– Underfunding of women’s organizations is a serious obstacle to full democracy and full equality between women and men, said NWL President Margunn Bjørnholt to Parliament in the public hearing on the 2015 state budget.
NWL President Margunn Bjørnholt and NWL board member Frøydis Patursson participated in the public hearing on the 2015 state budget in the Norwegian Parliament on 10 November.
– Today’s underfunding of the efforts to eliminate all discrimination against women in Norway, including the underfunding of women’s organizations, is a serious obstacle to full democracy and full equality between women and men, and a violation of Norway’s obligations to women in Norway, said NWL President Margunn Bjørnholt.