Conditions for developing preschool

The plan states that functioning welfare with good preschool is a prerequisite for women to be able to work for wages instead of doing traditional domestic work, and the party programme lifts society's responsibility for childcare as crucial for women's self-sufficiency. The plan also demands that welfare exists everywhere and does not vary by residence. Childcare at inconvenient working hours for those who need it follows from these commitments.

• childcare for equal work lifedecisive»En fungerande välfärd, så som bra förskola och trygg äldreomsorg, är också en förutsättning för att många kvinnor ska kunna lönearbeta istället för att göra traditionellt hemarbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Functioning welfare, such as good preschool and secure elder care, is also a prerequisite for many women to be able to work for wages instead of doing traditional domestic work”
• society's responsibility for childcare»större samhällsansvar för barnomsorg har varit viktig för kvinnors« (party programme ↗)“greater society responsibility for childcare has been important for women's”
• equal welfare in all municipalities»Välfärden måste vara till för alla och finnas överallt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Welfare must be for everyone and exist everywhere”
• care across the country»Äldreomsorg, förskola, skola och matbutik behöver finnas på fler mindre orter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Elder care, preschool, school and grocery stores need to exist in more smaller places”

The plan builds equality on a well-developed childcare that makes it possible to combine professional life and family, and highlights preschool and after-school as the best tools for children. It particularly wants more foreign-born women in work and rejects solutions that lock women into the home. Childcare on evenings, nights and weekends where need exists follows from these commitments.

• expanded childcare for equalitydecisive»en väl utbyggd barnomsorg« (party programme ↗)“a well-developed childcare”
• women's access to employment»Fler insatser krävs för att utlandsfödda kvinnor ska komma i arbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More efforts are needed for foreign-born women to come into work”
• preschool as tool»Förskola, skola och fritids är de bästa verktygen vi har för att lyfta barn ur dysfunktionella miljöer och ge dem en bättre framtid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preschool, school and after-school are the best tools we have to lift children out of dysfunctional environments and give them a better future.”
• equivalent care regardless of municipality»Alla invånare i hela landet ska ha likvärdig tillgång till skola, vård och omsorg.« (party programme ↗)“All residents throughout the country shall have equivalent access to school, healthcare and care.”

The plan requires that there be access to childcare throughout the country adapted to parents' different working hours and that care exists even for children whose guardians work evenings, weekends or nights. It explicitly links this to equality and women's power over their own time. The counter-proposal's requirements are thus the plan's own.

• childcare after working hoursdecisive»tillgång till barnomsorg i hela landet anpassad efter« (party programme ↗)“access to childcare throughout the country adapted to”
• care at inconvenient times»arbetar kvällar, helger eller nätter« (party programme ↗)“work evenings, weekends or nights”
• childcare as equality issue»viktigt för jämställdheten« (party programme ↗)“important for equality”
• quality in preschools»satsa på mindre barngrupper och mer personal i förskolan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in smaller child groups and more staff in preschools”

The plan's gender equality commitment rests on the fact that functioning preschool and care are the prerequisite for women and men to have equal opportunities, and it wants to make preschool and after-school activities accessible to everyone. That childcare must be available in the evenings, nights, and weekends for those who need it follows from that, and from the plan's goal that more women should be able to work. The plan also emphasises that parents should be able to choose the solutions that best suit their family.

• preschool as a gender equality issuedecisive»Detta inkluderar en fungerande förskola och äldreomsorg« (party programme ↗)“This includes functioning preschool and eldercare”
• accessible childcare for everyone»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla, utan att dessa kostnader drabbar kommunerna, för att underlätta integrationen, stärka jämställdheten och ge varje barn en chans att utvecklas tillsammans med pedagoger och andra barn.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make preschool and after-school activities accessible to everyone, without these costs affecting the municipalities, to facilitate integration, strengthen gender equality, and give every child a chance to develop with educators and other children.”
• more women in the workforce»Sverige blir rikare och ett bättre land att leva i när fler kvinnor jobbar och inte hindras från att nå sin fulla potential.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden becomes richer and a better place to live when more women work and are not prevented from reaching their full potential.”
• family's freedom of choice»Föräldrar ska ha rätt att välja de lösningar som passar familjen bäst.« (party programme ↗)“Parents must have the right to choose the solutions that best suit their family.”

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 establishes that childcare shall be offered at inconvenient working hours for families that need it due to work and family circumstances. It further connects high-quality childcare directly to both women and men being able to work for pay. The counter-proposal's requirement for childcare evenings, nights and weekends for those who need it is thereby the plan's own stance.

• care at inconvenient hoursdecisive»Barnomsorg ska erbjudas på obekväm arbetstid till de familjer som behöver det« (party programme ↗)“Childcare shall be offered at inconvenient working hours for families that need it”
• combine work and parenthood»I ett jämställt samhälle måste det vara möjligt att kombinera föräldraskap med förvärvsarbete eller företagande.« (party programme ↗)“In an equal society, it must be possible to combine parenthood with work for pay or entrepreneurship.”
• equal parenthood»Jämställdhet förutsätter delat ansvar för hem och barn.« (party programme ↗)“Equality presupposes shared responsibility for home and children.”
• expanded preschool»Vi vill bygga ut förskolan och satsa på det svenska språket.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to expand preschool and commit to the Swedish language.”

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 party programme states that all shall be able to choose the childcare form that best suits their own circumstances, that society's support to families with children must be usable flexibly and that preschool activities shall be flexible and meet the individual child's needs. The ability to influence the placement of working hours is highlighted. Childcare in evenings, nights and weekends for those who need it thus follows from the plan.

• choice of childcare formdecisive»Alla ska ha möjlighet att välja den barnomsorgsform som passar de egna förhållandena bäst.« (party programme ↗)“All shall have the opportunity to choose the childcare form that best suits their own circumstances.”
• flexible family support»Eftersom behov och önskemål varierar över tid och mellan olika familjer måste samhällets stöd till barnfamiljer vara organiserat så att det kan användas på ett flexibelt sätt.« (party programme ↗)“Since needs and wishes vary over time and between different families society's support to families with children must be organised so that it can be used in a flexible way.”
• flexible preschool activities»Förskoleverksamheten ska vara flexibel till sin karaktär och möta det enskilda barnets behov.« (party programme ↗)“Preschool activities shall be flexible in character and meet the individual child's needs.”
• influence the placement of working hours»En viktig faktor är möjligheten att påverka arbetstidens omfattning och förläggning.« (party programme ↗)“An important factor is the opportunity to influence the scope and placement of working hours.”

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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 decisive line is that more shall support themselves and that women's paid work and self-determination shall increase; involuntary part-time work shall decrease. Childcare at evenings, nights and weekends is a prerequisite for being able to work unsociable hours, and the plan shows it is prepared to impose obligations on municipalities when necessary. Therefore the plan supports the demand that such care shall exist for those who need it.

• full-time over part-timedecisive»Minska det ofrivilliga deltidsarbetet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce involuntary part-time work”
• self-support gives self-determination»Ökad självförsörjning ger ökad egenmakt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased self-support gives increased self-determination.”
• women's labour supply»Kvinnor i Sverige förvärvsarbetar fortfarande i lägre utsträckning än män och är sjukskrivna i högre utsträckning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women in Sweden still work in lower proportions than men and are sick-listed in higher proportions.”
• obligations for municipalities»Införa en skyldighet för kommuner att erbjuda lovskola från lågstadiet. Elever som ligger efter i skolan ska vara skyldiga att delta i lovskolan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce an obligation for municipalities to offer after-school activities from primary school. Students who are lagging behind in school shall be obliged to participate in after-school activities”

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 protects choice for every family, wants a wide range of childcare forms and wants to organise working life around the family's and children's needs. That childcare in evenings, nights and weekends should exist for those who need it follows from these commitments, and the plan also calls for national guidelines for equal opportunities in care. The plan is silent on the committee's reasoning that the proportion of municipalities with such care is already increasing with the help of state grants.

• choice for familiesdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna värnar valfriheten för varje familj.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats protect choice for every family.”
• working life according to family's needs»Den ekonomiska familjepolitiken behöver ändra kurs från tvingande reformer som begränsar handlingsutrymme och välmående, till en mer familjefrämjande attityd där fokus ligger på att organisera arbetslivet kring familjens och barnens behov snarare än efter politikernas egna önskemål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Economic family policy needs to change direction from coercive reforms that limit room for manoeuvre and well-being, to a more family-friendly attitude where the focus is on organising working life around the family's and children's needs rather than after politicians' own wishes.”
• equal childcare»Nationella riktlinjer behöver inrättas som tar fasta på jämförbara krav på hur den pedagogiska omsorgen ska bedrivas och på att verksamheten ska erbjudas likvärdiga möjligheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“National guidelines need to be established that focus on comparable requirements for how educational care should be conducted and that the activities should be offered equal opportunities.”
• broad range of childcare»Ett stort utbud av barnomsorgsformer« (party programme ↗)“A wide range of childcare forms”

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.