{"id":331,"date":"2026-09-11T12:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jernbanedirektoratet.no\/en\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:05:43","slug":"gender-equality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jernbanedirektoratet.no\/en\/gender-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Gender Equality<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"t2-ingress wp-block-t2-ingress\">The Norwegian Railway Directorate works actively to promote gender equality and has a Gender Equality Plan in place for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Active efforts to promote gender equality and prevent discrimination are mandated by the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act, the Working Environment Act, the central government\u2019s framework agreement, the central government\u2019s collective agreements and the government\u2019s employer policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gender-equality-plan\">Gender Equality Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Norwegian Railway Directorate has an action plan for gender equality. We have identified all the areas mentioned in the legislation and have implemented measures to adress them. This applies to recruitment, pay and working conditions, promotion and development opportunities, reasonable adjustments, and the opportunity to balance work and family life. In addition, we work to prevent harassment, sexual harassment and gender-based violence.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"t2-link-list has-1-items has-1-columns wp-block-t2-link-list\">\n\t<li class=\"t2-link-list-item wp-block-t2-link-list-item\">\n\t\t<a\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.jernbanedirektoratet.no\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Handlingsplan-for-likestilling-Jernbanedirektoratet.pdf\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"t2-link-list-item__link t2-link-list__icon--right\"\n\t\t\trel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-link-list-item__icon\"><span class=\"t2-link-list-item__icon-box\"><\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-linkexternal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M 21 19.5 C 21 19.699 20.921 19.89 20.78 20.03 C 20.64 20.171 20.449 20.25 20.25 20.25 L 3.75 20.25 C 3.551 20.25 3.36 20.171 3.22 20.03 C 3.079 19.89 3 19.699 3 19.5 C 3 19.301 3.079 19.11 3.22 18.97 C 3.36 18.829 3.551 18.75 3.75 18.75 L 20.25 18.75 C 20.449 18.75 20.64 18.829 20.78 18.97 C 20.921 19.11 21 19.301 21 19.5 Z M 7.5 15.75 C 7.599 15.75 7.696 15.731 7.787 15.693 C 7.878 15.656 7.961 15.6 8.031 15.531 L 17.25 6.31 L 17.25 13.5 C 17.25 13.699 17.329 13.89 17.47 14.03 C 17.61 14.171 17.801 14.25 18 14.25 C 18.199 14.25 18.39 14.171 18.53 14.03 C 18.671 13.89 18.75 13.699 18.75 13.5 L 18.75 4.5 C 18.75 4.301 18.671 4.11 18.53 3.97 C 18.39 3.829 18.199 3.75 18 3.75 L 9 3.75 C 8.801 3.75 8.61 3.829 8.47 3.97 C 8.329 4.11 8.25 4.301 8.25 4.5 C 8.25 4.699 8.329 4.89 8.47 5.03 C 8.61 5.171 8.801 5.25 9 5.25 L 16.19 5.25 L 6.969 14.469 C 6.864 14.574 6.793 14.708 6.764 14.854 C 6.735 14.999 6.75 15.15 6.807 15.287 C 6.863 15.424 6.96 15.541 7.083 15.624 C 7.206 15.706 7.352 15.75 7.5 15.75 Z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-link-list-item__content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"link-list-item-text\" class=\"t2-link-list-item__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGender Equality Plan\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"link-list-item-description\" class=\"t2-link-list-item__description\">(The plan is in Norwegian)<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-figures-on-equality-and-diversity\">Figures on equality and diversity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Norwegian Railway Directorate reports on equality and diversity in its annual report. In it, you can see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the percentage of women by job category and women\u2019s pay as a percentage of men\u2019s pay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the percentage of women and men in relation to registered part-time staff, temporary staff, overtime and parental leave<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sick leave broken down by women and men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more in the 2025 annual report:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"t2-link-list has-1-items has-1-columns wp-block-t2-link-list\">\n\t<li class=\"t2-link-list-item wp-block-t2-link-list-item\">\n\t\t<a\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.jernbanedirektoratet.no\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Arsrapport-2025-for-Jernbanedirektoratet.pdf#page=49\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"t2-link-list-item__link t2-link-list__icon--right\"\n\t\t\trel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-link-list-item__icon\"><span class=\"t2-link-list-item__icon-box\"><\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-linkexternal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M 21 19.5 C 21 19.699 20.921 19.89 20.78 20.03 C 20.64 20.171 20.449 20.25 20.25 20.25 L 3.75 20.25 C 3.551 20.25 3.36 20.171 3.22 20.03 C 3.079 19.89 3 19.699 3 19.5 C 3 19.301 3.079 19.11 3.22 18.97 C 3.36 18.829 3.551 18.75 3.75 18.75 L 20.25 18.75 C 20.449 18.75 20.64 18.829 20.78 18.97 C 20.921 19.11 21 19.301 21 19.5 Z M 7.5 15.75 C 7.599 15.75 7.696 15.731 7.787 15.693 C 7.878 15.656 7.961 15.6 8.031 15.531 L 17.25 6.31 L 17.25 13.5 C 17.25 13.699 17.329 13.89 17.47 14.03 C 17.61 14.171 17.801 14.25 18 14.25 C 18.199 14.25 18.39 14.171 18.53 14.03 C 18.671 13.89 18.75 13.699 18.75 13.5 L 18.75 4.5 C 18.75 4.301 18.671 4.11 18.53 3.97 C 18.39 3.829 18.199 3.75 18 3.75 L 9 3.75 C 8.801 3.75 8.61 3.829 8.47 3.97 C 8.329 4.11 8.25 4.301 8.25 4.5 C 8.25 4.699 8.329 4.89 8.47 5.03 C 8.61 5.171 8.801 5.25 9 5.25 L 16.19 5.25 L 6.969 14.469 C 6.864 14.574 6.793 14.708 6.764 14.854 C 6.735 14.999 6.75 15.15 6.807 15.287 C 6.863 15.424 6.96 15.541 7.083 15.624 C 7.206 15.706 7.352 15.75 7.5 15.75 Z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-link-list-item__content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"link-list-item-text-1\" class=\"t2-link-list-item__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEquality and diversity in the 2025 Annual Report (page 49\u201351)  \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"link-list-item-description-1\" class=\"t2-link-list-item__description\">(The report is in Norwegian)<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":333,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","post_sublanguage":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-331","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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