European cooperation on indicators
The expert meeting on integration of new arrivals was the last conference organised by the Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, during the Swedish precidency. State secretary Christer Hallerby reflects on the outcome of the meeting.
Making Rights a Reality for All
Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish Minister for Integration and Gender Equality, opened the Fundamental Rights Conference 2009, organised by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in cooperation with the Swedish Presidency of the EU.
A new minority rights strategy
In March 2009 the Swedish government presented a new minority rights strategy in the government bill From Recognition to Empowerment - the Government's Strategy for the National Minorities. The strategy contains a number of changes to strengthen the rights of national minorities and to raise the level of ambitions for the implementation of the minority rights policy. The government allocates 70 million Swedish crowns for the reform which is to take effect January 1, 2010. Read more in the fact sheet below.
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2009
- The European Commission presents new survey on discrimination 11 November 2009
- A strategy for gender equality in the labour market and the business sector 15 October 2009
- Against prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes 15 October 2009
- New information film on trafficking 02 October 2009
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Human Rights
The Swedish Government's website with facts, news and policies on Human Rights and Sweden's international obligations.
