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Europe | Sweden | Politics

Swedish Finance Minister Tipped to Become Country’s First Female PM

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Magdalena Andersson is favourite to become Sweden's prime minister when her Social Democrat colleague Stefan Lofven steps down in November, but major challenges face the current finance minister if she is to keep the top job longer than a few months. If Andersson is picked to head her party in November, she is likely to become Sweden's first female prime minister - 40 years after neighbour Norway got its first woman leader and more than 60 years behind Sri Lanka, which was the first country to do so.
Europe | Sweden | Economy

If the world followed Swedish women’s lead, we could add $6 trillion to the global economy

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A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers says that if the world’s biggest economies bench-marked their workforces to Sweden, which has a 69% female employment rate, the total global GDP gain could be as much as $6 trillion. The Women in Work Index 2019, released today (March 5), uses a number of measures to gauge workplace equality, including countries’ employment rate—that is, the number of people employed as a share of the working age (15-69) population. Its authors suggest that if countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) caught up to Sweden’s
Europe | Sweden | Politics

How one Kurdish woman went from child soldier to Swedish lawmaker

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In pitch dark one night in 1991, some 50 people marched from Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq toward the Turkish border, unarmed and clad in traditional local attire. As they approached the frontier, a Turkish reconnaissance helicopter began to hover in the area, complicating their plan to sneak into Turkey. Only one woman marched among the men — 19-year-old Amineh Kakabaveh. She kept calm despite the building tension. Evading the helicopter and the border guards, the travelers managed to reach the Turkish border town of Silopi around midnight. The young Kakabaveh could have hardly imagined
Europe | Sweden | Economy

Women managers overtake men in Sweden’s wage race

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Female managers and politicians working in local government are earning more than their male counterparts for the first time in history, according to a new study released this week. The average monthly salary of women working full time in top roles in Sweden's municipalities is now 58,925 kronor ($6,951) a month, compared with 57,925 kronor ($6,833) for men, research for Swedish magazine Dagens Samhälle has revealed. "When municipal managers are recruited, there have recently been clearly more women than men. Because the women got their jobs later [in life] that explains why wages a
Europe | Sweden | Culture

Here’s why Sweden just might be the best country for women

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While strides can be seen around the world, the Nordic countries are where it’s at when it comes to positive attitudes toward women, according to study from U.K.-based research firm YouGov. “The facts paint a clear picture of continuing gender inequality world-wide, but changes in attitudes reveal the economic and social progress that is slowly being made. Sweden tops the list of the 24 nations covered in the survey, which polled more than 42,000 people world-wide to assess their views At the bottom of the rankings: Algeria, Egypt and Morocco.
Europe | Sweden | Crimes

​Rape more frequent in Sweden than India – Women’s minister Gandhi

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India's women's minister says that Sweden has a worse rape problem than her home country. It comes as India struggles to rebuild its reputation following the 2012 gang-rape of a woman on a Delhi bus, which cast the nation into the international spotlight. Though Gandhi did not mention the source of her statistics, a 2013 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime stated that India reported 2.7 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants that year, while Sweden reported 58.9 rapes per 100,000 residents. Meanwhile, Gatestone Institute research published in February stated that Sweden has n
Europe | Sweden | Politics

Feminist Initiative shakes up politics in Sweden and Norway

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Feminism has been enjoying a popular resurgence in much of Europe - but in Sweden and Norway it is becoming a political force. What does the growth of a feminist party in both countries mean for mainstream politics and the fight for equality? Cathrine Linn Kristiansen does not look like a typical politician. At 27, she is unusually young to be leading a party, and her oversized glasses and pink lipstick betray a striking fashion sense. Ms Kristiansen has no parallel in most European countries - she is a party candidate campaigning on a purely feminist platform. She will be standing i
Europe | Sweden | Culture

Sweden ‘feminist’ policy sparks major Saudi spat

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Sweden is seeking to quell an unprecedented diplomatic spat over human rights with Saudi Arabia which has seen ambassadors recalled and arms sales cancelled, drawing comparisons with Denmark's Mohammed cartoons controversy. Stockholm's relations with Riyadh have nosedived since leftist Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem told parliament in a February speech the oil-rich state was a "dictatorship" that violated women's rights and whipped bloggers. Wallstroem said her comments -- including calling Saudi Arabia's whipping of dissident blogger Raif Badawi in January "medieval" -- were never direc
Europe | Sweden | Culture

Robyn To Launch Festival For Women In Technology

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Robyn, one of Sweden's most successful exports and all-round technology junkie is launching a festival specifically to encourage more women to work in technology. Tekla will be a one-day festival in Stockholm where 11-18 year old girls can go along, attend workshops, talks and get careers advice. The festival is being launched in collaboration with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. The plan is to encourage more women to enter the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as just 34 per cent of KTH's new students are female.
Europe | Sweden | Culture

Margot Wallström: Sweden’s feminist foreign minister to make the country a ‘moral great power’?

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Margot Wallström’s steadfast joint pursuit of human rights and feminism has antagonised the Arab world and started a debate on the issue of morality in nuanced national foreign policy. Ms Wallström, a former EU commissioner, promised a “feminist” foreign policy when her Social Democrats formed the coalition government last October and the criticism they have drawn, has exposed a struggle over Sweden’s identity and whether it should become what some politicians call a “moral great power”.

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