History: MiRA now and then

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During the time when the equality law was created Norway was predominantly a white homogeneous society.
Thus the equality law didn’t account for the possibility that Norway would one day be home to people

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I want to talk about the future of Nordic feminism!

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– I don’t want to talk only about asylum and migration. Racialised women are not just migrants or asylum seekers. Let’s talk about the multi-dimensional struggle for women’s rights. Let’s talk about

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Save the date!

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Amina Wadud, the prominent Muslim scholar, a strong voice for Muslim women’s rights and a writer of “Inside the Gender Jihad: Reform in Islam” is coming to Oslo. MiRA Center invites you to a national

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Let me speak!

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The second week of trial against Breivik is in process, and there are many questions about his ideological convictions. Racism, Islamophobia and the inferior position of women, are some of the ongoing themes in his

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Let me speak!

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2011 is completing its cycle in a few days. There have been many great ruptures in this cycle which will affect many people’s lives over a longer period of time and might change the political environment in Norway

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Let me speak!

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What is integration?

The Norwegian political debate about immigration and the increasing presence of diverse communities in every sphere of life always ends up with the issue of integration. In the integration

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Welfare state and immigration: Non European nationals as second class citizens?

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The Norwegian Government appointed a committee in august 2009 to provide more knowledge about how the Norwegian welfare model works in a time of increased immigration and emigration. The Committee presented its report and their conclusions regarding the future of the Norwegian welfare model in relation to immigration on the 10th of May 2011. The MiRA Centre views the rapport as an important contribution in the formation of future policies regarding immigration and integration, but do, at the same time, worry about the way women with ethnic minority background are portrayed in the rapport and consider some of the suggested solutions to be injurious to the rights of women.

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