Ethnic Minority Women and Political Infl uence in Norway: Line Nyhagen Predelli

This chapter explores the extent to which organizations that represent ethnic minority women in Norway manage to exercise political infl uence at a national level.1 Only a few ethnic minority women have gained formal political positions in Norway but, in the absence of political representation and power, voluntary organizations may function as an alternative, or supplementary, vehicle for political infl uence. Organizations that represent the interests of ethnic minority women at a national level are not well represented on advisory bodies and government committees and consequently have only a limited opportunity to infl uence public policy through formal channels.