Breast implants ‘prevent transgender suicides’
An advocacy group in Sweden has called for national guidelines on issuing breast implants to transgender women, claiming they can save countless lives...
Danish unions in action against Icelandic-owned airline
The Danish flight crews’ union has decided to assist the country’s federation of labour unions in its action against Primera Air, which is...
Hospital staff: abused women to blame
A third of the staff members working in the largest hospital accident and emergency department in Sweden believe women are to blame if they are physic...
Former Iceland FM takes up Afghanistan UN job
Iceland’s former foreign minister, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, is on her way to Afghanistan to take up a United Nations position.
Iceland tops Newsweek list of best countries for women
A new feature in the magazine Newsweek concludes that the best place in the world to be a woman is Iceland.
Thousands join Finnish ‘SlutWalk’
Thousands of people took part in the so-called ‘SlutWalk’ at the weekend in Helsinki, a feminist march aimed at removing the way women dress from the ...
Young Swedes ‘pick dictatorship over democracy’
More than a quarter of young Swedes would favour dictatorship over democracy, according to a new study.
Polish women lose trafficking compensation
A woman who forced four Polish women to shoplift and do housework for her without payment has had her sentence reduced, after a Swedish court acquitte...