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Margareta Wahlström fighting for more women at the Red Cross

At a time characterised by complex challenges – devastating civil wars, large migration flows and climate change – the need for humanitarian operations is acute. Since...

Najwa Alimi and the safety of journalists in Afghanistan

Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, a largely independent media landscape has emerged in Afghanistan with a plethora of media outlets. In the...

Sweden’s drive for democracy at the negotiating table in Brussels

This week, Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde tweeted “Sweden driving force behind strong EU commitment to democracy – today and 10 years ago”. But...

International cooperation more important than ever

No country can tackle the world’s challenges alone: wars and conflicts, climate change, poverty, lack of equality, lack of respect for human rights, nuclear weapons...

Young people demonstrating for human rights

As part of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy’s school programme ‘The cube – Everyone can make a difference’, students at 38 schools in Sweden, Madrid, Budapest,...

The potential of the Blue Economy

While working in the Galápagos Islands in the late 1980s, I saw the interplay between the many interest on the islands: local fishermen taking advantage...

”Sweden is a place where people enjoy every single fika”

Get to know the Global Swedes: Sergey Redyuk, Russia, student at the University of Skövde. What is your perception of Sweden? Sweden is a place...

“For me, Sweden is a peaceful shell”

Get to know the Global Swedes: Grace Turyasingura, Uganda, Örebro University Why did you move to Sweden? I moved to Sweden because I wanted further...

#MoreWomenMorePeace: Wangari Maathai

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...

Let us work together, with courage and patience, to make the world more gender-equal

Today sees the opening of the Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality – a global conference with 600 participants from over 100 countries. The Forum will...
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