The Government's proposal on basic requirements for the design of the content assignment

The plan is explicitly feminist and anti-racist and wants public-owned activities to go ahead and set a new and higher standard for among other things gender equality. A specific condition that programme activities as a whole be conducted from a gender equality and diversity perspective is a concrete expression of this, while a more general statement makes the requirement harder to follow up. The counter-proposal's demand to retain the condition therefore aligns with the plan.

• public activities as forerunnersdecisive»Vi vill utveckla dem till föregångare som arbetsplatser, som sätter en ny och högre standard för till exempel arbetsmiljö och jämställdhet.« (party programme ↗)“We want to develop them into leaders as workplaces, setting a new and higher standard for example for working environment and gender equality.”
• openness to diversity»Sverige ska vara ett land med en god förståelse för hur olika vi är och en stor öppenhet för att människor vill leva på olika sätt.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should be a country with a good understanding of how different we are and great openness for people to want to live in different ways.”

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As a feminist party, the plan asserts that an equal society cannot be achieved without gender equality, and it demands cultural diversity with active exchange across linguistic and cultural boundaries. That an explicit condition of gender equality and diversity perspectives is retained in public services' content mandate follows from these commitments, which the election manifesto also elevates as core values. The counter-proposal is supported.

• gender equality as a prerequisitedecisive»Som feministiskt parti hävdar socialdemokratin att ett jämlikt samhälle inte går att uppnå« (party programme ↗)“As a feminist party, social democracy asserts that an equal society cannot be achieved”
• cultural diversity»Kulturell mångfald med aktivt utbyte över språkliga, nationella och kulturella gränser.« (party programme ↗)“Cultural diversity with active exchange across linguistic, national and cultural boundaries.”
• broad public service»Bred, oberoende och grundlagsskyddad public service som är gemensamt finansierad.« (party programme ↗)“Broad, independent and constitutionally protected public service that is jointly financed.”
• gender equality as core value»Starka värderingar om jämlikhet, jämställdhet och en respekt mellan människor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strong values of equality, gender equality and respect between people.”

The plan is explicitly feminist and demands that equality and diversity permeate society, and wants systematic statistics that make discrimination visible and auditable. A clear requirement for an equality and diversity perspective in programme activities is precisely such an auditable provision. The counter-proposal's demand to retain the requirement thus aligns with the plan.

• feminist core commitmentdecisive»Vi är ett feministiskt parti som strävar efter att alla oavsett kön ska ha lika rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“We are a feminist party that strives for everyone, regardless of gender, to have equal rights.”
• auditable equality requirements»ta fram systematisk statistik för att belysa diskriminering och rasism i samhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“develop systematic statistics to reveal discrimination and racism in society”
• diversity in media offerings»brett och oberoende public service och en mångfald av kommersiella medier« (party programme ↗)“independent and broad public service and a diversity of commercial media”

The plan is explicitly feminist and makes an equal Sweden with opportunity and justice for all a main priority, while wanting to combat structures that discriminate. A retained, specific requirement that programme activities as a whole be conducted from a gender equality and diversity perspective follows that line and makes the commitment verifiable. The plan's requirement for arm's length distance speaks somewhat against it, but concerns the direction of content rather than the gender equality requirement.

• feminist partydecisive»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 prevailing power relationships and collective injustices.”
• gender equality as main priority»Vi ska bygga ett jämställt Sverige med möjligheter och rättvisa för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall build an equal Sweden with opportunity and justice for all.”
• combat discriminating structures»Vi bekämpar alla strukturer, formella och informella, som förtrycker eller diskriminerar människor.« (party programme ↗)“We combat all structures, formal and informal, that oppress or discriminate against people.”
• arm's length distance from politics»Den akademiska och konstnärliga friheten liksom den fria kulturen är grundbultar i ett vitalt civilsamhälle. Politiken ska bidra till goda förutsättningar men hålla armlängds avstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Academic and artistic freedom as well as free culture are cornerstones of a vital civil society. Politics shall contribute to good conditions but maintain arm's length distance.”

The plan requires that an equality perspective is integrated into all relevant public decisions and that measures are taken to increase equality within culture. The counter-proposal wants to retain the specific condition that programme activities as a whole shall be conducted based on an equality and diversity perspective, which corresponds to this commitment. The plan also wants the public sector to support the diversity of cultural expression.

• equality in all decisionsdecisive»jämställdhetsperspektiv ska integreras i alla relevanta offentliga beslut.« (party programme ↗)“an equality perspective shall be integrated into all relevant public decisions.”
• equality in culture»Insatser måste göras för att öka jämställdheten inom kulturen.« (party programme ↗)“Measures must be taken to increase equality within culture.”
• diversity of cultural expression»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall at all levels support the diversity of cultural expression, increase culture's accessibility”
• continued equality work»Jämställdheten måste fortsätta gå framåt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Equality must continue to advance.”

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 requires that the gender equality perspective permeates all policy areas and that proposals and decisions be analyzed based on it, with the value of humanity as the foundation. A maintained explicit condition that public service activities as a whole shall be conducted based on a gender equality and diversity perspective is just such an implementation. The counter-proposal's requirement is therefore in line with the plan.

• gender equality in all policy areasdecisive»Jämställdhetsperspektivet ska genomsyra alla politikområden.« (party programme ↗)“The gender equality perspective shall permeate all policy areas.”
• humanity's value grounds gender equality»Grunden för jämställdhet mellan kvinnor och män är alla människors lika absoluta och okränkbara värde.« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for gender equality between women and men is all people's equal absolute and inviolable value.”
• public service meets diversity»En viktig del av uppdraget är att göra utbudet tillgängligt för personer med funktionsnedsättning och möta minoriteters behov och önskemål.« (party programme ↗)“An important part of the mission is to make the offer accessible to people with disabilities and meet minorities' needs and wishes.”

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 public service to be governed by its core mandate and the requirements of impartiality and objectivity, and the party programme explicitly opposes individuals being assessed on the basis of collective identities. A retained special condition that the entire program activities shall be conducted from an equality and diversity perspective is precisely such a collectively formulated governance. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demand.

• core mandate and objectivitydecisive»Värna och stärka public services kärnuppdrag och kravet på saklighet och opartiskhet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect and strengthen public service's core mandate and the requirement for impartiality and objectivity”
• opposition to identity politics»Denna identitetspolitikens kollektivism strider mot« (party programme ↗)“This identity politics' collectivism contradicts”
• rights belong to individuals»Fri- och rättigheter tillhör individer och aldrig« (party programme ↗)“Freedoms and rights belong to individuals and never”
• media free from detailed political governance»Målet ska vara självständiga institutioner som i sin verksamhet står fria från stat och politik.« (party programme ↗)“The goal shall be independent institutions that in their activities stand free from state and politics.”

The plan advocates formal equality where no one is singled out based on sex and rejects political measures aimed at creating the same outcomes at group level. The counter-proposal wants to retain a special condition that the public broadcasting service as a whole must be conducted from an equality and diversity perspective, that is, a steering of content that the plan opposes. The plan also wants to safeguard cultural institutions' freedom from political steering.

• not outcome 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 the same outcome at group level between men and women, but by taking action against social phenomena that limit the individual.”
• formal equality»Vi förespråkar en formell jämställdhet där varken kvinnor eller män skall särbehandlas på basis av sin könstillhörighet.« (party programme ↗)“We advocate formal equality where neither women nor men shall be singled out on the basis of their sex.”
• opposition to multiculturalism»vi blir starka motståndare till mångkulturalismen som politisk idé och samhällssystem« (party programme ↗)“we become strong opponents of multiculturalism as a political idea and social system”
• freedom from political steering»Samtidigt ska oberoende kulturinstitutioners frihet från politiska pekpinnar värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, the freedom of independent cultural institutions from political steering should be safeguarded.”