 African
dreams on European streets
27.06.2006
The prostitution debate has been too focused on getting prostitutes
off the street and out of sight, says Justice Minister Knut Storberget,
speaking today at a Fafo seminar. Storberget was presented the new
Fafo report on Nigerian women in prostitution in Norway, written
by May-Len Skilbrei (pictured), Marianne Tveit and Anette Brunovskis.
He and the ministry will use the report in their own action plan
to be formulated this summer. 
Download the report and find
out more about the seminar here (in Norwegian) |
People's Republic of China visits Fafo
21.06.2006
A delegation from The Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's
Republic of China visits Fafo on June 21. The delegation, headed
by Vice-Minister Luo Pingfei comes to Fafo in order to discuss the
Norwegian welfare model, as well as Fafo's work in the Western regions
of China. |
 Three
new reports on child labour
21.06.2006
At a Fafo seminar this morning the researchers Morten Bøås
and Anne Hatløy presented the recent reports from Fafo's
research program on trafficking and child labour. Fafo has carried
out several studies on children and young people in Mali, Burkina
Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone in the
period of 2003-2005, commisioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
More about the seminar
(in Norwegian)
Short presentation
in English
Find the reports here:
Living in a material world –
Children and youth in alluvial diamond mining in Kono district,
Sierra Leone
Child labour and cocoa production
in West Africa – The case of Côte d’ Ivoire and
Ghana
After the ‘Storm’. Economic
activities among returning children – The case of Voinjama,
Liberia |
 Torgeir
Aarvaag Stokke appointed member of the national Equal Pay Commission
19.06.2006
Fafo research director Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke has been appointed
a member of the new national Equal Pay Commission. The commission
will study steps that can be taken to reduce wage differences between
men and women.
Read the press release from the ministry for children and family
affairs (in Norwegian). |
 The
Reality of Aid 2006 – Open seminar on security and aid policy
15.06.2006
Fafo and Forum for Development and Environment invites to an open
conference 20 June on aid, conflict resolution, securioty and sustainable
development, with cases from Sudan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Presenters
from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sudan, Nepal, Zimbabwe,
Fafo, University of Bergen, Norwegian People’s Aid and Norwegian
Church Aid. The conference is part of the launch of the 2006 edition
of the Reality of Aid report
and open for all interested. Please register to Forum
for Development and Environment. For additional info contact
either Kamilla Berggrav or
Christian H Ruge. The seminar takes
place at Fafo Conference center, Borggt. 2B, 09:00-16:00.
Find
programme here |
 How
do old people want to live?
08.06.2006
Fafo researchers Siri Ytrehus and Anders B. Fyhn have looked upon
middle-aged and older people's wants for the future. They have asked
today's 50- 60- and 70 years old what they think is a good house
in old age. The report Bufast, Bjørvika and Benidorm is based
on a nationwide survey, while the report Her vil jeg bo! (I want
to live here!) is a comparative study among four different regions.
Download the reports (both in Norwegian) from Bufast,
Bjørvika og Benidorm and Her
vil jeg bo! |
 Fafo-breakfast:
Children's work in West Africa
15.06.2006
Fafo invites to a breakfast seminar Wednesday, June 21. Fafo has
carried out a number of studies on children and youths in Mali,
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone during the last three
years. The Fafo-researchers Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
will on this breakfast seminar present the last three reports within
this programme.
Read more here
(in Norwegian)
Photo: Henriette Lunde |
 Book
launch in Geneva
08.06.2006
Monday 12 June, the book Disarmament
as Humanitarian Action: From Perspective to Practice, by J.
Borrie & V. Martin Randin (eds) will be launched at a seminar
in Palais des Nations, Geneva. The book is the second volume from
the UNIDIR project, Disarmament as Humanitarian Action. Fafo Senior
Adviser Christian H Ruge (pictured) will make a presentation together
with Rosy Cave from UNIDIR on government-civil society cooperation
in multilateral disarmament processes, based on his chapter in the
book, "Mitigating the effects of armed violence through disarmament
– counting the human costs". |
 Workplace
environment and residents' rights in child protection institutions
06.06.2006
At a brekfast seminar today NOVA and Fafo presented two new reports
on workplace environment and residents' rights in child protection
institutions.
The reports (both in Norwegian) can be downloaded
from NOVA |
New report on older workers and restructuring
06.06.2006
Fafo researcher Tove Midtsundstad has contributed to a new report
by the Centre for Senior Policy on senior citizens and the labour
market. Midtsundstad has written a chapter on seniors, job restructuring
and economic consequences for employers. The report is a joint project
between Fafo, AFI (Work Research Institute) and Østfoldforskning.
Download
the report here (in Norwegian) |
On-the-job security compromised for East European workers
01.06.2006
A new Fafo survey shows that Norwegian workplaces are not as safe
for some employees as others. East European workers, mainly from
Poland and the Baltic countries, must often do the most dangerous
jobs, without adequate precautionary measures.
See Fafo in the press |
