Swedish Women's Lobby

Swedish Women's Lobby
Formation 1997
Type Political advocacy
President
 Anna Giotas Sandquist
Affiliations European Women's Lobby
Website sverigeskvinnolobby.se

The Swedish Women's Lobby (Swedish: Sveriges Kvinnolobby) is a nonpartisan political advocacy organisation, and an umbrella organization for the Swedish women's rights and women's organisations. It was founded on the initiative of the Government of Sweden in 1997, based on the model of the European Women's Lobby (EWL) on the EU level, and has 40 member organizations. Its President is Anna Giotas Sandquist. The aim of the organisation is "to integrate women’s perspectives into all political, economical and social processes, locally as well as internationally," based on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action.[1][2]

The Swedish Women's Lobby is the Swedish coordination of the European Women’s Lobby. Eva Fager of the Swedish Women's Lobby serves as Vice President of EWL.

Presidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Beijing Platform for Action, United Nations
  2. ↑ Swedish Women's Lobby, European Women's Lobby
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