Gender equality
Gender equality is equality between women and men, who should have the same opportunities to shape society and their own lives.This area includes issues such as power, influence, finances, education, work and physical integrity.
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Åsa Lindhagen hosted EU ministerial meeting on gender equality in Stockholm
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Dr Franziska Giffey (left), Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany, and Minister for Gender Equality Åsa Lindhagen, Sweden.
Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices
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Ms Lena Mirow (left), Coordinator, STHLM Initiative, Government Offices of Sweden, and Ms Soledad Murillo (right), Secretary of State for Equality at the Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Equality, Spain.
Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden
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Ms Mariana Vieira da Silva, Minister of State and Presidency, Portugal.
Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden
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Dr Franziska Giffey (left), Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany, Minister for Gender Equality Åsa Lindhagen, Sweden (centre), and Mr Urban Krajcar, State Secretary for the Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Slovenia (right) .
Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden
At the initiative of Minister for Gender Equality Åsa Lindhagen, an EU ministerial meeting on gender equality – The STHLM Initiative – took place in Stockholm on 3–4 December. Ms Lindhagen invited Finland, which currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the other EU Member States that will hold the Presidency in the coming years.
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Visit by EU representatives for exchange of experiences regarding violence prevention work
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On 16 and 17 September the Ministry of Employment and the European Commission hosted a seminar on violence prevention with a focus on masculine norms. Representatives from 15 EU countries took part. Participants visited Botkyrka municipality, where they received information on the joint efforts by social services, police and schools to prevent violence.
Photo: Government Offices of Sweden
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State Secretary Karin Strandås was the opening speaker.
Photo: Government Offices of Sweden.
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Kostas Tassopoulos from Finland and Katya Unah from Malta.
Photo: Government Offices of Sweden.
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Halliki Voolma from the European Commission’s Division for Gender Equality talked about the Commission's work in this field, for instance, examining attitudes to gender equality and violence against women in Europe.
Photo: Government Offices of Sweden.
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Viktorija Bolsakova from Latvia and Rugile Butkeviciute from Lithuania.
Photo: Government Offices of Sweden.
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The European seminar participants made a study visit to Botkyrka, a municipality that has succeeded in establishing permanent violence prevention work in compulsory schools and upper secondary schools with social services and the police.
Photo: Government Offices of Sweden.
On 16 and 17 September the Ministry of Employment and the European Commission hosted a seminar on violence prevention with a focus on men, boys and masculine norms. Representatives from 15 EU countries took part. Participants visited Botkyrka municipality, where they received information on the joint efforts by social services, police and schools to prevent violence.
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Feminist Trade Policy
Sweden has the first feminist government in the world. This means that gender equality is central to the Government’s priorities – in decision-making and resource allocation. Women and men must have the same power to shape society and their own lives; this is a human right and a matter of democracy and justice. There is also overwhelming evidence that gender equality boosts economic growth. Despite this, trade policy today benefits men more than women. With this in mind, the Swedish government’s feminist trade policy includes six focus areas where we will step up efforts to ensure that trade policy and trade promotion activities benefit women and men equally. We must begin to see gender as a market access issue and give priority in trade negotiations to sectors, products and services that have positive implications for women. We will also take a range of measures and initiatives to improve the gender balance in Sweden’s promotion activities.
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Åsa Lindhagen hosted EU ministerial meeting on gender equality in Stockholm
At the initiative of Minister for Gender Equality Åsa Lindhagen, an EU ministerial meeting on gender equality – The STHLM Initiative – took place in Stockholm on 3–4 December. Ms Lindhagen invited Finland, which currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the other EU Member States that will hold the Presidency in the coming years.
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Drive for Democracy takes shape
Strengthened engagement for democracy was announced in the 2019 Statement of Foreign Policy and in the Swedish Foreign Service’s strategic vision for the electoral period. Sweden will stand up for democratic principles and support democracy in all contexts. On 21 November 2019, the Drive for Democracy was presented to the Riksdag Committee on Foreign Affairs by Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde and Minister for International Development Cooperation Peter Eriksson.
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Speech by Minister for Education Anna Ekström at the General Conference of UNESCO
Paris, November 14, 2019. Check against delivery.
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Gender equality policy in Sweden
Sweden has the world's first feminist government. In practice, this means a commitment to building a society in which women and men, girls and boys can live their lives to their full potential. Gender equality is a matter of human rights, of democracy and of justice. It is also an engine driving social development and creating genuine change in society and in people's lives.
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The Government’s work on gender-responsive budgeting
Sweden’s Government is a feminist government, and work for equality between women and men is important to the Government, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party. The Government’s budget must be designed so that it contributes to gender equality. The Government Offices therefore continuously works with gender-responsive budgeting, which also affects efforts to implement the January Agreement.
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#GirlsTakeover – a global initiative to promote girls’ rights and highlight their agency
Within the context of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is taking part in the global #GirlsTakeover campaign. Through this campaign – an initiative of Plan International – girls all over the world will step into a leadership role on 11 October in connection with International Day of the Girl Child.
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Visit by EU representatives for exchange of experiences regarding violence prevention work
On 16 and 17 September the Ministry of Employment and the European Commission hosted a seminar on violence prevention with a focus on men, boys and masculine norms. Representatives from 15 EU countries took part. Participants visited Botkyrka municipality, where they received information on the joint efforts by social services, police and schools to prevent violence.
