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MPs voted again to elect Swedish Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson on Monday - Reuters/BBC
Wednesday, December 01, 2021
Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's first female PM returns after resignation
BBC News
Sweden's first female prime minister has been reappointed to the top job after political turmoil forced her to resign within hours of taking the post last week. MPs backed Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson by a narrow margin in a...
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sweden.se
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment
BBC News
Sweden's first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass....
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Gender and dynastic political selection
Tuesday, November 02, 2021
Academic Paper / Article
Gender and dynastic political selection
Sage Journals
Abstract Throughout history and across countries, women appear more likely than men to enter politics on the heels of a close family relative or spouse. To explain this dynastic bias in women’s representation, we introduce a theory that integrates...
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Friday, September 11, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why has Sweden never had a female Prime Minister?
The Local
"Human rights, women's rights and gender equality are so high up on the agenda in Sweden that when you talk to people they are embarrassed that Sweden is the only Nordic country which hasn't had a woman prime minister," says Drude Dahlerup, a ...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Interviews
Teres Lindberg
Teres Lindberg is a Member of Parliament from Sweden. This interview was conducted in October 2019 in the margins of the the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Belgrad.
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
New minister vows to press on with Sweden's feminist foreign policy
The Local
Sweden on Tuesday named a new foreign minister, appointing trade minister Ann Linde who vowed to press on with the country's "feminist foreign policy". Linde, 57, replaces Margot Wallström 64, who made headlines in 2014 when she put gender equality...
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Friday, August 24, 2018
Sweden releases feminist foreign policy handbook to boost gender equality
The Globe Post
Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a Feminist Foreign Policy handbook outlining guidelines on how to define women’s rights and make policy around them. Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Thursday a Feminist Foreign Policy...
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
International IDEA recruits an Executive Director in Stockholm
Application deadline 31/10/2017  Location Stockholm, Sweden  Send application  Context As a member of the Senior Management team, the Executive Director provides leadership, guidance and strategic planning in the development and...
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Friday, March 24, 2017
Roundtable on Gender, Violence and Politics: Pushing Women Out
Is backlash to women’s political participation rising? Do we see a new form of political violence? What role does social media play? What can policymakers do?  Women’s participation in politics – as voters, supporters, lobbyists, candidates and...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
Academic Paper / Article
Gender quotas and the crisis of the mediocre man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden
Quotas aren't anathema to meritocracy: they increase competence levels by displacing mediocre men, write Timothy Besley, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and iKNOW Politics Expert Johanna Rickne in their paper. The abstract is provided below. Abstract...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Where are the women? Sweden's top diplomat wants to know
By Ellen Wulfhorst Sweden's top diplomat has a question: "Where are the women?" Taking a seat on the United Nations' influential Security Council, Sweden will use its clout to press its feminist foreign policy, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Swedish parliament to vote on gender quota for company boards
Sweden's minority center-left coalition will introduce legislation in February to make listed companies increase the number of women in their boardrooms, news agency TT said yesterday. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven's coalition of Social Democrats and...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Johanna Rickne
Johanna Rickne is a Associate Professor in Economics at the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University. Her research concerns gender quotas, careers in politics, and questions about family-work balance in the political and private...
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Thursday, August 04, 2016
Vacancy on International IDEA: Senior Programme Officer-Democracy Assessment, Analysis and Advisory Unit
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance — International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. International IDEA’s mission is to support sustainable democratic change...
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Friday, January 08, 2016
Ms. Margot Wallström, Swedish Foreign Minister, Defines as 'Medieval' Saudi Arabia's Treatment of Women
The Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, declared that Saudi Arabia’s measures against women are ‘medieval’. The declarations followed the decision by the Saudi courts of ordering that Raif Badawi, who had created a webpage encouraging free...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Sweden Launches Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden has launched its ‘Swedish Foreign Service action plan for feminist foreign policy 2015-2018 including focus areas for 2016’. This plan departs from the idea that gender equality is an end in itself, but...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2015
International Agreement and Action Plans
Swedish Foreign Service action plan for feminist foreign policy 2015-2018 including focus areas for 2016
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden has launched its ‘Swedish Foreign Service action plan for feminist foreign policy 2015-2018 including focus areas for 2016’. This plan departs from the idea that gender equality is an end in itself, but...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
International IDEA: Head of Democracy Assessment, Analysis & Advisory
International IDEA's Global Programmes Division has opened a position 'Head of Democracy Assessment' to lead the new Democracy Assessment, Analysis and Advisory Unit (DAAA). The Unit will bring together the current State of Democracy programme and...
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