In January 2011, the Norwegian Government’s Action Plan for the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security, adopted in 2006, was updated and strengthened through the launch of Women, Peace and Security: Norway’s Strategic Plan 2011-2013. The UN Security Council has adopted four new resolutions on women, peace and security (SCR 1820, 1888, 1889 and 1960), and the Norwegian framework needed to be updated. Furthermore, the action plan needed to be translated into concrete action in order to improve the reporting process and the verifiability of Norway’s implementation.

Norway's Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud has published a supplementary report to Norway's official report to the CEDAW Committee. The Ombud has identified five main issues regarding the Norwegian gender equality policy, which they think is relevant when assessing Norway's compliance with the CEDAW Convention.

The Equality Commission was established by a Royal Decree of 12 February 2010 in order to report on Norway’s gender equality policies based on people’s lifecycle, ethnicity and social class. The goal of its work is to lay the foundation for an integrated, knowledge-based equality policy for the future. The commission has now delivered its first report: NOU 2011: 18 Structure for Equality. A summary is available in English.

Norway was the first country in the world to adopt a binding quota law in 2005. The successful example of Norway has been increasingly followed by EU member states. This report assesses the measures adopted to open boardroom doors to women in nine EU member states and in Norway.

In Norway, women are almost as economically active as men, although there are still certain differences between the sexes. A Commission appointed by the Norwegian Cabinet has provided an overview over differences between women's and men's pay and considered measures to reduce pay differences.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the University of Tromsø (UiT) share this year’s Award for Gender Equality, worth two million Norwegian kroner. - I do hope this will inspire more people to work for gender equality, Tora Aasland, minister of Research and Higher Education said during the award-giving ceremony.

The year of 2007 was declared the year of equal opportunity for all in Europe. However, a brand new report on "gender and transportation" shows that when it comes to travel patterns, this caption is an ideal rather than a fact.

The five Nordic countries, which also perform consistently well in the World Economic Forum’s competitiveness rankings, all continue to hold a place among the top 10, with Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3), Iceland (4) and Denmark (8) in the same positions as last year. While no country has yet achieved gender equality, Sweden, Norway and Finland have all closed over 80% of the gender gap and thus serve as a useful benchmark for international comparisons.

This report is prepared jointly by the National Statistical office in Malawi and Statistics Norway. It highlights gender disparities in Malawi. It also makes some suggestions on how to improve the situation for women.

The seventh periodic report to the United Nations on Norway's implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

Among young people with other non-Western backgrounds, participation in leisure activities is significantly lower than among young people with ethnic Norwegian backgrounds, according to this report. Girls with ethnic minority backgrounds in particular have a low level of participation.

Recommendations for policy and practice from the International Expert Seminar, 24–25 January 2002, Oslo. The report explores some relevant gender dynamics and suggests recommendations for practitioners on ways to improve the security of refugee and displaced women. 

Norway's 6th periodic report to the United Nations on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

In recent years, different governments have conducted targeted efforts to change attitudes and create better living conditions for gays and lesbians in Norway. These efforts are grounded in Report No. 25 (2000-2001) to the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget.

Information from Norway in response to the questionnaire from the UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children: "The implementation of measures to combat violence against children is tailored to the different needs of boys and girls, and gender-specific provisions are therefore not specified in central policy documents. These documents do, however, take account of the fact that according to a number of studies, there seems to be a difference in the kind and extent of violence inflicted on girls and boys and that the effects of the same kind of violence are often gender-specific."

The report is an evaluation of the implementation of the Norwegian Strategy for Women and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation. It includes an analysis of how the embassies in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Zambia have organised their women and gender equality efforts. The evaluation focuses on bilateral aid, primarily the institutional aspects, including organisation, resources, communication and decision-making. The evaluation was carried out by the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research.

The report is based on the various experiences and views expressed at the conference in Oslo 13-15 January 2005, reflecting the different priorities and recommendations presented by the participants regarding women’s inclusion and empowerment in the Sudanese peace process. The conference was initiated in the spirit of the Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

The country background report for Norway, which states the national equity objectives: "At least since World War II, education for all has been an ambition and a goal in Norwegian education policy. For higher education, the main national equity objectives may be divided in two groups. The first group is policy focusing on increasing equity of opportunity by improving access to tertiary education, while the second group concerns increasing equity of outcome, and thus focuses more on equity in tertiary education".

Since 2001 the Norwegian People’s Aid has coordinated a Women Can Do It (WCDI) programme in co-operation with the Norwegian Labour Party Women’s Movement and local partner organisations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Kosovo province, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. WCDI intends to empower women and strengthen their position in society through a combination of organisational and political training seminars. The evaluation was carried out by the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research.

The Ministry of Health and Care Services described HIV positive immigrant women as triply discriminated - because they are women, because they are immigrants and because they are HIV positive. Women are therefore a high priority target group in the efforts to prevent HIV. In its report, the Ministry states: “In our efforts to prevent HIV and sexually transmissible diseases, we must be aware that there must be great differences in approaches and strategies, based on an evaluation of the target groups and the goals of prevention. Linguistic and cultural barriers often contribute to creating distance between immigrants and the health service. It has proved to be extremely important to use people from peer groups when informing people about issues such as cohabitation, sexuality, HIV and sexually transmissible diseases."

Paragraph 247 in the 17th / 18th periodic report submitted by Norway under article 9 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

For many years Norway has provided support to the United Nations, the World Bank and the regional development banks in order to strengthen funds, programmes, activities and expertise that promote gender equality. The UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are some examples of funds and organisations whose efforts targeting women and gender equality receive special support from Norway. From the chapter on gender equality; "Women’s assumption of positions of power and their entry into the public arena is a significant factor in the development of democracy and human rights. Women in Norway have attained a relatively strong position in political leadership, but less progress has been made as regards women’s influence and representation in business, the industry and the media."

A report from the Norwegian Working Group on the Legal Regulation of the Purchase of Sexual Services.

The report summarizes: "Norwegian women are well integrated into working and political life, the welfare system ensures that poverty is a relatively marginal phenomenon and single parents, mostly women, are ensured necessary public support. This does not mean, however, that there are no gender gaps and challenges to gender equality. The most important ones are related to the economic sphere, gender-based violence and the interface between gender and other forms of discrimination such as ethnic background, disability and sexual orientation."

Conference report about projects that dealt with issues such as mainstreaming in the private and public sector, youth, the labour market and equal opportunities, gender equality in the media and the integration of minorities from a gender equality perspective. The Conference was held in Oslo in 2000.

Norway’s second national report on the Follow-up to the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995.

The Governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden (the Nordic countries), within the context of their partnership on gender equality, women’s rights, democracy and development hosted an international expert meeting in Oslo on 12-13 November 2009.