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Addressing multiple inequalities through anti-discrimination measures has become a new policy priority across Europe. This trend is also reflected in the Nordic countries, where equality politics is currently undergoing great changes. Public policies increasingly take an ‘integrated’ and ‘multiple’ approach to inequality and discrimination, moving away from a single gender equality framework. A central debate over these reforms has been whether the multidimensional framework threatens to ‘downgrade’ gender equality measures.
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Borchorst, A., Freidenvall, L., Kantola, J., Reisel, L., Teigen, M. (2012). Institutionalizing Intersectionality in the Nordic Countries: Anti-Discrimination and Equality in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In: Krizsan, A., Skjeie, H., Squires, J. (eds) Institutionalizing Intersectionality. Gender and Politics series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031068_3
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