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Zero tolerance for men's violence against women
How to frame a zero-vision against violence in close relationships
What's at stake: How the zero-vision is worded signals which problem society prioritises rallying against, and affects both women subjected to violence and other groups - such as LGBTQI people or men subjected to violence - and how visible their situation becomes in prevention work.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether a forthcoming zero-vision should be framed broadly to cover all violence in close relationships regardless of gender, or should specifically target men's violence against women as the overarching structural problem.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions. It maintains that the zero-vision should have a broader focus than targeting only men's violence against women, so that all forms of violence in close relationships are included in prevention work. The committee wants to await the government's continued analysis of the equality agency's recently reported pre-study and the recently presented proposal for an inclusive equality sub-goal against violence, before the framing of the zero-vision is taken further.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 8 (S, V, C, MP)
The reservation (S, V, C, MP) calls for the zero-vision to be worded specifically as a zero-vision for men's violence against women, in line with parliament's earlier directive to government. It argues that more inclusive wording risks obscuring the overarching structural problem - men's violence against women - even though all violence in close relationships deserves attention.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 8 by S, V, C, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: LLiberalerna, MModeraterna
Ja 143–142Nej 76–209
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/18/0/6 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | No | No 0/89/0/17 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| MP | No | No 0/13/0/5 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| C | No | No 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 11/0/0/5 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 13/0/0/6 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| M | No | Yes 56/0/0/12 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| SD | Yes | Yes 63/0/0/9 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2023/24:2617 by Fredrik Lundh Sammeli et al. (S) motion point 88, 2023/24:2621 by Teresa Carvalho et al. (S) motion point 2 and 2023/24:2640 by Ardalan Shekarabi et al. (S) motion point 63.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2023/24:2617 av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S) yrkande 88, 2023/24:2621 av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S) yrkande 2 och 2023/24:2640 av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S) yrkande 63.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 70 proposals in motions from the general motion period in 2023. The proposals concern, among other things, strategies for achieving a gender-equal society, work against men's violence against women and against honour-related violence and oppression, as well as measures against discrimination in working life. The Riksdag refers, among other things, to ongoing work in these areas.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to appoint an equality commission to examine gender equality issues. (S, V, C, MP) — Reservation 8
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The party programme defines men's violence against women as a structural societal problem and as the ultimate expression of a patriarchal society, an insight that shall characterize different areas of social life.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme defines men's violence against women as a structural societal problem and as the ultimate expression of a patriarchal society, an insight that shall characterize different areas of social life. The counter-proposal wants the zero vision formulated precisely as a zero vision for men's violence against women, which is the same gender power analysis. The election manifesto explicitly places societal responsibility for stopping men's violence against women.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet definierar mäns våld mot kvinnor som ett strukturellt samhällsproblem och som det yttersta uttrycket för ett patriarkalt samhälle, en insikt som ska prägla samhällslivets olika områden. Motförslaget vill att nollvisionen formuleras just som en nollvision för mäns våld mot kvinnor, vilket är samma könsmaktsanalys. Valmanifestet lägger uttryckligen samhällsansvaret för att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor.
- violence as patriarchal expressiondecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för ett patriarkalt samhälle« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is the ultimate expression of a patriarchal society.”
- structural societal problem»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt samhällsproblem. Den insikten måste prägla samhällslivets olika områden, som utbildningsväsende, stadsplanering och rättssystem, och leda till konkreta åtgärder.« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is a structural societal problem. That insight must characterize different areas of society, such as education, urban planning and the legal system, and lead to concrete measures.”
- societal responsibility against men's violence»Det är ett samhällsansvar att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor, inte en möjlighet för privata bolag att göra vinst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is a societal responsibility to stop men's violence against women, not an opportunity for private companies to make profit.”
- violence part of inequality»Vi ser därför att mäns våld mot kvinnor måste förstås som en del i den ojämställdhet som präglar det svenska samhället« (party programme ↗)“We therefore see that men's violence against women must be understood as part of the inequality that characterizes Swedish society.”
The election manifesto explicitly names men's violence against women as what shall be stopped with crackdowns, and the party programme is built on gender power relations as a systematic domination and subordination between genders.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly names men's violence against women as what shall be stopped with crackdowns, and the party programme is built on gender power relations as a systematic domination and subordination between genders. Formulating the zero vision precisely as men's violence against women is thus the plan's own conceptual framework. That the plan also wants to strengthen work against violence in intimate relationships does not preclude the gendered formulation.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet namnger uttryckligen mäns våld mot kvinnor som det som ska stoppas med krafttag, och partiprogrammet bygger på könsmaktsordningen som en systematisk över- och underordning mellan könen. Att formulera nollvisionen just som mäns våld mot kvinnor är därmed planens egen begreppsapparat. Att planen också vill stärka arbetet mot våld i nära relationer utesluter inte den könade formuleringen.
- stop men's violence against womendecisive»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crackdown on honour-related violence, sexual offences and men's violence against women.”
- gender power relations»En tydlig maktstruktur är det som kallas könsmaktsordningen, den systematiska över- och underordning mellan könen som skapar ojämlika livsvillkor för kvinnor och män.« (party programme ↗)“A clear power structure is what is called gender power relations, the systematic domination and subordination between genders that creates unequal living conditions for women and men.”
- feminist party»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this perspective, the Social Democrats are a feminist party.”
- measures against violence in intimate relationships»Vi vill fort sätta den politiska riktning som skärpt straffen för våld och andra kränkningar i nära relationer, och som ökat resurserna till kvinno- och tjejjourernas viktiga arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue the political direction that has increased penalties for violence and other violations in intimate relationships, and that has increased resources to women's and girls' shelters' important work.”
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The election manifesto has its own section that explicitly addresses stopping men's violence against women, and the party programme describes men's violence against women as a structural and global problem.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto has its own section that explicitly addresses stopping men's violence against women, and the party programme describes men's violence against women as a structural and global problem. The counter-proposal's requirement that the zero vision be formulated precisely this way follows directly from that structural analysis. The plan also wants violence in close relationships to be handled in a coordinated way, but the overarching problem description in the plan is the gender power order and men's violence against women.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet har ett eget avsnitt som uttryckligen handlar om att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor, och partiprogrammet beskriver mäns våld mot kvinnor som ett strukturellt och globalt problem. Motförslagets krav att nollvisionen formuleras just så följer direkt av den strukturella analysen. Planen vill också att våld i nära relationer hanteras samordnat, men den överordnade problembeskrivningen i planen är könsmaktsordningen och mäns våld mot kvinnor.
- stop men's violence against womendecisive»Stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor samt hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop men's violence against women and honour-related violence and oppression”
- structural gender violence»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt och« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is a structural and”
- women's safety»Kvinnor ska kunna leva sina liv i trygghet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women shall be able to live their lives in safety.”
- coordinated work against relationship violence»Våld i nära relationer ska behandlas på ett snabbt,« (party programme ↗)“Violence in close relationships shall be handled in a quick,”
The election manifesto formulates the goal explicitly as leading Sweden towards an end to violence against women, and makes preventive measures against precisely violence against women one of the party's most important priorities.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto formulates the goal explicitly as leading Sweden towards an end to violence against women, and makes preventive measures against precisely violence against women one of the party's most important priorities. The counter-proposal's requirement that the zero vision is formulated as a zero vision for violence against women is the same stance. The plan therefore supports the requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet formulerar målet uttryckligen som att leda Sverige mot ett slut på mäns våld mot kvinnor, och gör förebyggande åtgärder mot just mäns våld mot kvinnor till en av partiets viktigaste prioriteringar. Motförslagets krav på att nollvisionen formuleras som en nollvision för mäns våld mot kvinnor är samma ståndpunkt. Planen stöder därför kravet.
- end to violence against womendecisive»Vi ska leda Sverige mot ett slut på mäns våld mot kvinnor. Män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall lead Sweden towards an end to violence against women. Men who use violence shall not get away with it.”
- prevention of violence against women»Förebyggande åtgärder mot mäns våld mot kvinnor ska genomsyra hela samhället och män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preventive measures against violence against women shall permeate society and men who use violence shall not get away with it.”
- toughened penalties for violence against women»Män som slår ska inte komma undan. Vi vill höja straffen för sexualbrott, grov fridskränkning och grov kvinnofridskränkning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men who use violence shall not get away with it. We want to increase penalties for sexual crimes, serious assault and serious assault against women.”
- all violence restricts freedom»Våld i nära relationer, sexualiserat våld, hedersrelaterat våld och kränkningar« (party programme ↗)“Violence in close relationships, sexualised violence, honour-related violence and violations”
The election manifesto formulates the commitment exactly as the counter-proposal wishes: men's violence against women shall cease.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto formulates the commitment exactly as the counter-proposal wishes: men's violence against women shall cease. The party programme calls men's violence and oppression of women the most extreme expression of women's vulnerability and makes the insight that this particularly affects women the foundation of the party's feminism. That the plan also wants to prevent all forms of violence in relationships does not change the overarching formulation.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet formulerar åtagandet exakt som motförslaget vill: mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra. Partiprogrammet kallar mäns våld och förtryck mot kvinnor det mest extrema uttrycket för kvinnors utsatthet och gör insikten om att detta särskilt drabbar kvinnor till grunden för partiets feminism. Att planen även vill förebygga alla former av våld i relationer ändrar inte den överordnade formuleringen.
- men's violence against women shall ceasedecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men's violence against women shall cease.”
- the most extreme expression»Mäns våld och förtryck mot kvinnor är det mest extrema uttrycket för kvinnors utsatthet och har« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence and oppression of women is the most extreme expression of women's vulnerability and has”
- feminist party»kvinnor och att dessa maktstrukturer måste brytas gör Liberalerna till ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“women and that these power structures must be broken makes Liberals a feminist party.”
- action against violence against women»Vi vill se en ökad handlingskraft mot sexuellt våld och våld mot kvinnor genom bland annat högre straff för sexualbrott och ett bättre skydd och stöd för offren.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see increased action against sexual violence and violence against women through among other things higher penalties for sexual crimes and better protection and support for victims.”
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 particularly highlights men's violence against women as the ultimate expression of lack of equality and requires that legislation mark that violence against women is a serious crime.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan particularly highlights men's violence against women as the ultimate expression of lack of equality and requires that legislation mark that violence against women is a serious crime. The counter-proposal's requirement that a zero vision be formulated specifically as a zero vision for men's violence against women responds to this particular emphasis. The plan simultaneously gives support and protection to all those subjected to violence in close relations, which speaks for a broader approach, but its own concept formation is gender-specific.
Original (Swedish)
Planen pekar särskilt ut mäns våld mot kvinnor som det yttersta uttrycket för brist på jämställdhet och kräver att lagstiftningen markerar att våld mot kvinnor är ett allvarligt brott. Motförslagets krav att nollvisionen formuleras specifikt som en nollvision för mäns våld mot kvinnor svarar mot denna särskilda utpekning. Planen ger samtidigt stöd och skydd åt alla som utsatts för våld i nära relation, vilket talar för en bredare ansats, men den egna begreppsbildningen är könsspecifik.
- men's violence against women highlighteddecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is the ultimate expression of”
- the law must mark seriousness»I lagstiftningen måste markeras att våld« (party programme ↗)“In legislation it must be marked that violence against women is a serious crime.”
- equality as democratic prerequisite»En fungerande demokrati förutsätter jämställdhet mellan kvinnor och män« (party programme ↗)“A functioning democracy requires equality between women and men”
- support for violence in close relationships»Effektiv handläggning av ärenden som rör våld i nära relationer förutsätter välutbildade medarbetare hos polis« (party programme ↗)“Effective handling of cases involving violence in close relationships requires well-trained employees at police”
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 election manifesto has its own section titled that men's violence against women shall be stopped and builds the entire problem description on the fact that the perpetrator usually is a man the woman has or has had a relationship with.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto has its own section titled that men's violence against women shall be stopped and builds the entire problem description on the fact that the perpetrator usually is a man the woman has or has had a relationship with. The plan thus uses precisely the distinction the counter-proposal wants the zero vision to be formulated with. The party programme particularly highlights violence directed at women and children.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet har ett eget avsnitt med rubriken att mäns våld mot kvinnor ska stoppas och bygger hela problembeskrivningen på att förövaren oftast är en man kvinnan har eller har haft en relation med. Planen använder alltså exakt den avgränsning motförslaget vill att nollvisionen ska formuleras med. Partiprogrammet lyfter särskilt det våld som riktas mot kvinnor och barn.
- stop men's violence against womendecisive»Vi ska stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall stop men's violence against women”
- men's lethal violence against women»Elva kvinnor misstänks ha blivit mördade under årets första månader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Eleven women are suspected of being murdered in the first months of the year.”
- life imprisonment for murder in close relationships»Ändra i lagen så att mord i nära relation alltid leder till livstids fängelse« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Change the law so that murder in close relationships always leads to life imprisonment”
- zero tolerance for violence»Våld har ingen plats i vårt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Violence has no place in our society.”
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 commitment is an action plan for those subjected to intimate partner violence, that is a broad focus on the victim rather than on a gendered categorization.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's commitment is an action plan for those subjected to intimate partner violence, that is a broad focus on the victim rather than on a gendered categorization. The party programme also explicitly rejects the interpretation that differences between genders are the result of an oppressive gender power structure, which is the structural explanation the counter-proposal wants to maintain. The plan's focus instead lies on honour-based oppression and on tightened sentences for violence and sexual crimes.
Original (Swedish)
Planens åtagande är en handlingsplan för den som utsätts för våld i nära relation, alltså en bred inriktning på offret snarare än på en könad kategorisering. Partiprogrammet avvisar dessutom uttryckligen tolkningen att skillnader mellan könen är resultatet av en förtryckande könsmaktsordning, vilket är den strukturförklaring motförslaget vill hålla fast vid. Planens fokus ligger i stället på hedersförtryck och på skärpta straff för våld och sexualbrott.
- broad approach to intimate partner violencedecisive»Upprätta en handlingsplan för den som utsätts för våld i nära relation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an action plan for those subjected to violence in close relationships”
- rejects gender power structure»ett utslag av diskriminering eller resultatet av en förtryckande könsmaktsordning.« (party programme ↗)“a result of discrimination or the result of an oppressive gender power structure.”
- focus on honour-based oppression»Samhällets insatser för att befria flickor som lever i hedersmiljö måste stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's efforts to free girls living in honour-based environments must be strengthened.”
- fight against all violence»Stärka kampen mot våld och överfall« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the fight against violence and assault”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2023/24:AU6)
- Committee report full text (HB01AU6)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:1029 — Strukturell diskriminering på arbetsmarknaden med särskilt fokus på etnisk bakgrund av Dzenan Cisija (S)
- Motion 2023/24:1240 — Företag inom besöksnäringen av Martina Johansson (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1396 — Ingen plats för hederskultur i ett demokratiskt och jämställt samhälle av Ann-Sofie Alm (M)
- Motion 2023/24:1524 — Politik för de nationella minoriteterna av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:1697 — Ekonomiskt våld i nära relationer av Aida Birinxhiku (S)
- Motion 2023/24:1735 — Ekonomiskt våld av Robert Hannah m.fl. (L)
- Motion 2023/24:2073 — Mäns våld mot kvinnor och våld i nära relationer av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2023/24:2446 — Politik för det samiska folket av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2499 — Jämställdhet på riktigt av Helena Vilhelmsson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2023/24:2617 — Utgiftsområde 9 Hälsovård, sjukvård och social omsorg av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2621 — Utgiftsområde 13 Integration och jämställdhet av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2636 — Familjerätt av Jennie Nilsson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2640 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2664 — Jämställdhetspolitisk motion av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2669 — Rättspolitik av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2691 — En tydlig väg till integration av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2705 — Ett rikare liv för äldre av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:327 — Vitbok om svenska samhällets brott mot hbt-personer av Robert Hannah (L)
- Motion 2023/24:386 — Jämställdhet och diskriminering av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2023/24:403 — Svenskt jordbruk av Staffan Eklöf m.fl. (SD)
Source: The Swedish Parliament