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News from the Fafo frontpage October 2009
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29 October 2009
Gay and lesbian Sámi make up a minority group that up until recently has been invisible in research and public policy. As a result, very little information and knowledge exist about the living conditions of this group. The Fafo researchers Arne Backer Grønningsæter and
Bjørn Richard Nuland's aim in the report Lesbians and Gays in Sapmi. A narrative approach to explore living conditions, is to provide knowledge of how gay and lesbian Sámi experience life today. The project has used a narrative approach to study the living conditions of this group, and by telling the life stories of the informants, the project aims to make gay and lesbian Sámi more widely visible. The report shows that the Sámi culture is an important part of the informants’ identities. It has not been easy for them to cope with a multiple minority status, and although they have as a result experienced social exclusion and discrimination, they appear proud of both being Sámi and of being lesbian or gay.  Download the report Read more about the report |
23 October 2009
Since 2000, the hostilities in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have re-emerged and escalated, and mobility restrictions on people and goods remain in place. The Palestinian economy remains fettered, Palestinian households in the West Bank are becoming poorer and more indebted. In a new report Fafo-researcher Laura E. Mitchell investigates how Palestinians are adapting at the household level both by focusing specifically on the gender differences within households, and by examining how the coping strategies employed affect the household’s resource base. While most households attempt to manage by reducing their consumption, many are also depleting their resource base.
In addition to literature from the Middle East which views household coping strategies as forms of resistance during times of crisis, the report draws on one hundred individual and group interviews in five communities in the West Bank. Download the report Read more about the report |
  Low-skilled adults in formal education
October 2009
The Fafo-researchers Marianne Dæhlen and Odd Bjørn Ure have published the article «Low-skilled adults in formal education. Does their motivation differ from other learners?» in International
Journal of Lifelong Education, Vol 28(5). The study aims to analyse low-skilled adults' motivation for formal adult education. Dæhlen and Ure examine how this is affected by educational level, age, gender, employment status and citizenship. Read abstract here |
 Nordic report on prostitution
9 October 2009
Nordic countries are drafting laws against trafficking and launching initiatives to help the victims on the one hand, while treating foreign prostitutes as a law and order problem to be stopped at the border on the other hand, according to the report Prostitution in the Nordic Countries. Fafo-researcher May-Len Skilbrei is author of the report together with Charlotta Holmström at Malmö University. The Scandinavian edition was launched last autumn. Download the report from Nordic Council of Ministers. Read more about the project at the Nordic Gender Institute |
 Noref Forum for Peace and Reconciliation: Reintegration of Lebanese combatants
October 2009
Noref Forum for Peace and Reconciliation invites to a seminar Monday 26 October, 9:00-11:00. Kari Karamé (NUPI) will present her project Reintegration of Lebanese combatants. Karamé’s project assesses the experience of the reintegration of combatants of the Lebanese Forces, and discusses the relevance of this for an eventual reintegration of Hezbollah combatants. There will be an open floor discussion. The seminar takes place at Fafo's annex building, Borggata 2B, Oslo. More information and registration |
 Fafo breakfast seminar: Fatah after the Conference – prospects for Palestinian politics
October 2009
Palestinian politics is in turmoil after the PA’s flip-flop on the Goldstone report. Reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas are at risk. Peace talks are stalled. Fatah concluded its first party conference in 20 years in August, but what, if anything, has changed? Did Abu Mazen secure his position in the summer only to put a question mark over his leadership in the autumn? This will be discussed at a seminar Friday 23rd October, and the focus will be on the politics within Fatah after the party conference and how recent events have affected Palestinian politics in general. Presentation by the independent analyst and Fafo Associate Mouin Rabbani, comments by Mark Taylor at Fafo. The seminar is open and free of charge, and it takes place at Fafo, Borggata 2B kl 08.30-09.45. Registration |
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October 2009
The Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre (Noref) invites to
a talk by David Gardner, author of the recently published book Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance. The seminar takes place at Nobel Peace Center Wednesday 21 October 19–21. Gardner will discuss President Obama’s initiative with Bassma Kodmani (Executive Director, Arab Reform Initiative),
Anne Lene Dale Sandsten (Managing Director, Fafo),
and Mariano Aguirre (Managing Director, Noref). The seminar is open and free of charge. More information and registration |
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7. October 2009
In the report Family practices and gender equality in immigrated families the Fafo researchers Hanne C. Kavli og Marjan Nadim describe the main features of how family life is established and organised in a selection of immigrated groups in Norway with a specific focus on issues relevant for gender equality. Some of the questions asked are: When and how do people establish families? How does women’s participation in the labour market vary in different phases of family life? What are the attitudes towards mothers and paid work on the one hand, and fathers and caring responsibilities on the other? How is the responsibility for domestic work, children and the household economy divided within the family? And what are the attitudes towards gender equality? The study is based on a combination of survey data, register data and qualitative interviews. There were 1800 respondents in the survey with backgrounds from Norway, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam and Pakistan, in addition to people born in Norway of two immigrated parents from Pakistan. The findings demonstrate that attitudes and practices concerning family life vary both between and within groups. For instance, there is a marked development in family practices and attitudes towards those that dominate in Norway when comparing women and men born in Norway of Pakistani parents with those who emigrated from Pakistan. Download the report (in Norwegian only) |
Fafo in Ethiopia
1 October 2009
Fafo has recently launched a collaborative project with the Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) in Ethiopia to map out the risks to various natural and man-made disasters that each Woreda (district) is exposed to. Fafo will provide technical assistance to the core technical team of DRMFSS for the sub-pilot and pilot survey covering up to 80 Woredas. Moreover, a synthesis of the data on all 80 Woredas will be made by Fafo. Fieldwork is planned to start in November 2009. The Fafo-researchers involved in the project are Tewodros Kebede, Amsale Temesgen and Svein Erik Stave. Presentation at the Norwegian Embassy in Addis Abeba. (Photo taken by the Embassy) |
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