The Swedish Women's Lobby ( sv, italic=no, Sveriges Kvinnoorganisationer; formerly ''Sveriges Kvinnolobby'') is a non-partisan

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organization, and an

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for the Swedish

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

and women's organizations. It was founded on the initiative of the

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in 1997, based on the model of the

European Women's Lobby The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organization of women's associations in the European Union, founded in 1990, working to promote women's rights and equality between women and men, and representing a total of more than 200 ...

(EWL) on the EU level, and has 40 member organizations. Its president is Susannah Sjöberg. The aim of the organization is "to integrate women's perspectives into all political, economical, and social processes, locally as well as internationally", based on the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the

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. It states that it works "for the rights of all women and girls, including trans women."Vi verkar för alla kvinnors och flickors rättigheter
Sveriges Kvinnoorganisationer The Swedish Women's Lobby is the Swedish coordination of the European Women's Lobby. Eva Fager of the Swedish Women's Lobby has served as vice president of the EWL.

Presidents

* Gunvor Ngarambe 1997–2009 * Gertrud Åström 2009–2015 *Clara Berglund 2015–2016 * Anna Giotas Sandquist 2016–2022 * Susannah Sjöberg 2022-

References

External links

Swedish Women's Lobby
{{Authority control Feminist organizations in Sweden Organizations established in 1997 1997 in women's history