Networks & Projects
“Networks and Projects engaged in issues of gender and equality in the Arctic region.”
We encourage every organization, institution and/or project involved in Arctic gender equality, gender issues, youth and/or indigenous peoples issues to contact us so we may expand the Networks and Projects lists, providing a better outreach of such topics.
If you can contribute to these endeavors, we would be very grateful. Please contact Embla at The Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network. We welcome your feedback.
Networks
The Arctic Youth Network
The Arctic Youth Network is a global network of youth engaging in Arctic affairs. Through pan-Arctic and international cooperation and capacity-building, the AYN aims to provide aspiring leaders of all genders and cultures with equitable access to the resources they need to advance change their own way on Arctic issues.
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International Arctic Science Committee, Social & Human Working Group
Our scientific interests: Arctic residents and change; histories, perceptions and representations of the Arctic; securities, governance and law; natural resources, use, exploitation and development: past, present, future; human health and well-being.
Nordic Co-operation
The Nordic countries have worked together for over four decades to improve gender equality in all aspects of society. Gender equality between the sexes is a condition for the success of the Nordic Model and a pillar of the modern Nordic welfare states.
The Directorate of Equality
Among the Directorate‘s various tasks are monitoring of the implementation of the before mentioned acts, informing on equality as well as to conduct training and consulting services to individuals, companies, corporations, and government agencies at all levels.
THE NATIVE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
The association is founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women, girls and gender-diverse people within First Nations, Métis and Inuit Canadian societies.
WOMEN IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC
Access barriers, such as transportation limitations, family responsibilities, geography, and funding hinder many women from participating in traditional networking. The Women in the Arctic and Antarctic initiative fosters a gender-positive environment to facilitate easily accessible international networking and information sharing.
Tradition & Transition Research partnership
Tradition & Transition is a five-year partnership between the Nunatsiavut Government, the self-governing body representing the Inuit of northern Labrador, and Memorial University of Newfoundland. The goal of the partnership is to strengthen both traditional Inuit knowledge and the research being conducted in Nunatsiavut to ensure the continuing vitality of Labrador Inuit culture.
Arctic Cultures: Sites of Collection in the Formation of the European and American Northlands
ARCTIC CULT investigates the construction of the Arctic that emerged from the exploration of the region by Europeans and North Americans and their contacts with indigenous people from the middle of the sixteenth century, aspiring to establish new understandings of the consequences of colonial representations and decolonial processes for debates about the Circumpolar Arctic today.
ARCTIC FOCUS
ArcticFocus.org is a collaborative, online platform where Arctic explorers, researchers and communities share stories of the Arctic. Hosted by Arctic Research Foundation, stories of science, discovery, culture, conservation and innovation converge to explain one of the most critical, understudied and unknown regions of the world.
ARCTIC ATHABASKAN COUNCIL
The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) is an international treaty organization established to defend the rights and further the interests internationally of American and Canadian Athabaskan members First Nation governments in the eight-nation Arctic Council and other international fora.
Projects
online Program for UArctic Congress side event "Women of the Arctic"
Building on ongoing academic efforts to better understand gender in the Arctic, Women of the Arctic seeks to carve out a non-academic space for women and girls who work on or live in the Arctic to explore the roles and contributions of women to northern policy-making, research, exploration, art, activism, and daily life.
The GREENLAND health SURVEY 2018
The Greenland Health Survey 2018 is a study of youth and adults in Greenland, corresponding with the thematic areas in Greenland’s Public Health Program, Inuuneritta II: Diet, smoking, alcohol and hash, and physical activity. Specifically, demographic, regional and social variations in health status, risk factors for disease, social conditions, mental health and disease patterns in the population are examined.
Previous Networks & Projects
Femina Borealis - Women and Development in the North
“Femina Borealis - Women and Development in the North” was an international - Barents' region network consisting partners from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia. Founded in 1993. The main aims were: bring forward, mediate and develop knowledge about women's lives, history and visions for the future in the Barents Region; influence the political and economic development in the North. The main activities: discussions and campaigns aimed at women-friendly, culturally pluralistic regional policy; study programmes and courses, including open university and research courses; video conferences. Supports research efforts.