Research shows that a great many couples in dual-earner families in Norway distribute paid and unpaid work fairly evenly between them.

"If a local community is to develop, it is vital that women participate in politics at the grass roots," says Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete after a recent visit to India.

Violence is neither a women’s problem nor a men’s problem. According to Professor Tove Ingebjørg Fjell at the University of Bergen, it is a human problem. She conducts research on men who are physically abused by their intimate partners.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete is in India from 10 to 13 January to follow up the partnership agreement between Norway and India on local administration and democracy. Strengthening the role of women in local politics is an important goal.