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How to move forward on implementing progressive refugee policies?

Our latest publication in English | Policy brief July 2024 | 05 July 2024
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Zimbabwean Children on the Move

Faforeport 2024:29 | 05 July 2024
Children traveling alone are often exposed to varying degrees of vulnerability on the road. In this report commissioned by UNICEF Zimbabwe, we expl...
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How to unionise freelancers and the solo selfemployed?

Faktaflak mai 2024 | 02 May 2024
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The politics of mandatory extensions of collective bargaining

Masterʼs Thesis | 29 February 2024
The proportion of workers covered by collective agreements has fallen in most OECD countries over the last decades. One of the main ways government...
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Reflections on the YOUTHShare project

Fafopaper 2024:07 | 21 February 2024
With funding from the EEA and Norway grants, the YOUTHShare project (2018–2024) approached the problem of youth unemployment and inactivity in the ...
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    Arbeidsinnvandring – statistikk, kompetanse, konkurranse

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    Trygdeforsknings-seminaret 2024

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    Den norske arbeidslivsmodellen – status og utfordringer i en brytningstid

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    Inclusive Education in Developing Countries: Building Pathways for Inclusive Futures

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    17 October 2024

    Internasjonal flyt – nasjonal håndheving

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    UTSETTELSE: Partenes rolle og betydning for sykefravær og arbeidsinkludering

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    13 August 2024

    Kvalitet i barnehagen – den neste velferdsreformen?

    Seminar på Fafobåten, Arendalsuka 2024
    13 August 2024

    Behov for flere arbeidstakere i bygg og anlegg

    Seminar på Fafobåten, Arendalsuka 2024
    13 August 2024

    Rapportlansering: Kvinner i mannsdominert industri

    Seminar på Fafobåten, Arendalsuka 2024
    13 August 2024

    Ubehagelige ytringer – ytringsrom i bedrifter og fagbevegelse

    Seminar på Fafobåten, Arendalsuka 2024
    12 August 2024

    Kampen om skolefraværet!

    Seminar på Torvscenen, Arendalsuka 2024

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      Men, women, and gender-based violence in North Kivu, DRC

      In the eastern Congo, a number of interventions have been implemented to assist victims of sexual violence, but much less ...

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