The Nordic Gender Institute (NIKK), previously Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research, is a transnational resource- and information centre on gender research and gender equality in the Nordic countries. NIKK was established in 1995 by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

NIKK aims at constituting a bridge between Nordic gender research and equality politics. The institute co-operates closely with the Nordic Ministers for Co-operation on Gender Equality and the Nordic Executive Committee on Gender Equality. NIKK contributes to the implementation of the Nordic cooperation programme on gender equality: "Focus on Gender: Working toward an Equal Society" (2006-2010).

NIKK is currently located at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 in Norway. NIKK employs research coordinators, researchers, information advisors and administrative personnel - as of 2010 a total staff of 6 employees from four of the Nordic countries

Nordic countries

The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...

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Projects

NIKK initiates, co-ordinates, and executes projects that focus on central gender equality issues, i.e. research and development, statements, surveys, and reports. The most resent projects (ongoing or conducted) are:

• Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries (2008-2009)
• Gendered Citizenship in Multicultural Europe: The Impact of Contemporary Women's Movements (FEMCIT) (2007-2011)
• Prostitution in the Nordic Countries (2007-2008)
• Multidimensional Discrimination Policies in the Nordic Countries (2007)
• Gender Equality and Quality of Life. A Norwegian Perspective (2007)
• Youth, Gender and Pornography in the Nordic Countries (2004-2006)

A large NIKK study on prostitution

Prostitution

Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...

for the Nordic ministers of gender equality was presented in October 2008.. The study on gender and power was presented in November 2009.

Magasin

NIKK magasin (free subscription) writes about new and current themes and perspectives on gender research and gender equality politics in the Nordic countries. It is published three times a year: two issues in Scandinavian languages - one issue in English.