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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...

UN Commission on the Status of Women – progress for women’s and girls’ rights despite a tougher world climate

After two weeks of talks and intensive negotiations, the Commission on the Status of Women was concluded on 23 March and the agreed conclusions adopted....

Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality to bring together top names from more than 100 countries

Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and human rights counsellor Colin Gonsalves are some of...
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