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Articles by Mats Samuelsson

Foreign Editor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Unique UN meeting in idyllic Backåkra

There was a hint of summer in the air on that Saturday morning in April when the United Nations Security Council cortège advanced along the...

WikiGap increases gender equality on the internet

The whole world helped to fill Wikipedia with articles on prominent women on International Women’s Day. The WikiGap campaign has already been established in over...

Meet Björn Andersson, Regional Director of UNFPA in Bangkok

Here, Björn Andersson describes his many years of working for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender equality and women’s rights. He is head...

Meet Malin Herwig, adviser at UNDP in Amman

Malin Herwig works as an adviser on conflict prevention at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Hub for the Arab States, based in Amman....

Meet Stina Eriksson, UNDP peacebuilder in Sri Lanka

Stina Eriksson currently works for UNDP Sri Lanka, monitoring and evaluating peacebuilding projects. She and her colleagues work to implement resolution 1325 in the Sri...

#MoreWomenMorePeace: Gégé Katana Bukuru

There is an important story about women, peace and security that needs to be told. We are putting the spotlight on women who have paved...

#MoreWomenMorePeace: Irena Sendler

There is an important story about women, peace and security that needs to be told. We are putting the spotlight on women who have paved...

#MoreWomenMorePeace: Alaa Murabit

There is an important story about women, peace and security that needs to be told. We are putting the spotlight on women who have paved...

#MoreWomenMorePeace: Beatrice Fihn

There is an important story about women, peace and security that needs to be told. We are putting the spotlight on women who have paved...

#MoreWomenMorePeace: Women peacebuilders in Colombia

There is an important story about women, peace and security that needs to be told. We are putting the spotlight on women who have paved...
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