictable wildlife populations, biodiversity loss, unsustainable resource extraction, and data gaps in almost all areas of Arctic research.
Read More“The first to face the effects of climate change are indigenous peoples of the North. The main reason is their dependence on the environment and their close relationship to natural resources”, Commentary by Anisiia Moiakunova.
Read MoreExperiences of indigenous young women living in remote villages in Siberia are drastically different from their peers living in urban areas and mainland Russia. Their experiences are often coloured by multiple forms of discrimination – racism, ethnic chauvinism. By Anastasia Ulturgasheva.
Read MoreBryndís Kjartansdóttir is the Senior Arctic Official for Iceland. In her commentary, Bryndís emphasizes the importance of understanding the role gender plays in sustainable decision making, and how the GEA project has contributed to a better understanding of the role gender plays in the Arctic.
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