Swedish contribution and the agenda for women, peace and security

The plan defines the party as feminist and demands that work against men's violence against women be prioritized in proportion to the scope and severity of the crimes. Explicitly establishing that the agenda for women, peace, and security should permeate Sweden's contribution aligns with this, especially when support from other actors is uncertain. However, the plan says nothing about the form of such statements.

• prioritize work against violencedecisive»våld mot kvinnor behöver börja prioriteras på ett sätt som motsvarar« (party programme ↗)“violence against women needs to start being prioritized in a way that corresponds to”
• firm action against violence against women»I ett tryggt samhälle tar vi krafttag mot våld, hedersförtryck och sexuella kränkningar mot kvinnor, barn och hbtqi-personer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In a safe society, we take firm action against violence, honor-based oppression, and sexual harassment of women, children, and LGBTQI+ people.”
• feminist movement»bred, målmedveten feministisk rörelse« (party programme ↗)“broad, purposeful feminist movement”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that the UN must continue to drive questions about women, peace and security and that girls' and women's rights shall be strengthened globally. The counter-proposal's demand for a formal statement ensuring that the agenda pervades the Swedish contribution aligns with this commitment. The party programme's feminist perspective strengthens the conclusion. However, the plan does not state its position on the form of parliamentary statements, which requires derivation.

• women, peace and securitydecisive»FN måste fortsätta driva frågor om kvinnor, fred och säkerhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The UN must continue to drive questions about women, peace and security.”
• global gender equality»Flickors och kvinnors rättigheter måste stärkas globalt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Girls' and women's rights must be strengthened globally.”
• feminist perspective»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this fundamental perspective, Social Democracy is a feminist party.”
• safeguard the UN's role»Vi kommer att fortsätta värna FN:s roll i arbetet för folkrätten och det internationella samarbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We will continue to safeguard the UN's role in the work for international law and international cooperation.”

The election manifesto commits to developing and strengthening a feminist foreign policy, and the party programme states that women's participation in peace processes is crucial and that women are too often excluded. The counter-proposal's demand for a formal statement that ensures the agenda for women, peace and security permeates the contribution follows directly from this. The fact that other actors do not automatically support the agenda is precisely the problem the plan points to.

• feminist foreign policydecisive»utveckla och förstärka Sveriges feministiska utrikes- och utvecklingspolitik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“develop and strengthen Sweden's feminist foreign and development policy.”
• women's participation in peace»Kvinnors deltagande i fredsprocesser, vid fredsförhandlingar och i försoningsarbete är avgörande.« (party programme ↗)“Women's participation in peace processes, in peace negotiations and in reconciliation work is crucial.”
• women's security in operations»Fredsarbete och internationella insatser måste ha kunskap och resurser att säkerställa kvinnors säkerhet.« (party programme ↗)“Peace work and international operations must have knowledge and resources to ensure women's security.”
• women excluded in practice»Alltför ofta stängs kvinnor ute vilket gör att deras erfarenheter inte tas tillvara, trots att kvinnor och barn blir särskilt utsatta vid väpnad konflikt.« (party programme ↗)“Too often women are excluded, which means their experiences are not taken into account, even though women and children become particularly vulnerable in armed conflict.”

The party programme stipulates that violations of women's freedom must never be accepted, whether they occur in Sweden or other countries, and especially when used as weapons in war and conflict. The party explicitly calls itself feminist and makes gender equality a main priority. The counter-proposal's requirement that the agenda for women, peace, and security should permeate Sweden's contribution follows from these commitments.

• women's rights even in wardecisive»Det gäller oavsett om det sker i Sverige eller i andra länder, och inte minst när det används som vapen i krig och konflikter.« (party programme ↗)“This applies regardless of whether it occurs in Sweden or other countries, especially when it is used as a weapon in war and conflict.”
• feminist party»Centerpartiet är ett feministiskt parti, som utmanar och bryter rådande maktförhållanden och kollektiva orättvisor.« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party is a feminist party that challenges and breaks existing power relations and collective injustices.”
• gender equality as priority»Vi ska bygga ett jämställt Sverige med möjligheter och rättvisa för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We will build an equal Sweden with opportunities and justice for all.”
• rights-based foreign policy»Utrikes- och säkerhetspolitiken syftar ytterst till att värna universella mänskliga fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Foreign and security policy ultimately aims to protect universal human rights and freedoms.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme explicitly says that women's situation in war and importance for peace shall be made visible, and that a gender-equality perspective shall be integrated into all relevant public decisions. The counter-proposal's demand that the agenda for women, peace and security shall permeate the Swedish contribution is in substance precisely this commitment. The party describes itself as feminist and pursues gender equality also as part of foreign policy.

• women, peace and securitydecisive»Kvinnors situation i krig och betydelse för fred ska synliggöras.« (party programme ↗)“Women's situation in war and importance for peace shall be made visible.”
• gender equality in all decisions»jämställdhetsperspektiv ska integreras i alla relevanta offentliga beslut.« (party programme ↗)“gender-equality perspective shall be integrated into all relevant public decisions.”
• gender equality forward»Jämställdheten måste fortsätta gå framåt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gender equality must continue to move forward.”
• rights protected globally»Här i Sverige och globalt ska dessa rättigheter värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Here in Sweden and globally these rights shall be protected.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan states that the equality perspective shall permeate all policy areas and that equality and improved conditions for women are both goals and means in international work. The election manifesto highlights equality as its own priority area. A statement ensuring that the agenda for women, peace and security permeates the Swedish contribution follows from these commitments.

• equality in all policy areasdecisive»Jämställdhetsperspektivet ska genomsyra alla politikområden.« (party programme ↗)“The equality perspective shall permeate all policy areas.”
• equality as goal and means»är både mål och medel i detta arbete.« (party programme ↗)“are both goals and means in this work.”
• violence against women unacceptable»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is the ultimate expression of”
• equality as priority area»JÄMSTÄLLDHET PÅ RIKTIGT« (2022 manifesto ↗)“EQUALITY IN EARNEST”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The documents say nothing about the women, peace and security agenda in a NATO contribution. The closest commitments are that Sweden shall be a strong voice for freedom, democracy and human rights, and that it is a political task to fight the forces that limit women's self-determination, which substantively supports the counter-proposal's demand that the agenda pervade the contribution. The basis is however general and the conclusion is weak.

• strong voice for rightsdecisive»Sverige ska vara en stark röst för frihet, demokrati och« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a strong voice for freedom, democracy and”
• safeguard women's self-determination»politisk uppgift att bekämpa de krafter som söker begränsa« (party programme ↗)“political task to fight the forces that seek to limit”
• women prioritized in protection work»Prioritera kvinnor och hbtq-personer i kvotflyktingmottagandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prioritize women and LGBTQ persons in quota refugee resettlement”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan rejects in principle equality policy that works with group-based goals and wants instead to tackle concrete phenomena that limit the individual. The defense contribution's task is described in the plan as war-deterrent capability, not as an instrument for a particular equality agenda. The plan's improvement of vulnerable women's situation in oppressed parts of the world occurs within aid, not through formal statements about the defense contribution.

• not group-based equality policydecisive»Riktig jämställdhet nås inte genom att vidta politiska åtgärder för att på gruppnivå skapa samma utfall mellan män och kvinnor, utan genom att ta krafttag mot samhällsfenomen som begränsar den enskilde.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“True equality is not achieved by taking political measures to create the same outcomes between men and women at the group level, but by taking powerful action against social phenomena that limit the individual.”
• defense's task is deterrence»Målet är en krigsavhållande försvarsförmåga med kapacitet att möta främmande aggressioner, men som också kan bistå samhället i kris eller oro.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The goal is a war-deterrent defense capability with capacity to meet foreign aggression, but which can also assist society in crisis or unrest.”
• support for vulnerable women globally»för att förbättra utsatta barn och ansatta kvinnors livssituation i fattiga eller förtryckta delar av världen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“to improve the situation of vulnerable children and vulnerable women in poor or oppressed parts of the world”
• equal treatment regardless of sex»Motverka diskriminering och särbehandling p.g.a. kön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counter discrimination and differential treatment on the basis of sex”