Addressing the event, organised by the Croatian parliamentary gender equality committee and the Norwegian Embassy in Zagreb, Nybakk said to achieve gender equality required not only good laws and institutions but also a change in societal attitudes.
She added that ensuring gender equality in politics was a lengthy process that had taken decades in Norway.
Despite the progress made, Norwegian politicians still have much to do. There are more female than male undergraduate students, but women account for only 15 percent of university professors in Norway, Nybakk said.
The Norwegian parliament has recently adopted a law under which women must account for at least 40 percent of persons sitting on management boards of private companies.
Croatian participants in the seminar said that although Croatia had good legislation in this field, women in the Croatian market were still underpaid and performed more than 90 percent of household chores.
The Norwegian Ambassador to Croatia, Elizabeth Walaas, said that European countries must use their human resources in an optimal fashion due to a low birth rate, as gender equality was of crucial importance in changing that situation.