Men's violence against women and intimate partner violence

The election manifesto ties women's ability to leave destructive relationships directly to their finances, which carries the requirement that economic violence is recognised as its own form of men's violence against women. The party programme explicitly defends the law banning the purchase of sexual services and requires that women's violence prevention work is based on knowledge of how violence affects different women differently. The counter-proposal's requirements align with these commitments.

• women's finances and violencedecisive»Många kvinnor kan inte lämna destruktiva förhållanden för att deras ekonomi är för dålig, därför hänger arbetet med att uppvärdera kvinnors arbete och höja löner i låglöneyrken ihop med arbetet mot våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Many women cannot leave destructive relationships because their finances are too poor, which is why work to revalue women's work and raise wages in low-wage occupations is linked with work against violence against women.”
• defence of the sex purchase ban»Vi står bakom och försvarar lagen som förbjuder köp av sexuella tjänster och lagen om kvinnofridskränkning.« (party programme ↗)“We stand behind and defend the law that bans the purchase of sexual services and the law on violence against women.”
• knowledge-based women's violence prevention work»Kvinnofridsarbetet måste bygga på kunskap om hur våldet drabbar olika kvinnor olika, och hur skillnader i levnadsomständigheter kan försvåra för många kvinnor att söka stöd för att ta sig ur en våldssituation.« (party programme ↗)“Women's violence prevention work must be based on knowledge of how violence affects different women differently, and how differences in living conditions can make it harder for many women to seek support to get out of a violence situation.”
• support to leave violence»Vänsterpartiet anser att det därutöver måste vara en rättighet att få hjälp med en långsiktig trygg boendelösning för den som behöver det för att lämna våldsutsatthet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party believes that in addition there must be a right to receive help with a long-term safe housing solution for those who need it to leave violence.”

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The election manifesto demands measures against men's violence against women and wants to continue the direction that has toughened penalties for violations in close relationships and strengthened the crisis centres' work. The party programme points to women's systematically lower incomes and unpaid work, which is the basis for recognizing economic violence as its own form of violence. Mapping of post-separation violence and strengthened enforcement of the sex purchase law follows from the same commitments.

• measures against men's violencedecisive»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures to stop honour-related violence, sexual crimes and men's violence against women.”
• toughened line against violence in close 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 toughened penalties for violence and other violations in close relationships, and that has increased resources for women's and girls' crisis centres' important work.”
• women's economic subjugation»Inom alla samhällsklasser är kvinnors villkor olika männens, deras genomsnittliga inkomst lägre och det obetalda arbete de utför med hem och barn mer omfattande.« (party programme ↗)“In all social classes women's conditions differ from men's, their average income is lower and the unpaid work they perform with home and children is more extensive.”
• equal rights in family and working life»Med starka reproduktiva, sociala och politiska rättigheter kan vi tillsammans skapa ett annat och mer mänskligt samhälle, med lika rätt och lika ansvar för kvinnor och män, i familjeliv, yrkesliv och samhällsliv.« (party programme ↗)“With strong reproductive, social and political rights we can together create a different and more humane society, with equal rights and equal responsibility for women and men, in family life, working life and civic life.”

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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 wants to create an exit door for abuse victims so that protection, housing and care are coordinated immediately after separation and that women who have broken free get their lives back, which supports the demand to map after-violence. The plan also links gender equality to women's economic independence, which provides support for recognizing economic abuse as a distinct form of violence. The demand for a permanent information initiative about the sex purchase law aligns with the plan's commitment to tighten the consent law so that prostitution is not counted as consent.

• coordinated support after separationdecisive»skapa en dörr ut för våldsutsatta i hela landet, så att ansvaret för skydd, boende och vård samordnas direkt efter uppbrottet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“create an exit door for abuse victims throughout the country, so that responsibility for protection, housing and care is coordinated immediately after separation.”
• strengthened work against prostitution»skärpa samtyckeslagen så att det blir tydligt att prostitution inte innebär samtycke till sex.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“tighten the consent law so that it becomes clear that prostitution does not constitute consent to sex.”
• women's economic independence»Jämställda löner och ekonomisk självständighet är viktigt för att öka jämställdheten« (party programme ↗)“Equal pay and economic independence are important for increasing gender equality”
• protection against continued violence»att våldsutsatta kvinnor som tvingas gömma sig ska få starkare skydd och att fler som utövar våld ska få fotboja.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that abused women who are forced to hide must receive stronger protection and that more people who use violence must be fitted with ankle monitors.”

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 explicitly establishes that the crime victim perspective shall be strengthened and post-separation violence shall be fought and cease, and the party programme wants to see a society free from domestic violence, trafficking and prostitution. The counter-proposal's requirements for mapping post-separation violence, recognition of economic violence and an ongoing information assignment on the gender-based violence law are directly in line with these commitments, as is the goal of women's economic independence.

• combat post-separation violencedecisive»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas och eftervåldet upphöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The crime victim perspective must be strengthened and post-separation violence must cease.”
• better support for crime victims»Det är också viktigt att brottsoffer får bättre stöd och att eftervåldet bekämpas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is also important that crime victims receive better support and that post-separation violence is combated.”
• against prostitution and trafficking»vill se ett samhälle fritt från våld i hemmet, människohandel och prostitution.« (party programme ↗)“want to see a society free from domestic violence, trafficking and prostitution.”
• women's economic independence»Alla kvinnor ska ha möjlighet till ekonomisk egenmakt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All women shall have the opportunity for economic independence”

The plan makes the difference in economic power between women and men a central equality issue, which supports the requirement that economic abuse be recognized as its own form of men's violence against women. The plan also establishes that the most important action against prostitution is to reduce demand, which supports an ongoing information mission about the law on purchasing sexual services. That efforts should focus on perpetrators supports mapping of post-separation abuse.

• economic power as an equality issuedecisive»Skillnaden i ekonomisk makt mellan kvinnor och män är en central jämställdhetsfråga.« (party programme ↗)“The difference in economic power between women and men is a central equality issue.”
• away with demand for sex purchases»Den viktigaste insatsen är att få bort efterfrågan.« (party programme ↗)“The most important action is to reduce demand.”
• focus on perpetrators»Insatserna för att förebygga och förhindra våld i nära relationer måste fokusera på förövarna.« (party programme ↗)“Efforts to prevent and stop violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators.”
• action against men's violence»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 wish to see increased action against sexual violence and violence against women through, among other things, higher penalties for sex crimes and better protection and support for victims.”

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 points out men's violence against women as the ultimate expression of lack of equality and requires that cooperation within the EU be used to vigorously counter sexualised trafficking in women and children. The counter-proposal's demand that economic violence be recognised as a distinct form of men's violence against women, that violence after separation be mapped and that a permanent information assignment be given on prostitution law lies in line with these commitments. The plan also requires knowledge among police and social services about violence in intimate relationships. However the concepts of economic violence and violence after separation are not in the plan.

• men's violence against women identifieddecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is the ultimate expression of”
• combat trafficking and prostitution»motarbeta den sexualiserade slavhandeln med kvinnor och barn« (party programme ↗)“counter sexualised trafficking in women and children”
• knowledge at agencies»Effektiv handläggning av ärenden som rör våld i nära relationer förutsätter välutbildade medarbetare hos polis« (party programme ↗)“Effective handling of cases concerning violence in intimate relationships requires well-trained staff 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 plan wants to introduce residential prohibition so that someone who has subjected a former partner to violence can be kept away even after release — exactly what the counter-proposal calls continuing violence. It also wants to pay maintenance support to the woman instead of to the man, which recognizes the economic dimension of the violence, and continue strengthening women's shelters. The information assignment on the sex purchase law is not affected, but the whole is supported.

• protection after ended relationshipsdecisive»Införa vistelseförbud för personer som dömts för våld i nära relation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce residential prohibition for persons convicted of violence in close relationships”
• women's economic independence»Betala ut försörjningsstöd till kvinnan i stället för till mannen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Pay maintenance support to the woman instead of to the man”
• specialized investigation teams»Införa särskilda grupper i varje polisregion som är specialiserade på sexualbrott och våld i nära relation för att fler anmälda brott ska leda till lagföring och straff« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce special groups in each police region specialized in sexual crimes and violence in close relationships so that more reported crimes lead to prosecution and punishment”
• support for women's shelters»Fortsätta stärka kvinnojourerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Continue to strengthen women's shelters”

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 counter-proposal's substantive requirements are concrete protection and knowledge measures: recognized economic violence, mapped follow-up violence and a lasting information mandate about the sexual purchase law. The plan wants to establish an action plan for those subjected to violence in close relationships, strengthen the fight against violence and assault and strengthen the crime victim's position, which bear these requirements. The gender power analysis the counter-proposal is based on is not, however, shared by the party programme.

• action plan against relationship 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”
• fight against violence»Stärka kampen mot våld och överfall« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the fight against violence and assault”
• strengthened victim support»Stärka brottsoffrets ställning och öka stödet till brottsoffer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen crime victims' position and increase support for crime victims”
• skepticism toward gender power analysis»ett utslag av diskriminering eller resultatet av en förtryckande könsmaktsordning.« (party programme ↗)“a consequence of discrimination or the result of an oppressive gender power order.”

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.