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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....

Return of 2 000-year-old textiles strengthens relations between Peru and Sweden

In December, the City of Gothenburg handed over to Peru 51 well-preserved textiles from the more than 2 000-year-old Paracas textile collection. The textiles, purchased...

Happy 25th Birthday to the Barents Cooperation!

25 years ago, the Foreign Ministers of nations in the Barents region gathered in Kirkenes, Norway, to sign the declaration that is the foundation of...

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...

Enhanced gender equality perspective in risk analysis and protective measures for journalists and human rights defenders

On 11 December, the Swedish Embassy in Mexico hosted a seminar on how the gender perspective could be enhanced in the analysis and protective measures...

God Jul, Merry Christmas and a Happy Global Goals New Year!

The best gift we can give each other is to make the world a better place. Our Global Goals Calendar has featured some examples of...

Serious famine successfully averted in Somalia

Earlier this year, Somalia was facing the sort of serious famine it experienced in 2011. The situation is still difficult, but thanks to rapid action...

Nightingale programme connects worlds in Malmö

For more than 20 years, children and university students in Malmö have connected with each other through the Nightingale mentoring programme. It is about making...

Strategic approach to combating human trafficking

Every year, millions of people fall victim to human trafficking and cynical exploitation. The women and girls affected are sold nearly exclusively for the purpose...

Sustainability in focus for Swedish companies in Russia

Last year the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow, together with Swedish companies operating in Russia, initiated a sustainability network to raise the profile of sustainability...
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