http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/228d03db-0eb3-4368-af54-a8a2296bfb9ehttp://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/children/Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:03:39 GMTcaf5ad25-8068-4a39-906c-93f0f8ecfa51http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/trafficking/Trafficking in women and children is a modern form of slavery. Each year many thousand women and children are taken from one country to another, often from Eastern to Western Europe, as a part of a trade in human beings. While the primary purpose of this trade is sexual exploitation, it also serves as a source of illicit labour.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:58:59 GMT2aab04c6-5924-4991-b9df-37a356a93251http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/gender/The UNDP Human Development Index 2003 ranks Norway second only to Iceland in terms of its economic and political gender equality. Among other things, Norway has a high percentage of women serving as representatives in the Storting (Norwegian national assembly) or working in top-level executive positions. Women also make up a significant proportion of the general workforce. Although the fact remains that there is still a greater number of men appointed to political and public positions, there is a clear tendency towards increased female representation. The second Government formed by then Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland in 1986 had the world’s highest proportion of women, with women holding eight of the eighteen ministerial positions. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:16:55 GMT