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Feminist foreign policy

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...

“The world belongs to those who work to make it better”

At the end of April, gender equality advocates from around the world gathered for the Tunis Forum on Gender Equality. It was an important and...

WikiGap has brought us 27 000 articles closer to a gender-equal internet

Last year, the first major WikiGap initiative was carried out at some 50 missions abroad around the world. WikiGap has now spread beyond the Swedish...

Gender equality champions join forces in Tunis

On 24–26 April, Tunisia will host the Tunis Forum on Gender Equality, gathering representatives of governments, civil society, business and academia from around the world...

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: despite hard international climate, a final document could be adopted

Negotiations were hard and polarised at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Several countries displayed strong resistance to progressive language, not least...

Swedish cooperation with UN Women: promoting gender equality around the world

Sweden and UN Women have a longstanding partnership dating back to the establishment of UN Women in 2010. They unite around the goal of ensuring...

Up close and personal: Agda Rössel

She was the world’s first woman ambassador to the United Nations when she took office, at the height of the Cold War. Yet Agda Rössel...

Get inspired by the new handbook for feminist foreign policy

In October 2014, Sweden became the first country in the world to launch a feminist foreign policy. This means applying a systematic gender equality perspective...

Women, peace and security

Increased gender equality between women and men is one of Sweden’s most important foreign policy priorities. Women, peace and security is also one of Sweden’s...

Women who support peace processes

Fifteen women with extensive diplomatic and peace-building experience have been specially appointed to mediate in some of the world’s most serious conflicts. They are part...
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