Norway capped suffrage centennial year with international conference

Women, Power and Politics – The Road to Sustainable Democracy

14 – 15 November, Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Oslo

Norway celebrated the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in 2013. The anniversary featured a series of events nationwide, including a large international conference in Oslo that focused on the importance of women’s political rights in relation to matters of international peace, security and sustainable development. The conference aimed to look back in time as well as ahead to the future relative to involving new generations of women. The conference was planned and organized by the Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS) and the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in close co- operation with the National Suffrage Centenary Committee 1913-2013. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, funded the conference.

Contact Persons:

Gro Lindstad, Managing Director, FOKUS: E-mail: gl@fokuskvinner.no

Torunn L. Tryggestad, researcher and project leader, PRIO  E-mail: torunn@prio.no

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