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Drive for democracy

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...

United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee – International Law Week 2019

Director-General for Legal Affairs, Ambassador Carl Magnus Nesser, represented Sweden at the United Nations International Law Week and took part in the deliberations on the...

Eastern Partnership celebrates ten years

The EU policy towards the countries in eastern Europe, the Eastern Partnership (EaP), is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. We had a chat with...

An important uphill battle

Rainbow flags, pop music and a party atmosphere – Pride parades are a demonstration of the right to love who you want and to be...

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...

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,...

We are standing up for democracy

Democracy is worth protecting – every day. The freedom to choose, speak, think and love can never be taken for granted. The same applies to...

#EasternPartnership football diplomacy: Tbilisi

Sweden and Georgia celebrated 10 years of the Eastern Partnership with high-level football diplomacy in Tblisi.

Dr Samar gives a voice to those no one listens to

She’s fighting for education for children, clinics for women and health care for poor people. Sima Samar’s fight for human rights began in a hospital...
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