Nordic solutions to online gender-based violence

Welcome to this CSW67 event where Nordic gender equality ministers share Nordic solutions to make the digital world safer for all. The Nordic countries are ready to push back the opposition to gender equality!

The Nordic countries are among the most digitized in the world, a superpower to promote a diversity of voices. But when digitalization helps expand a growing resistance to gender equality, we must act. The Nordic region is unlike any other when it comes to providing a swift political response to online gender-based violence.

Moderator:
Dr. María Rún Bjarnadóttir, Director for Internet Safety at the Icelandic National Commissioner for Police

Panelists:
Ms. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister, Iceland
Ms. Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Deputy Minister for Employment, Sweden
Ms. Naaja H. Nathanielsen, Minister of Finance and Gender Equality, Greenland
Ms. Sirið Stenberg, Minister of Social Affairs and Culture, Faroe Islands
Ms. Marie Bjerre, Minister for Digital Government and Gender Equality, Denmark
Mr. Thomas Blomqvist, Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality, Finland
Ms. Gry Haugsbakken, State Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Equality, Norway