Women in the Faroe Islands

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Women in the Faroe Islands are

European women who live in or are from the Faroe Islands, a north Atlantic island group and archipelago that is under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark. Traditionally, Faroese women have a high standing in the society of Faroe Islanders. Legally, women of the Faroe Islands share equality with men. During the late 19th century, women in the Faroe Islands became wage-earners by participating in jobs such as fish processing and by becoming teachers. In 1915, they obtained women's suffrage. Eventually, Faroe Islander women were able to hold governmental positions.[1]

Diaspora

According to The Copenhagen Post, BBC News, and The Arctic Journal in October 2013, many young Faroese women have been leaving the Faroe Islands to study abroad, particularly in countries such as Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Many of these women searching for better education settle permanently in Copenhagen, Oslo, and London respectively, without any plan of returning to their native country.[2][3][4]

Parliamentary appointments and elections

Faroese women could vote for local elections for the first time on 27 November 1908,[5] and for the parliament (Løgting) in 1915. There was one exception though, where Faroese women were allowed to vote: In 1906 at the referendum for or against free alcohol.

Minister of Internal Affairs of the Faroe Islands
on 26 September 2008.

Labour movements

Andrea Árting (1891–1988) was an active figure in the Faroese labour movement, heading the Tórshavn Working Women's Association for almost 40 years. In 1977, she successfully campaigned for equal pay for male and female workers. On the political front, representing the Loysingarflokkurin or Separatist Party, she was one of the first women to stand for the Løgting in 1940, although she was not elected.[7]

References

  1. ^ Wylie, Jonathan. "Faroe Islands". Advameg, Inc. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ "The Faroe Islands – No woman's land". The Arctic Journal. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Faroe Islands: Men 'must import brides'". BBC Monitoring. BBC News. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ^ Weaver, Ray. "Women disappearing from the Faroe Islands". The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ^ Torshavn.fo
  6. ^ Demokratia.fo, Kvinnur í politikki (Women in politics)
  7. ^ Nolsøe, Lena. "Andrea Árting (1891 - 1988)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

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