agreement
between the Norwegian
Employers'
Confederation
and tho Norwegian
Federation
of Trade Unions on equality
betwoen women and men in working
life,
she
eaid that Similar
agreements
existed
in most municipalities,
but no
evaluation
of the results
had been made.
Some progress
had been made in
encouraging
girl6
to enter jobs traditionally
occupied
by tnon. The results
of
the project
to increase
the recruitient
of young
women in technical
vocation6
in northern
Norway were reported
a6 positive.
However, otbor measures,
such
as the granting
of wage subsidies
for a certain
period
of time
to employer6
who employed women in non-traditional
occupation6
had not been taken up,
Regarding
questions
on t&e Nordic project
BRYT, she said that the project
had
ended in 1989.
It had focused mainly on education
and motivatfont
the main
.-results
were an increased
awareness
on the part of boys and girls
of the
'importanae
of the choice6
tbey made.
Work evaluation
had not been conducted
in reaont years,
and women's unpaid domeatia work was not inoludod
in tbo
gross national
product;
however, uome measures of compensation
for unpaid work
~were being diScu66ed.
,156. Responding
to follow-up
questions
under artiolo
11, the representative
---said that no reduction
of the working
day had been implemented
recently.
A
~--six-hour
working
day was under discussion,
but did not have many
advooates.
-_She stated further
that,
under the Working Environment
Act, a person who had
to take care of someone
who was handicapped
or ill could work fewer hours.
No
--studies
had been made of the roesons why boys and girls
tended to seek work in
traditional
sectors
of employment.
-357. Turning
to article
12, the representative
stated that it was not 60 much
the incidence
of violenae
against
women that had inareasod
in regent years a6
an awareness
of the problem.
She said that 45 Shelter6
and 5 hot-line
telephones
bad been established
all over the country
to assist
battered
women. ~A therapy
centre
for men had been opened, and programmes to elucidate
the complex issue
were dieseminated
on the radio and television
and through
written
material.
Wowevor, it was difficult
to assess the exact extent
of
wife-battering
and other form6 of family violence,
and of change6 in its
incidence,
but there were reasons to believe
that the full
extent
of the
Under the Penal Code, violence
aqainet
problem had not yet been revealed.
women
was considered
punishable
with fine6 or imprisonment,
and its
uPcondition&
public~prosecution
had been introduced
in 1988.
<:
%:
155. In response
to a follow-up
question
concerning
the use of the new drug
RLJ456 to terminate
a pregnancy,
tbe representative
said that she did not know
whether
it was in use in Norway.
For
rea6on6 of mediaal
seaurity,
all new
medicline
took
a long time to be introduced
end to beoome generally
Abortion
was not forbidden
by law,
accessible.
-159. Regarding
article
14, ahe said that it was up to each married
couple to
deaide how tbey wished to share the income from a joint
agricultural
enterprise,
which should be related
to the amount of work performed
by each
spousle.
Women engaged in farming enjoyed the seme economic and social
right6
a6 men.
she replied
that women tended to farm
160. Responding
to follow-up
questions,
the land while
their
husband6 participated
in the fishing
industry.
She said
that pO66ible
action
to increase
the participation
of women in the ffSbin$
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