Gender Equality for a Thriving, Sustainable Arctic

Embla Eir Oddsdóttir, Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson, Eva-Maria Svensson, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Sarah Seabrook Kendall, Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek, Tahnee Prior, Erika Hayfield, Karla Jessen Williamson, Marya Rozanova-Smith, Andrey Petrov and Varvara Korkina Williams
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Embla Eir Oddsdóttir: Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson: Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA), Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
Eva-Maria Svensson: Department of Law, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv: Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), NO-0186 Oslo, Norway
Sarah Seabrook Kendall: Environment and Natural Resources, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland
Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek: UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
Tahnee Prior: Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
Erika Hayfield: Department of History and Social Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, 100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Karla Jessen Williamson: Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A2, Canada
Marya Rozanova-Smith: Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Andrey Petrov: ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA
Varvara Korkina Williams: Indigenous Independent Scholar, Cedar Falls, IA 50613, USA

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: On 21 May 2021, a milestone Pan-Arctic Report: Gender Equality in the Arctic was published in tandem with the Arctic Council’s Ministerial Meeting held in Reykjavík, 19–20 May 2021. This article provides a brief review of the report and its major findings across six chapters that address key themes concerning gender equality in the Arctic: Law and Governance, Security, Gender and Environment, Migration and Mobility, Indigeneity, Gender, Violence, Reconciliation and Empowerment and Fate Control. A major conclusion of the report is that accessible, comparable, gender-disaggregated, and Arctic -specific data is severely lacking. Further, all chapters highlight the importance of gender-based analysis and gender mainstreaming in all decision-making processes at national and regional levels. The varying roles that gender—and its intersections with existing inequalities—plays in mediating the impacts of climate change and other socioeconomic transformations are also discussed throughout the report. The Arctic Council is identified as the main driver for implementing recommendations that were provided and discussed at the Council’s Ministerial Meeting and in the Reykjavík Declaration 2021, where the eight ministers of Arctic states “Emphasize[s] the importance of gender equality and respect for diversity for sustainable development in the Arctic… encourage[s] the mainstreaming of gender-based analysis in the work of the Arctic Council and call[s] for further action to advance gender equality in the Arctic”. This report and its policy relevant highlights, address these priorities and serve as a knowledge base for promoting gender equality and non-discrimination in the Arctic.

Keywords: gender; equality; empowerment; engagement; Indigenous; data; mainstreaming; diversity and inclusion; migration; mobility; security; intersectionality; youth; Arctic Council (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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