Women's and children's rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights

The plan establishes that strong sexual and reproductive rights are crucial for people's bodily autonomy and that work against men's violence against women must be prioritized at a level corresponding to the extent of the crimes. It wants to strengthen children's rights and that Sweden is a steady voice for human rights in the world. To push internationally against gender-based oppression and for children's protection in armed conflict follows directly from that.

• strong SRHRdecisive»sexuella och reproduktiva rättigheter är avgörande för människors« (party programme ↗)“sexual and reproductive rights are crucial for people's”
• prioritize work against men's violence»våld mot kvinnor behöver börja prioriteras på ett sätt som motsvarar« (party programme ↗)“violence against women needs to start being prioritized in a way that corresponds to”
• strengthened children's rights»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“Development towards stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”
• Sweden as HR voice»en stadig röst i världen som talar för mänskliga rättigheter, fred och« (party programme ↗)“a steady voice in the world speaking for human rights, peace and”

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 girls' and women's rights must be strengthened globally and builds foreign policy on a feminist orientation with women's rights and representation at the centre. It furthermore requires that there is no impunity for crimes against humanity, which entails the requirement that gender-based apartheid can be classified as such a crime. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand for a driving role.

• women's rights globallydecisive»Flickors och kvinnors rättigheter måste stärkas globalt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Girls' and women's rights must be strengthened globally.”
• feminist foreign policy»Feministisk utrikespolitik med fokus på kvinnors rättigheter, representation och« (party programme ↗)“Feminist foreign policy with focus on women's rights, representation and”
• no impunity»Ingen straffrihet för folkmord, krigsförbrytelser och brott mot mänskligheten.« (party programme ↗)“No impunity for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
• women, peace and security»FN måste fortsätta driva frågor om kvinnor, fred och säkerhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The UN must continue to drive questions about women, peace and security.”

The plan requires a feminist foreign policy that defends women's rights and that Sweden pushes for increased accountability for violations of international law. The counter-proposal's demands that gender-based apartheid be classified as a crime against humanity, that impunity be combated and that boys and men be engaged against harmful male norms correspond to the plan's own commitments. The child rights perspective is supported by the Convention on the Rights of the Child being, according to the plan, decisive when decisions are made concerning children.

• feminist foreign policydecisive»Sverige ska bedriva en feministisk utrikespolitik som försvarar kvinnors rättigheter och stärker kvinnors och flickors ekonomiska egenmakt och roll som förändringsaktörer.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should conduct a feminist foreign policy that defends women's rights and strengthens women's and girls' economic empowerment and role as change agents.”
• accountability for international law violations»Sveriges ska stödja de internationella domstolarna och verka för att öka ansvarsutkrävandet för brott mot folkrätten.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should support the international courts and work to increase accountability for violations of international law.”
• changed male norms»Dessutom behöver vi bekämpa hederskulturen och dess normer, samt främja samtyckeskultur och förebyggande insatser för att förändra destruktiva mansnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Furthermore we need to combat honour-based culture and its norms, and promote consent culture and preventive measures to change destructive male norms.”
• best interests of the child decisive»Barnkonventionen är svensk lag och barnets bästa ska alltid vara avgörande när beslut fattas kring barn.« (party programme ↗)“The Convention on the Rights of the Child is Swedish law and the best interests of the child should always be decisive when decisions are made concerning children.”

The party programme establishes that sexualized and honor-based violence must never be accepted, whether it occurs in Sweden or in other countries and especially when it is used as a weapon in war, and that the Centre Party is a feminist party. A leading international role against systematic oppression of women and for child protection in armed conflict follows from this. The election manifesto furthermore wants to work preventively with boys and constitutionally protect reproductive rights.

• violence against women even in wardecisive»Det gäller oavsett om det sker i Sverige eller i andra länder, och inte minst när det används som vapen i krig och konflikter.« (party programme ↗)“This applies regardless of whether it occurs in Sweden or in other countries, and especially when it is used as a weapon in war and conflict.”
• feminist party»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 existing power relations and collective injustices.”
• preventive work with boys»Varje man som slår var en gång en pojke.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Every man who strikes was once a boy.”
• reproductive rights»grundlagsskydda rätten till abort och reproduktiv hälsa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“constitutionally protect the right to abortion and reproductive health”

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 makes the Liberals a feminist party whose gender equality work shall explicitly involve boys and men, and requires that women's situation in war be made visible and that the role of the International Criminal Court be strengthened. The election manifesto promises that Sweden shall long term drive the right to abortion as a human right. The counter-proposal's demands for leadership against gender-based apartheid, impunity, and attacks on children follow from these commitments.

• women, peace, and securitydecisive»Kvinnors situation i krig och betydelse för fred ska synliggöras.« (party programme ↗)“Women's situation in war and significance for peace shall be made visible.”
• involve boys and men»Därför måste jämställdhetsarbetet tydligt involvera pojkar och män.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore gender equality work must clearly involve boys and men.”
• accountability for human rights crimes»Internationella brottmålsdomstolens roll för att lagföra brott mot mänskliga rättigheter ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The International Criminal Court's role in prosecuting crimes against human rights shall be strengthened.”
• abortion as a human right»Sverige ska arbeta långsiktigt för att rätten till abort erkänns internationellt som en del av de mänskliga rättigheterna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall work long term for the right to abortion to be recognized internationally as part of human rights.”

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 requires that legislation marks that violence against women is a serious crime, that EU cooperation is used to forcefully combat the sexualized trafficking of women and children and that the best interests of the child comes first and foremost. That driving internationally against systematic oppression of women and for protection of children in armed conflict follows from these commitments. Gender equality is both goal and means in international work.

• violence against women is serious crimedecisive»I lagstiftningen måste markeras att våld mot kvinnor är ett allvarligt« (party programme ↗)“In legislation it must be marked that violence against women is a serious”
• combat sexual exploitation»sexualiserade slavhandeln med kvinnor och barn« (party programme ↗)“sexualized trafficking of women and children”
• best interests of child first»barnkonvention stadgar att barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“convention establishes that the best interests of the child shall come first and foremost.”
• gender equality as goal and means»förbättra kvinnors villkor är både mål och medel« (party programme ↗)“improve women's conditions is both goal and means”

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 misogynistic traditions and structures can never be accepted and that Swedish values about democracy, rule of law and individual freedom should guide foreign and development policy to a greater degree, with women and LGBTQ persons prioritised among those in need of protection. To push internationally against systematic oppression of women and for the protection of children in armed conflict follows from these commitments. However, the plan does not address the individual international law initiatives, so the conclusion is derived.

• no to the oppression of womendecisive»Kvinnofientliga traditioner och strukturer kan aldrig accepteras i ett fritt, öppet och jämställt samhälle.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Misogynistic traditions and structures can never be accepted in a free, open and equal society.”
• values-driven foreign policy»Svenska intressen och värderingar om demokrati, rättsstat och individuell frihet ska i högre grad styra valet av biståndsinsatser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish interests and values about democracy, rule of law and individual freedom shall guide the choice of development efforts to a greater degree.”
• protection for vulnerable women»Prioritera kvinnor och hbtq-personer i kvotflyktingmottagandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prioritise women and LGBTQ persons in the refugee intake quota”
• democracy and human rights»Prioritera insatser som stödjer arbetet för demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prioritise efforts that support work for democracy and human rights”

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 requires that Sweden make a clear distinction from countries and movements that lack respect for human rights and freedoms regardless of gender, and particularly points out that Islamist influence pushes back respect for women in the world. The counter-proposal's demand to combat impunity for systematic oppression of women and to strengthen child protection follows from this. However, the plan rejects gender-theoretical approaches, which points in another direction in part of the proposal.

• stance against women-oppressing regimesdecisive»upphöra med finansiellt eller politiskt stöd till länder eller rörelser som varken bidrar till svenskarnas intressen eller har en genuin sekulär rättsstatlig strävan eller respekt för mänskliga fri- och rättigheter för alla oberoende av kön, religion eller sexuell läggning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“cease financial or political support for countries or movements that neither contribute to Swedish interests nor have a genuine secular rule-of-law aspiration or respect for human rights and freedoms for all regardless of gender, religion or sexual orientation”
• women's rights globally»Ett allt mer aggressivt islamistiskt inflytande i mellanöstern och Afrika innebär att risken för terrorism ökar i Sverige och att mänskliga rättigheter och respekten för kvinnor trycks tillbaka i världen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An increasingly aggressive Islamist influence in the Middle East and Africa means that the risk of terrorism increases in Sweden and human rights and respect for women are pushed back in the world.”
• voice for human rights»Vara en tydlig röst för den västerländska demokratimodellen och mänskliga fri- och rättigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Be a clear voice for the Western democracy model and human rights and freedoms”
• rejects gender theory»Verklighetsfrånvända genusteorier har fått stor spridning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Detached gender theories have gained wide spread”

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.