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November 24, 2021
Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment

Why has Sweden never had a female Prime Minister?

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September 11, 2020

Why has Sweden never had a female Prime Minister?

"Human rights, women's rights and gender equality are so high up on the agenda in Sweden that when you talk to people they are embarrassed that Sweden is the only Nordic country which hasn't had a woman prime minister," says Drude Dahlerup, a Swedish-Danish politics professor who has long re

"Human rights, women's rights and gender equality are so high up on the agenda in Sweden that when you talk to people they are embarrassed that Sweden is the only Nordic country which hasn't had a woman prime minister," says Drude Dahlerup, a Swedish-Danish politics professor who has long re

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September 12, 2019
New minister vows to press on with Sweden's feminist foreign policy

Sweden on Tuesday named a new foreign minister, appointing trade minister Ann Linde who vowed to press on with the country's "feminist foreign policy".

August 24, 2018
Sweden releases feminist foreign policy handbook to boost gender equality

Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a Feminist Foreign Policy handbook outlining guidelines on how to define women’s rights and make policy around them.

October 19, 2017
International IDEA recruits an Executive Director in Stockholm

Gender quotas and the crisis of the mediocre man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden

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March 23, 2017

Gender quotas and the crisis of the mediocre man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden