Feedback Session

Empowerment and Fate Control

 
 

Enabling gender equality by empowering all genders to effectively participate in modern society is one of the most important advances towards global sustainable development. Despite the importance of the topic, there is a significant gap in information about the current state and trends of gender empowerment in the Arctic.

This panel is aimed at contributing to understanding of gender equality issues in the Arctic at the national, regional, and local levels, to identify concrete strategies for gender political, economic, and civic empowerment, and thereby facilitating sustainable policymaking for the Arctic.

Opening remarks

  • Embla Eir Oddsdóttir, Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, GEA III Project lead

Session Chair

  • Valeriya Posmitnaya, Youth Advisory Board

Key Presentation

  • Marya Rozanova Smith, The George Washington University
  • Andrey Petrov, ARCTICenter (UNI)
  • Varvara Korkina Williams, Indigenous Independent Scholar

Arctic Council's Permanent Participants

  • Bridget Larocque, Arctic Athabaskan Council

Speakers

  • Joanna Absalonsen, Københavns Kommune,
  • Steven Arnfjord, University of Greenland,
  • Sara Fusco, Stefansson Institute, University of Akureyri,
  • Firouz Gaini, University of the Faroe Islands,
  • Kathleen Lahey, Queen’s University,
  • Suzanne Mills, McMaster University,
  • Aleksandra Poturaeva, Lomonosov Moscow State University,
  • Olga Povoroznyuk, University of Vienna,
  • Magalie Quintal Marineau, Institut national de la recherche scientifique,
  • Special guest: Lilia Vinokurova, The Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North (IHRISN)
  • Special guest: Alex Wilson, University of Saskatchewan, Nadezhda Zamyatina, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Closing Remarks

  • Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson, Project Manager, Gender Equality in the Arctic Phase III, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network

Questions for Participants to Consider

  • What are the dimensions of gender equality and empowerment in the Arctic?
  • What are the regional differences in gender empowerment across the Arctic?
  • What needs to be done to advance gender empowerment in the Arctic?

Helpful Materials

We found these materials helpful for the discussion

  • Rozanova, Marya; Mikheev, Valeriy. Rethinking Women’s Empowerment: Insights from the Russian Arctic : visit website
  • Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Freedom, empowerment and opportunities. Action Plan for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Foreign and Development Policy 2016-2020 : download PDF
  • The GEA Report 2015. Gender Equality in the Arctic Report. Current Realities, Future Challenges : download PDF