The Women's Panel on Discrimination was established in September 2010 and collaborates closely with the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion. It aims to gain insight, become involved in and setting the agenda for Norway's gender equality political challenges. The Women's Panel consisted of 31 well known and unknown women from different groups in society, different age levels, backgrounds, ethnic groups and working environments. The Panel worked independently of the Ministry with no specific mandate other than to work with current challenges in gender equality and to bring constructive reports to the Minister. The Panel focused on health and labour issues. The Panel found that women are paid less salary than men and found that more women were in leadership positions. In relation to police and defence issues, the Panel found that males were dominating with regard to leadership positions.