Working conditions of trans people in the Nordic countries
Research shows that transgender people face a variety of barriers in life. Trans people experience more unwanted loneliness and are particularly vulnerable to violence and harassment. Research also shows that a higher proportion of young transgender people have been long-term unemployed and are dissatisfied with their situation in school and employment, compared to cisgender people.
At the same time, recent years have seen setbacks in the living conditions of LGBTI people both in the Nordic region and globally, with transgender people particularly hard hit. This has been recognised by the Nordic Ministers for Gender Equality, who have adopted a plan to counteract the negative developments.
NIKK, Nordic Information on Gender, has been commissioned to collect knowledge about the working conditions for trans people in the Nordic Countries. The project will compile and make existing knowledge available, organise discussions with national stakeholders and communicate existing knowledge and conclusions of conversations held. NIKK is a cooperation body under the Council of Ministers, placed at the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research.
*Cis-person: A person whose biological sex corresponds to their legal, social and perceived sex
** LGBTI is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex
We cooperate with
Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise, researchers at University of Gothenburg and Stockholm university in Sweden and Nordlandsforskning in Norway, Public Health Agency of Sweden, which coordinates the strategic LGBTI agencies in Sweden, relevant working life actors, LGBTI and Trans Organisations in the Nordic region.
