Swedish Women's Lobby

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]

Swedish Women's Lobby
Formation1997
TypePolitical advocacy
President
Anna Giotas Sandquist
AffiliationsEuropean Women's Lobby
Websitesverigeskvinnolobby.se

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
  • Gunvor Ngarambe 1997–2009
  • Gertrud Åström 2009–2015
  • Clara Berglund 2015–2016
  • Anna Giotas Sandquist 2016–

See also

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