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Gender equality in the labour marketand the business sector

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I rpct popl li choic. But I ght againt prjudic, ida

and tructur that prvnt u rom dvloping our abiliti andraliing our dram.

Both in th labour mart and in th buin ctor, womn

and mn wor undr dirnt condition.

Gndr i a actor. Inquality ha many dirnt ac. It ha

to do with powr and inunc, pay and carr opportuniti,

ducational qualication, choic o proion, and halth.

My viion i a ocity in which all o u, both womn and mn,

can wor and arn a living on qual trm. In Swdn, womn andmn ali mut b abl to puru a carr and till hav tim or

thir childrn.

Nyamo Sabuni,

Minitr o Intgration and Gndr Equality

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Gender balance essential

in the labour market

Th ovrall objctiv o Swdn gndr

quality policy i to nur that womn

and mn hav th am powr to hap

ocity and thir own liv. Gndr qua-

lity alo contribut to conomic growth

by ncouraging th dvlopmnt o

popl ill and crativity.

In Swdn, both womn and mn ar

xtnivly mployd compard with

othr countri. An incraing numbr o

mn ar taing activ rponibility or

thir childrn. Womn ar incraingly

tarting thir own buin. Howvr,

dpit dcad o contant ort to pro-

mot gndr quality, th Swdih labour

mart and buin ctor ar till

mard by gndr imbalanc.

Th Govrnmnt, thror, ha drawn

up an ovrall tratgy or th promotion

o gndr quality in th mploymnt andbuin ctor. Th maur t out in

th tratgy ar dignd to liminat gn-

dr inqualiti, to gt mor popl into

th labour mart and to rduc xcluion.

In Swdn, womn and mn wor to

almot th am xtnt but puru di-

rnt activiti and hold dirnt poition.

Almot hal o all woring womn ar

mployd in th ducation, halth car

and ocial car rvic, which ar largly

to b ound in th public ctor. Ovr 80

pr cnt o all woring mn ar privatly

mployd.

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Womn in gnral alo occupy l nior

poition than mn. O all managr in

th privat and public ctor, jut undr

a third ar womn. Th gndr gap i

mot vidnt in privat ntrpri, whr

77 pr cnt o managr ar mn.

Th proportion o womn on th board

o litd compani i only 18 pr cnt,

whil mal rprntation at nior

managmnt lvl in privat compani i

jut ovr tn pr cnt. Th rlativ lac owomn in nior poition i an obtacl

to gndr quality on company board,

inc thr i a lin btwn xprinc

o nior managmnt and lction or a

at on th board. Th gndr ditribution

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and ully ownd) i mor balancd than

in privat ntrpri, with 46 pr cnt o

board at bing occupid by womn.

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Gndr grgation in th labour mart

and th buin ctor impact on pay

lvl. On avrag, womn pay i 16 pr

cnt lowr than mn, and thi ha bn

th ca ovr th pat w yar, according

to ofcial labour orc urvy. Whn

allowanc i mad or actor uch a ag,

qualication and occupation, th gn-

ral pay dirntial btwn womn and

mn i about ix pr cnt.

Whil mn largly prorm paid wor,

womn wor i mor vnly dividd

btwn paid mploymnt and unpaid

wor in th hom. Womn aum mor

rponibility than mn or th car o th

childrn in thir arly yar and alo or

th car o ldrly and diabld rlativ.

Nor do womn and mn claim th

am amount o parntal lav. Although

th har claimd by mn ha incrad

in rcnt yar, athr only ta a th

o th lav availabl to parnt. Dirnt

group ta dirnt amount o parn-

tal lav. It i in ca whr both parnt

hav acadmic qualication that mn

claim mot lav. Attachmnt to th

labour mart i anothr contributory

actor. Fathr born abroad claim wr

day o parntal lav than athr born

in Swdn.

Womn wor part-tim both volun-

tarily and involuntarily to a much gratr

xtnt than mn. Evry third mployd

woman wor part-tim, compard with

on man in tn. Mn part-tim wor i

mor lily to b a mattr o choic,

whil many womn wor part-tim

bcau ull-tim job ar hard to com

by. Conquntly, womn ar part-tim

unmployd to a gratr xtnt than

mn. Involuntary part-tim wor largly

act womn in th public ctor. Part-

tim wor i l wll paid, which in turn

act th iz o pnion and bnt

in th halth inuranc and unmploy-

mnt inuranc chm.

Dt wpc cdt

Womn dominat among tho occupy-

ing incur poition, which rduc

thir chanc o xrciing an inunc at

th worplac. Womn ar alo xpod

to wor-rlatd violnc mor than mn.

Studi how that thi typ o violnc

ha incrad among both womn and

mn, but th incra i gratr or

womn, pcially tho woring in

halth car, ocial car and ducation.

Womn hav a highr rat o abnc

du to illn than mn, and account or

two third o icn bnt claimd.

Thy ar alo on long-trm ic lav to a

gratr xtnt than mn. Sicn abnc

among both womn and mn ha bn

dclining inc 2002, but th rat or

womn i till almot twic that or mn.

Dirnc in abnc rat alo act

incom in th long trm, inc abnc

man a mallr pnion.

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Th dirnc btwn womn and

mn ar gratt among popl born

abroad.

Th wa attachmnt to th labour

mart ound among womn born

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abroad i pcially pronouncd in th

ca o nwly arrivd immigrant. Unl

thi trnd i bron, th labour mart

participation o orign-born womn

will tadily dclin.

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A in th labour mart in gnral, thr

ar conidrabl gndr dirnc in

th buin phr. Jut ovr a quartr o

Swdn buin ar run by womn,

whil thr-quartr ar run by mn.

Entrpri among womn ha incrad

in rcnt yar, howvr. Ovr a tn-yar

priod, th proportion o nw womn

ntrprnur ro rom 27 to 34 pr cnt.

Entrpri, too, i gndr-grgatd.

Womn ar largly activ in indutri

uch a claning, rvic proviion, halth

car and ducation. Mn ar mor otn

ound in th manuacturing, contruc-

tion, tranport and communication

indutri.

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Prcption o what womn and mn ar

mot uitd to rinorc valu and truc-

tur that dicriminat and lav popl

at a diadvantag. Th gndr diviion in

th labour mart and th buin c-

tor hlp conrv trotypd prcp-

tion, and th act th tudy and

carr choic popl ma.

Although rducing gndr-bound

tudy choic ha bn a long-tanding

policy aim, today uppr condary

chool ar highly grgatd in gndr

trm. According to th National Agncy

or Education, th ducational choic

young popl ma ar mor a rult o

traditional xpctation than o aptitud

and talnt. Gndr diviion ar parti-

cularly vidnt in vocationally orintd

programm. Howvr, a chang or th

bttr ha bn obrvd ovr th pat

v yar.

Th proportion o mn in th halth

car programm ha incrad rom 13

to 19 pr cnt, whil th proportion o

womn in th contruction programm

ha rin rom 3 to 9 pr cnt.

G m pct

Girl hav bttr avrag grad than

boy both in compulory chool and at

uppr condary lvl. Mn attain baic

ligibility or urthr tudi at univr-

ity lvl to a lr xtnt than womn.

Womn complt thir tudi in highr

ducation to a gratr xtnt than mn,

and in about 90 pr cnt o th program-

m lading to proional qualication

th throughput i gratr or womn

than or mn.

Accordingly, womn lvl o duca-

tion i highr than that o mn. Dpit

thi, womn till arn l than mn.

Womn ar mor otn ovr-qualid or

thir poition. Thy ar mor lily to

train or low-paid job, and acadmically

traind mn ar mor lily to nd high-

tatu job than acadmically traind

womn. Among popl running mall

buin, too, womn ar mor highly

traind.

Th Govrnmnt conidr that an

ovrall long-trm tratgy i ndd to

rmdy th lac o gndr quality in th

labour mart and th buin ctor.

Rad mor about th contnt o th

tratgy and it implmntation in th

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A strategy for gender equality

in the labour market and the

business sector

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To a grat xtnt, th choic w ma in li ar inuncd

by xpctation and trotypd prcption. But chang

ta tim. It occur whn a lot o popl ma light adjut-

mnt, ay Anna Etrm, chair o th Dlgation or

Gndr Equality in School.

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hi body ha bn commiiond by

th Govrnmnt to analy th

tat o gndr quality in both

compulory and uppr condary duca-

tion and to rcommnd improvmnt.

Two rport ar chduld. Th rt,

Girls and Boys at School How Equal Are

They? (SOU 2009:64) wa prntd on

1 July 2009.

Th rport dal with uch mattr a

th diring prormanc o girl and

boy in chool, and attitud to chool

tudi, and alo how chool rourc

ar to b ditributd rom a gndr pr-

pctiv and what ct thi will hav.

What cam a a big urpri to m wa

th act that th dirnc in grad

btwn girl and boy ha rmaind

roughly th am a long a w hav bn

mauring thm, i.. inc th 1960,

ay Anna Etrm. Th dirnc i

that nowaday th act that boy ar

alling bhind i n a a problm, inc

girl hav bgun uing thir xcllnt

grad to gain admiion to training

cour that ud to b dominatd by boy.

A long a girl wr primarily intrtd

in nuring cour and th li, thi

didnt alarm popl.

Raction to th rport ha bn gnr-

ally avourabl, which m to rct a

common outloo on gndr quality

iu, ay Anna Etrm.

A ar a I can , 90 pr cnt o th

Swdih population thin gndr quality

i a good thing. Th problm i that th

gndr quality dbat otn bcom

polarid or lad to a talmat. Thr

a vocirou minority that thin a oon

a gndr i mntiond thr i a hiddn

agnda that involv dtroying girl and

boy liv, and thr i anothr vocirou

minority that l th gndr prpc-

tiv hould b 100 pr cnt in vidnc

vrywhr. Both attract a lot o mdia

attntion. My viion i a gndr quality

dbat that mbrac a much widr

public.

In my xprinc, thr i conidrabl

intrt in gndr quality in chool,

whil at th am tim popl ar tird o

all th nw objctiv and dmand, not

lat bcau ort to mt thm tnd

to ta th orm o projct. Whn th

mony gon, th popl who wr run-

ning th projct diappar and thr i

no lating ct on th chool rgular

activiti. Thr ar plnty o goal but

littl implmntation or ollow-up, ay

Anna Etrm.

Sh l it i important to rpct

individual rdom o choic in trm o

ducation and a carr. At th am tim,

trotypd prcption that inunc

li choic mut b countrd.

Th bt thing public bodi can do i

provid good, ound data on which dci-

ion ar to b bad, to how what th

ituation i li i you choo a crtain

typ o training or occupation.

Thi i omthing th dlgation nal

rport will concrn itl with. It will

xamin th tudy habit o girl and

boy and thir pychoocial halth, va-

luat and um up mthod or braing

down traditional gndr rol, and pr-

nt propoal on how a long-trm gndr

quality ort in chool might bt b

purud and intnid.

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In ordr to bra down traditional gn-dr pattrn and rduc gndr diviion

in th labour mart and th buin

ctor, a gndr quality prpctiv

mut inorm th ntir ducation y-

tm, rom prchool to highr duca-

tion. School mut hlp combat troty-

pd prcption concrning gndr and

ill. Pupil mut ma activ, conid-rd choic about thir uppr condary

ducation, inc thi will hav a igni-

cant impact on thir ubqunt tudy

path. All individual mut hav th

opportunity to choo on th bai o

thir intrt and b mt with rpct

or thir choic o occupation, whthrit i in a mal-dominatd or mal-

dominatd proion. Traditional tudy

choic conrv gndr grgation in

th labour mart. Th Govrnmnt

thror conidr it important to

nhanc gndr quality in chool and

in highr ducation. Training cour

and programm promoting ntrpr-nurhip ar anothr important apct.

Sl-mploymnt hould b a natural a

choic a mploymnt. Sinc mor mn

than womn tart buin, it i parti-

cularly important to ncourag womn

ntrprnurhip.

EstablishmentofaDelegationforGenderEqualityinSchools.

EstablishmentofaDelegationforGenderEqualityinHigherEducation.

MandaterequiringtheNationalAgencyforEducationtoplanandimplement

gndr quality initiativ at compulory and uppr condary chool lvl and in

adult ducation.

Proposaltoreformuppersecondaryeducationwithaviewtopreventingpupils

(motly boy) rom dropping out or laving chool without pa grad.

MandaterequiringtheNationalAgencyforHigherEducationtoanalysegender

dirnc in tachr training.

EstablishmentofaTechnologyDelegationtoboostinterestamonggirlsandwomen

in mathmatic, cinc, tchnology, and ICT (inormation and communication

tchnology).

Strategyforentrepreneurshipintheeducationspheredesignedtoinspireyoung

popl to tart buin o thir own atr complting thir tudi.

Appointmentof880femalebusinessambassadorstaskedwithinspiringmore

womn to bcom l-mployd.

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To combat gndr diviion in th labour mart and th buin ctor,

th Govrnmnt i invting in th ollowing ight maur:

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Rol modl can rally hlp in gtting mor womn to viw

ntrprnurhip a a poibility, and alo in inuncing atti-

tud in gnral th ida that a buin oprator i a man in a

uit or ovrall nd to chang, ay Gunilla Thortnon, th

ofcr rponibl or th programm Promote Womens Enter-

priseat th Swdih Agncy or Economic and Rgional Growth.

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n ordr to boot nw ntrprnurhip

among womn and gt mor buin-

run by womn to grow, th

Govrnmnt i invting sek 100 million

pr yar during th priod 20072010.

An important part o thi initiativ i th

agncy programm in upport o womn

ntrpri. It involv oring bnt

to l-mployd womn and maing

womn ntrpri mor viabl and

viibl.

Th programm i dividd into our

part and ocu on guidanc, buin

dvlopmnt, innovation nancing,

mntorhip, chang o ownrhip and

chang in attitud toward womn

participation in buin.

Thr ar a numbr o raon why

womn tart and run buin to a lr

xtnt than mn. On o thm i that

young popl ma traditional tudy

choic. A a rult, womn and mn ar

to b ound in dirnt mploymnt

ctor.

Womn wor to a grat xtnt in car

and ducation, ctor that hav littl

tradition o buin tart-up, ay

Gunilla Thortnon. Thi i a actor,

inc a a rul popl tart compani in a

ctor thy ar amiliar with and now

about.

Alo, much dpnd on popl atti-

tud to and prcption o rvic provi-

ion, an ara in which many womn opr-

at. Srvic compani hav not bn

conidrd a important a manuactur-

ing compani with a larg wororc.

Thi can inunc amnt o bui-

n ida and popl chanc o gtting

nancing, ay Gunilla Thortnon.

Wv ound that it hlp to b gndr-

conciou o that you dont all into a

traditional mindt. Thi i why all con-

ultant woring or Almi Frtagpart-

nr and Coompanion publicly nancd

guidanc and counlling actor ar

gndr-traind nowaday.

Bid guidanc, buin dvlop-

mnt, mntorhip and othr ind o

aitanc that womn can gt via th

programm, th actual proc o bring-

ing womn ntrpri mor into th

public y i important.

Th inight i h can, I can i

xtrmly pruaiv, ay Gunilla

Thortnon. That why it o

important to hav inpirational rol

modl to point to. Anothr important

ta i to diminat act and tatitic

o a to ma popl mor awar o

womn ntrprnurhip and how

thm what it man or utainabl

growth.

Th Govrnmnt ambition i to

incra th proportion o womn tart-

ing nw ntrpri rom th prviou

lvl o 35 pr cnt to 40 pr cnt by th

yar 2010.

Thi i an ambitiou goal, but political

will and political rourc ar important,

ay Gunilla Thortnon. Undr th

programm, 50 000 womn hav o ar

bntd rom th rvic ord or

tan part in our activiti.

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Womn and mn potntial or ntrprnurhip andntrpri mut b proprly xploitd by maing it air

or thm to tart and run buin. Entrpri-promoting

tructur nd to b dvlopd and adaptd to popl

capabiliti and to nw and growing indutri. Sinc wr

womn than mn tart and run buin, pcial maur

ar rquird to promot womn ntrpri. Mor now-

ldg i rquird in thi ld to improv womn chanc

o tarting, running and xpanding a buin. Entrpriand ntrprnurhip in halth and ocial car rvic mut

b ncouragd and mad air. Incraing th proportion o

womn in managrial poition and on company board i

alo important in tat-ownd compani, govrnmnt

agnci and privat compani ali a a man o nhan-

cing growth and promoting dvlopmnt in Swdn.

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To promot mor qual condition in ntrprnurhip and ntrpri, th Govrnmnt i invting in 23 maur,

including th ollowing:

MandaterequiringtheSwedishAgencyforEconomicand

Rgional Growth to implmnt and coordinat a thr-

yar programm or th promotion o womn ntrpri.

Analysisofgenderdistributionontheboardsoflisted

compani and o how litd compani ar daling with

th quality iu at thi lvl.

sek 40 million or initiativ aimd at incraing divrity

in halth car, including guidanc to car rvic mploy-

intrtd in tarting thir own activiti.


Rgional Growth to draw up an action programm or

ntrprnurhip and divrity in th halth car and

ocial car ctor.

MandaterequiringtheSwedishAgencyforInnovation

Sytm (Vinnova) to und rarch on womn ntr-

pri.

MandaterequiringAlmiFretagspartnerAB(Almi

Buin Partnr) to implmnt and coordinat a national

programm to boot th numbr o womn on company

board.

Investigationintowhysofewcompaniesheadedbywomen

rciv rgional buin upport.


Rgional Growth to undrta a thr-yar programm

dignd to trngthn ntrpri with a orign bac-

ground whr ithr x mut hav at lat 40 pr cnt

rprntation.

MandaterequiringStatisticsSwedentobuildupadata-

ba with gndr-pcic data on ntrprnur and

ntrpri.

Studyonwomensenterpriseandinnovationconductedby

th Unitd Nation Conrnc on Trad and Dvlopmnt.

ChangestotheHealthandMedicalServicesActon

1 January 2010 providing or gratr rdom o choic or

patint and mor cop or car rvic mploy to tart

thir own buin.

Inquiryontheprospectsforimprovingsocialsecurity

ytm or th l-mployd.

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Womn born abroad ar th group that i mot dtachd rom

th labour mart and that ha w contact with th public

mploymnt rvic. To tacl thi problm, a pilot projct i

to b launchd to dvlop way o raching th womn

mor aily and to dvlop modl or local coopration.

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omn born abroad ar gainully

mployd to a much lr xtnt

that womn born in Swdn.

Statitic how th gap to b a larg a

20 pr cnt. O Swdih-born womn,

81 pr cnt agd 2064 ar mployd,

whil th corrponding gur or

orign-born womn in th am ag

group i 61 pr cnt.

Th raon or thi xcluion rom th

labour mart ar many and varid. Th

ituation i not mad any air by th

act that womn in thi group ldom

contact mploymnt ofc o thir own

accord. Conquntly, th public mploy-

mnt rvic ha bn intructd by th

Govrnmnt to launch pilot projct in

th municipaliti o Stocholm, Sund-

vall, Gtborg, Halmtad, Landrona

and Malm.

Th baic aim i to nd way o adapting

th activiti o th mploymnt rvic

in ordr to rach orign-born womn

who hav no contact with it. Thi inclu-

d ngaging in outrach activiti a a

man o coming into contact with th

womn. Th ida i or th mploymnt

rvic to nlit th aid o othr actor in

thi ndavour, including NGO and

local houing compani.

Such an approach would mt anothr

important rquirmnt in th pilot

projct, namly to out and dvlop

mthod or tablihing ctiv local

modl or collaboration btwn dir-

nt actor, with a viw to improving th

chanc o th womn nding mploy-

mnt.

Th qution w nd to anwr ar:

what i th bt way or mploymnt of-

c, buin, govrnmnt agnci and

NGO to wor togthr, and how hould

thir rol b dividd? ay Gran Frm,

th projct ladr at th public mploy-

mnt rvic had ofc in Stocholm.

Alo, w mut dvlop a platorm or our

urthr wor in thi connction o that

th mthod can vntually b incorpo-

ratd into th public mploymnt

rvic rgular activiti.

Th projct i both crativ and innova-

tiv. Th public mploymnt rvic ha

nvr bor ngagd in outrach activi-

ti or collaboratd with NGO. Th

wor will b ld by local projct mploy-

and will b undrtan with th hlp

o ocu group bringing togthr variou

actor and alo th targt group itl

th womn.

Th baic ida i that all concrnd ar

activly involvd in th proc, not lat

th womn thmlv, ay Gran Frm.

Thy ar th on who now bt what

thy nd, why thy nvr contact th

mploymnt ofc and how thi can b

changd through clor collaboration.

Th municipaliti taing part in th

projct ar all in avour o it, h add,

mphaiing that th projct i largly

about dvloping ctiv mthod cnt-

ring primarily on th wor proc itl.

Th anticipatd rult includ:

A 10 pr cnt incra in rgitrd job

r in th targt group

Proional catgoriation o th ill

o 6070 pr cnt o tho rgitrd in

th targt group

Diviion o rol among local actor.

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Animprovedin-worktaxcredittaxreductionsforthose

in ull-tim wor.

Agenderequalitybonustoimproveparentschancesof

haring parntal duti and participation in woring li

qually.

Taxreliefforhouseholdservicestofacilitatethereconcilia-

tion o proional and amily li or both womn and mn.

Establishmentofaworkinggroupchargedwithanalysing

iu rlating to mn and gndr quality, ocuing on

uch ara a woring li and th rconciliation o wor

with activ parnthood.

Mandaterequiringthepublicemploymentserviceto

undrta pilot projct aimd at rducing xcluion

among womn born abroad who ar particularly dtachd

rom th labour mart.

MandaterequiringtheSwedishSocialInsuranceAgency

and th public mploymnt rvic to tt nw way o

hlping individual on long-trm ic lav to rturn to

wor mor quicly and ctivly.

Introductionofarehabilitationguaranteetofacilitate

wor rturn among womn in particular.

MandaterequiringtheKarolinskaInstitutetoexamine

gndr dirnc in wor rturn ollowing illn.

MandaterequiringtheOceofLabourMarketPolicy

Evaluation to xamin gndr dirnc in icn

abnc.

MandaterequiringtheSwedishSocialInsuranceAgency

to adminitr unding or projct undrtan by joint

organiation or individual county council to rduc

icn abnc among womn.

MandaterequiringtheSwedishCouncilforStrategic

Human Rourc Dvlopmnt to lad and coordinat

programm or womn carr dvlopmnt in th tat

ctor.

MandaterequiringStatisticsSwedentoconductatime-

u tudy on how womn and mn divid thir tim

btwn houhold wor, liur tim and job tc.

MandaterequiringStatisticsSwedentoundertakeaques-

tionnair-bad tudy on gndr quality in parnthood.

MandaterequiringtheNationalInstituteofEconomic

Rarch to conduct tudi on th unctioning o th

labour mart rom a gndr quality prpctiv.

Longerunemploymentbenetperiodsforparentswith

childrn undr 18 yar o ag.

Anationalstrategyforhelpandsupporttoparentsintheir

parntal rol.

Newrulesintheunemploymentinsuranceschemeallowing

popl who hav bn tmporarily or partially abnt to b

crditd bnt point.

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Womn and mn mut hav th am carr opportunitiand condition. Thi promot gndr quality and rduc

xcluion. Stp ar to b tan in a numbr o dirnt

ara to mt thi nd. Th wor-rt principl i to b

trngthnd or intanc through chang in unmploy-

mnt inuranc and through pcial ort targting womn

born abroad. A gndr quality bonu ha bn introducd

into th parntal inuranc chm to ncourag womn andmn to har parntal lav mor qually. Tax dduction or

houhold rvic will giv mor mployd womn and mn

th chanc to rduc thir worload. Rturn to wor will b

air or popl on ic lav, through thir bing abl to

tt a nw job whil ic-litd and alo through th rhabili-

tation guarant.

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A broad-bad rarch programm ocuing on womn

halth i bing nancd by th Swdih Council or Woring

Li and Social Rarch, at th Govrnmnt rqut. In all,

17 rarch projct will har sek 30 million pr yar up to

2010 vral o thm connctd with woring li, mntal

ill-halth and tr.

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h rarch programm ha a broad

approach and involv dirnt

diciplin, uch a mdicin,

public halth and wlar, woring liand car cinc.

Whn dciion wr to b tan on

which projct to grant und, th quality

o th application wa dciiv, not th

focusoftheresearch,saysKenneth

Abrahamon, programm dirctor at

th Council. Thi mant that dirnt

prpctiv and diciplin wr rpr-

ntd w got a bouqut o dirnt

owr intad o on with only th

am ind.

A numbr o prmi ar involvd,

howvr, whn ocuing on womn

halth in rarch. On baic aumption

i that womn wor tat o halth in

comparion to mn act thir chanc

o achiving quality in th labour mart.

Thr i an ongoing dicuion in which it

i argud that womn and mn ar tratd

dirntly in th halth car rvic,

but alo that thy bhav dirntly

in ing car. Many contnd that

womn halth i l rarchd, inc

prviou tudi hav bn bad to a

grat xtnt on mn phyical ituation,

.g. pharmacutical tudi in which

mdicin wr ttd only on mn.

Th projct in th nw programm

includ th contruction o a databa that

will nabl rarchr to tudy whthr

womn and mn ar tratd dirntly

in primary car. Hithrto, 75 halth

cntr hav bn lind in, and trat-

mnt or illn uch a typ 2 diabt,

cardio-vacular dia and dprion

can all b tudid.

Anothr projct bing undrtan by

an intrdiciplinary rarch group a

what gndr quality in th hom man

in trm o womn and mn halth. Th

tam i monitoring jut ovr a thouandpopl in Lul rom a public halth and

gndr prpctiv. Thy hav bn

tudid inc th 1980 and ar now in

mid-li, many o thm with amili,

job and childrn. Qutionnair-bad

tudi ar to b ollowd up by man o

intrviw with coupl who tat that

thy hav a high dgr o quality in

thir rlationhip.

Anothr projct a how burn-out

among womn i rctd in th brain

anatomy and whthr it i poibl to

prvnt ri. Womn ar particularly

pron to advr ct rom lngthy

priod o tr, not lat whn th tr

i aociatd with thir ituation in

woring li.

Othr rarch projct currntly

underwayattheKarolinskaInstitute

and at th univriti o Gtborg and

Uppala ar ocuing on mntal ill-halth

and unmploymnt among immigrant

womn, th lin btwn lityl actor

and tr, mntal diordr and nc

pain, nurocintic xplanation o

dp anxity (angst) in womn, and how

hormon act mntal halth.

Bid bing publihd on our wb-

it, th rarch nding will b dimi-

natd in an anthology and at a conrnc

in2010,saysKennethAbrahamsson.

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Womn tnd to b ic-litd mor thanmn, and ar mor unhalthy in thir

own amnt. Thi i why it i

important to tudy th lin btwn

halth, wor and wor attribut.

Womn ar mor xpod than mn to

violnc or th thrat o violnc in wor-

ing li.

Frdom rom dicrimination, vio-lnc and haramnt i an important

condition o a labour mart charactri-

d by gndr quality. Protction againt

dicrimination in woring li ha bn

nhancd by uch man a th paing

o a nw Dicrimination Act, which

ntrd into orc on 1 January 2009, and

th tablihmnt o a nw agncy, thOfc o th Equality Ombudman,

which bgan oprating on th am dat.Th Equality Ombudman i chargd

with uprviing complianc with th

Dicrimination Act, and rplac th

prviou ombudmn againt dicrimi-

nation, including th Equality Opportu-

niti Ombudman. Th Dicrimination

Act rplac th Equal Opportuniti

Act and ix othr civil law. An all-inclu-iv law and th mrging o th ombud-

mn ma it air to combat what i

trmd multipl dicrimination, i..

whn a pron i dicriminatd againt

on th bai o mor than on dicrimi-

nation ground.

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To promot qual woring condition, th Govrnmnt i invting in ix maur:

ResearchprogrammesonwomenshealthnancedviatheSwedishCouncilfor

Woring Li and Social Rarch.

Strongerprotectionagainstgender-baseddiscriminationastheresultofanew

anti-dicrimination law and a nw anti-dicrimination agncy.

Inquirytoconsiderhowtherequirementsconcerningactivemeasuresinthe

dicrimination phr can b mad mor pcic and tringnt and b lind to

an ctiv anction.

MandaterequiringtheSwedishWorkEnvironmentAuthoritytoreduceexposure

to violnc at th worplac by man o nowldg nhancmnt and prvntiv

action.

MandaterequiringtheNationalPoliceBoardtopromotegenderequalityand

thnic and cultural divrity in th polic rvic.

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lyu: iiy Sckhm ab. pi: dgs Gfsk, oc 2009

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Viit www.rgringn./intgration and rad about what

w ar doing. You can nd out mor about Swdn gndr

quality policy by clicing through toAreas of responsibility/

Gender equality. You can alo ubcrib to our lctronic

nwlttr and our pr rla tc. Th txt in thi publica-

tion i bad on Govrnmnt Communication 2008/09:198.

Postal address: Minitry o Intgration and Gndr Equality

103 33 Stocholm

Visiting address: Frdgatan 8, Stocholm

Telephone (switchboard): +46-8-405 10 00

Email: [email protected].

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Th Swdih Govrnmnt ha drawn up a cohiv long-trm tratgy

or th promotion o gndr quality in th mploymnt and buin

ctor. Th tratgy outlin mor than 60 maur dignd to

liminat gndr inqualiti, to gt mor popl into th labour

mart and to rduc xcluion.

Rad mor about th tratgy and about how actor uch a thDlgation or Gndr Equality in School, th Swdih Agncy or

Economic and Rgional Growth and th public mploymnt rvic

ar dicharging th ta ntrutd to thm.

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