Fact Sheet: On Equal Footing - Gender Equality and the Rights and Role of Women in Development

Publication date:
19 January 2011

Type:
Information material

Source:
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Summary

Summary of the Swedish policy on gender and the rights and role of women in development.
The policy focuses on four closely
interrelated areas:
- women's political participation and influence;
- women's economic role and working conditions;
- sexual and reproductive health and rights
- women's security, including combating all forms
of gender-based violence and human trafficking