ABSTRACT
In 2015 Norway was placed number one in the UN’s ranking of the best country to live in (UN, 2015) and second in the Global Gender Gap Report on gender equality (World Economic Forum, 2015). Since the Gender Gap Report began in 2006, Norway has placed in the top three countries. In 2003 Norway was the first country to legislate that corporate boards of directors should contain at least 40 per cent women for both public and private sector companies, and Norway is known globally as a pioneer for achieving gender balance in these boards (Huse, 2013). Today the prime minister of Norway is a woman, Erna Solberg, and the national cabinet comprises 47 per cent women. With these amazing achievements, Norway is often viewed as a country in which women have reached equality, yet unfortunately, this is not the case. Norway represents a country with groundbreaking legislation and virtually unsurpassed gender equality, yet inequities, discrimination and gender segregation in both education and the labour market still exist.
