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Swedish gender equality policy
Literature Item
Author Information:
Name: Swedish government
Email: None
Website: None
Abstract:
Swedish gender equality policy (i.e. the national gender equality strategy) is to ensure that women and men have the same power to shape the country and their own lives. With this wider picture in mind, the government has six sub-goals, although there is no period indicated in the policy to achieve them or any associated targets. The National Gender Equality Policy is the country's overall strategy for gender equality. Sweden has no national action plan on gender equality, as such. Rather, the 54 governmental agencies and 33 higher education institutions in the governmental developmental programmes for gender mainstreaming each have their own action plans, addressing specific gender equality issues depending on the sector and political areas. In 2020, 54 government agencies received a government assignment in their letters of regulation to form strategic action plans for their work related to gender mainstreaming from 2022 to 2025. In addition, in 2021, 33 state-funded higher education institutions received government requests to form strategic action plans for their work with gender mainstreaming for the years 2023 to 2025. The plans are to clarify how each governmental agency is to contribute to the gender equality policy goal and sub-goals in their specific areas. How the plans, and their focus areas, are designed varies by agency. However, their overall aim is to contribute to gender equality policy goals in their activities as well as in society. Most action plans are not costed but financed through the agencies’ block grants. The action plans have goals but not targets that facilitate monitoring over time. The respective agencies report the progress of their work according to the plans in their annual reports to the government.
Keywords:
Legislative and policy framework, monitoring process, methods and tools
Dates:
Dec. 19, 2022 - None
Source Specificity:
Public Policy Document
Website:
https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/countries/sweden
Power Domains:
Political
Methods Tools:
Monitoring, Networking, Funding
Country:
SE
City:
Stockholm
Implementation Scale:
national
Language:
English
Other Links:
https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/countries/sweden
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