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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Equal power to shape society and one’s own
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">The Swedish
Government’s gender equality policy 2010–2014<br>
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August 2012 - Ministry of Education and Research<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"><br>
</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Available online PDF [16P.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/RQBVZO" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/RQBVZO</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“….The struggle for
gender equality has a long history and widespread support in <u></u><u></u>Sweden<u></u><u></u>. In the
1900s we progressed and made a lot of achievements - but plenty still remains
to be done. As already mentioned gender equality policy today is about tearing
down barriers and ensuring equal opportunities for women and men, for girls and
boys. This is done by changing norms and attitudes that restrain people from
becoming who and what they want to be. Every person has a right to the same
opportunity to develop and shape their own life, without being confronted with
obsolete perceptions about gender.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">One of the most important tasks is
to improve equality in the labour force, schools and the business sector. Other
urgent challenges involve combating men's violence against women,
honour-related violence and oppression, and prostitution and human trafficking
for sexual purposes….” </span></font><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">press release</span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“…..Gender
equality between men and women, girls and boys, is about tearing down barriers,
creating opportunities and changing norms and attitudes that hold people back.
Every girl and boy should have the same opportunity to grow and develop without
being restrained by violence, preconceptions or injustices.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“…..Gender
equality is a right in line with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The overall objective of the
Swedish gender equality policy, which is to promote an equal distribution of
power and resources, is that women and men are to have the same power to shape
society and their own lives. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“….The
Government’s objectives for gender equality and high economic growth go
hand in hand. Gender equality contributes to economic growth by promoting and
making use of people’s skills and creativity. If women’s labour
market participation and pay were the same as men’s, it would have a
significant impact on the GDP.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The following
objectives indicate the direction of the Government’s gender equality
policy:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">- <i><span style="font-style:italic">Equal division of power and influence</span></i><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Women and men
must have the same rights and opportunities to be active citizens and to shape
the conditions for decision-making.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">- <i><span style="font-style:italic">Economic equality<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Women and men
must have the same opportunities and conditions for education and paid work
that provides lifelong economic independence.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">- <i><span style="font-style:italic">Equal distribution of unpaid housework and provision
of care<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Women and men
must have the same responsibility for housework and have the opportunity to
give and receive care on equal terms.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">- <i><span style="font-style:italic">An end to men’s violence against women<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Women and
men, girls and boys, must have the same right and opportunity to physical integrity……”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Foreword<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Gender equality
policy<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Equal power to
shape society and one’s own life<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Power and influence<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Economic equality<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Unpaid housework
and provision of care<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">An end to men’s
violence against women<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Gender
mainstreaming as a strategy<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Gender equality in
international cooperation<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Gender equality
central in development cooperation<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Follow-up aids
development<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Gender disaggregated statistics
reveal differences<br>
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This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO,</span></font><br></p></div></div></div><br>