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Gender Roles

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WOMEN  Norway VS Colombia General view According to  World, Trade Press  Norway has one of the highest proportions of working women in the world, with about 69% of women employed compared to 74% of men. Contrast to Colombia, women do not have as much prominence in the labor sector. Favorable laws, the presence of a gender equality ombudsman, high educational standards among women, and the liberated attitudes of Norwegian women are credited with women’s success in business and the professions. Norway has some of the best gender-equality practices in the world and ranks second behind Canada on the gender-related development index.Legal Rights Women enjoy all legal rights on a par with men. They were granted the full right to vote in 1913 and had been allowed to vote on special issues for decades before then. in Colombia it is a little different, in the last decades it has achieved important conquests in relation to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, alt
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Importance of time

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TIME AND PUNCTUALITY  General attitudes toward time According to World, trade press The persons who live in Norwegian have a great consideration as the time and the punctuality, unlike the Colombians that if the appointment is at 4:00 pm we come at 5:00 for that the one who would come at 4 a.m. exactly? And clearly we do not want to be the first ones. The Norwegians are punctual so much in managerial as social situations. To gain the confidence of a norgueo is important the punctuality, always to expire with the schedules. In fact they consider a rude gesture to be late to the appointments Business Engagements  In Norwegian it performs supreme importance to come punctually to all the meetings, is considered to be discourteous if the opposite happens. Of the same way it happens in Colombia, when it is a question of business meetings the persons are in the habit of being more conscious that they must be punctual. In Norwegian they must come exactly in time. In Colombia i
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Religious beliefs

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RELIGIOUS BELIEFS According to World Trade Press, Norwegian religious beliefs are divided as follows: 80 percent of Norwegians belong to the English evangelical Lutheran which is one of the main branches of Protestant Christianity, is identified with the theology of Martin Luther. Nine percent belong to other Christian groups such as the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church and some Pentecostal groups. With regard to religious minorities, the largest is that of Islam which has two percent of the population and the other religious groups such as Buddhists, Jews, Sikhs and Indus make up one percent. seven percent are atheists or not affiliated with any religion. About the cleric it is important to clarify that they are limited to fulfilling religious duties and working with young people, however they do not have much authority although they are highly respected for the role they play in the community. Many people who are part of the Nor
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