Gender equality in working life etc.

The plan rests on the understanding that women's subordination is structural and that an expansion of women's power and income necessarily means a restriction for men. Dismantling all quotas and positive special treatment therefore goes against the plan's feminist strategy. The plan's tools are instead annual pay surveys, a statutory right to full-time work, and wages in female-dominated sectors rising faster — parts that lie close to the counter-proposal's other requirements.

• redistribution of power between gendersdecisive»En utvidgning av kvinnors makt, inflytande, utrymme och inkomster kommer att innebära en inskränkning för män.« (party programme ↗)“An expansion of women's power, influence, space and income will mean a restriction for men.”
• raised wages in female occupations»För att komma tillrätta med den strukturella undervärderingen av kvinnors arbete, måste lönerna i de kvinnodominerade branscherna framöver kunna öka snabbare än i de mansdominerade.« (party programme ↗)“To address the structural undervaluation of women's work, wages in female-dominated sectors must be able to rise faster than in male-dominated ones going forward.”
• individualized parental insurance and full-time work»Strategiskt viktiga reformer för att öka jämställdheten både i familjelivet och på arbetsmarknaden är en individualiserad föräldraförsäkring och en stärkt lagfäst rätt till heltid, med möjlighet till avtalad deltid.« (party programme ↗)“Strategically important reforms to increase equality both in family life and on the labour market are an individualized parental insurance and a strengthened statutory right to full-time work, with the possibility of agreed part-time work.”
• annual pay surveys»Krav ska ställas på arbetsköparna att genomföra årliga lönekartläggningar vilka kan bidra till att uppmärksamma diskriminering.« (party programme ↗)“Demands must be placed on employers to conduct annual pay surveys which can help draw attention to discrimination.”

The counter-proposal's main demand is to abolish all quotas and positive discrimination based on gender, arguing that group affiliation must not take precedence over the individual. This contradicts the party programme's analysis of gender power relations as a structural hierarchy that requires deliberate measures, and contradicts the fact that the party is explicitly feminist. Parts of the counter-proposal - more full-time employment - are supported by the plan, but the decisive demand is rejected.

• gender power relations as a structuredecisive»En tydlig maktstruktur är det som kallas könsmaktsordningen« (party programme ↗)“A clear power structure is what is called gender power relations”
• feminist party»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this foundation, social democracy is a feminist party.”
• active equality policy»Jämlikhetspolitik måste riktas mot alla former av över- och underordning, och dessa måste« (party programme ↗)“Equality policy must address all forms of hierarchy, and these must”
• more full-time employment»Vi vill att välfärden ska gå före och att fler ska kunna arbeta heltid i fasta jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want welfare to come first and for more people to be able to work full-time in permanent jobs.”

The counter-proposal's bearing demand is that all gender quotas and positive discrimination based on gender shall be wound down. The plan says the opposite: that gender quotas are needed to achieve gender equality and that feminism must go further, which also strikes the committee's reasoning that the current order is well-balanced. The individual demands for more full-time work and raised guaranteed pension are however supported by the plan.

• quotas are neededdecisive»Könskvotering till bolagsstyrelser behövs för att uppnå jämställdhet.« (party programme ↗)“Gender quotas to company boards are needed to achieve gender equality.”
• feminism must go further»Feminismen har inte alls gått för långt, som vissa påstår. Tvärtom, den måste gå längre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Feminism has not at all gone too far, as some claim. On the contrary, it must go further.”
• right to full-time»Anställda inom offentligt finansierad verksamhet ska ha rätt till heltid med möjligheten att gå ner till deltid.« (party programme ↗)“Employees in publicly financed operations shall have the right to full-time with the possibility to reduce to part-time.”
• raised guaranteed pension»höja garantipensionen och reformera pensionssystemet med syfte att höja pensionerna, mest för de med de lägsta pensionerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the guaranteed pension and reform the pension system with the aim of raising pensions, most for those with the lowest pensions.”

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's liberal worldview is that people shall be treated as the individuals they are and not based on gender or group membership, which argues against quotas and positive discrimination in public operations. At the same time, the plan drives economic equality through increased pensions for low-income earners and promotion of women's entrepreneurship, including in green industries. The counter-proposal's package thus aligns with the plan.

• individual before group membershipdecisive»I ett liberalt samhälle behandlas vi utifrån de individer vi är, inte utifrån vilket kön« (party programme ↗)“In a liberal society we are treated as the individuals we are, not based on which gender”
• group membership shall not determine»Varje individ har rätt att skapa sin egen identitet.« (party programme ↗)“Every individual has the right to create their own identity.”
• increased pensions for low income»Sveriges pensionärer ska ha god trygghet, nu och många år framöver. Därför bidrog Centerpartiet till en stor höjning av pensionerna, särskilt för dem med lägre inkomster.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's pensioners shall have good security, now and many years forward. Therefore the Centre Party contributed to a major increase in pensions, especially for those with lower incomes.”
• women's entrepreneurship promoted»Även kvinnors företagande behöver främjas, med trygghetssystem anpassade till företagares villkor och en mer jämställd fördelning av det offentliga riskkapitalet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women's entrepreneurship also needs to be promoted, with security systems adapted to entrepreneurs' conditions and a more equal distribution of public risk capital.”

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's idea of justice is equal conditions and not equal results, and it requires that the prohibition against gender discrimination be upheld in all areas of society, which speaks against quota and gender-based special treatment in public activities. The plan also shares the counter-proposal's requirement for measures against involuntary part-time work and for increased economic equality. At the same time, the plan wants public bodies to actively show the way in equal recruitment, which qualifies the assessment.

• equal conditions not equal resultsdecisive»Liberal rättvisa handlar om lika förutsättningar, inte om lika resultat.« (party programme ↗)“Liberal justice is about equal conditions, not equal results.”
• prohibition against gender discrimination»Förbudet mot könsdiskriminering ska upprätthållas på alla samhällsområden.« (party programme ↗)“The prohibition against gender discrimination shall be upheld in all areas of society.”
• liberal feminism»Feminism utan socialism.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Feminism without socialism.”
• counter involuntary part-time work»Arbetsgivare i offentligt finansierad verksamhet ska vara förebilder« (party programme ↗)“Employers in publicly funded activities shall be role models”

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's view of humanity starts from the premise that each person is a unique and irreplaceable individual and opposes collectivism, which speaks against group membership determining in appointments. Gender equality is defined as people regardless of sex having power to shape their own life. The election manifesto promises raised guaranteed pension, and the plan requires equal pay for equivalent work, which supports the counter-proposal's other demands.

• individual before group membershipdecisive»varje människa är en unik och oersättlig individ« (party programme ↗)“each person is a unique and irreplaceable individual”
• own power over life»Jämställdhet är att människor, oavsett kön, har makt« (party programme ↗)“Gender equality is that people, regardless of sex, have power”
• economic security for low-pension women»Höjd garantipension och höjt bostadstillägg för pensionärer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Raised guaranteed pension and raised housing allowance for pensioners.”
• equal pay for equivalent work»Principen om lika lön för likvärdigt arbete är« (party programme ↗)“The principle of equal pay for equivalent work is”

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 programme states that freedoms and rights belong to individuals and never to collectives, and that everyone shall be assessed on their person and their actions, which is exactly the counter-proposal's objection to quotas and positive discrimination. The election manifesto also explicitly rejects quotas in schools and instead wants to achieve economic equality through concrete measures such as reduced involuntary part-time work.

• rights are individualdecisive»ett jämställt samhälle. Fri- och rättigheter tillhör individer och aldrig« (party programme ↗)“an equal society. Freedoms and rights belong to individuals and never”
• the individual before group membership»men också för allas rätt att bli bedömda utifrån sin person« (party programme ↗)“but also everyone's right to be assessed on their person”
• no to quotas»Stoppa alla förslag som rör tvångsbussning, kvotering och lottning av elever mellan skolor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop all proposals regarding forced bussing, quotas and lottery of pupils between schools”
• more full-time positions for economic equality»Minska det ofrivilliga deltidsarbetet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce involuntary part-time work”

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 states that equality is not achieved through political measures that should create identical outcomes at group level and that discrimination and special treatment based on gender should be counteracted, which supports the counter-proposal's demand to dismantle quotas and positive special treatment. The plan also wants to eliminate split shifts and raise pensions, which is close to demands for full-time employment and economic equality.

• against outcome-driven equalitydecisive»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 identical outcomes at group level between men and women, but by taking forceful action against social phenomena that restrict the individual.”
• against positive special treatment»Motverka diskriminering och särbehandling p.g.a. kön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counter discrimination and special treatment due to gender”
• better working conditions»Delade turer ska slopas och skiftarbete, främst inom vår vård och omsorg, behöver ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Split shifts should be eliminated and shift work, especially in our care and nursing, needs to be reviewed.”
• raised pensions»Höja pensionerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Raise pensions”