{"id":512,"date":"2010-03-08T00:11:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T00:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=512"},"modified":"2010-03-09T00:27:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T00:27:13","slug":"is-sweden-an-equal-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/is-sweden-an-equal-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Sweden an equal country?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweden is often\u00a0praised as the utopia of equality and in some aspects, yes, Sweden has come a very\u00a0long way and is by far much more equal than many other countries.\u00a0Swedish women have the same rights as Swedish men. We have laws\u00a0concerning equality (j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet<\/strong>) \u00a0in the working life, we have an Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (J\u00c4MO<\/strong>), we have paternity leave (pappaledighet<\/strong>),\u00a0we have an almost 50\/50 government (although we have never had a female prime minister).\u00a0\u00a0But – \u00a0it’s far from perfect up there.\u00a0So, the simple answer to the question above is no. Sweden is not an equal country and won’t be as long as the statistics show the following:<\/p>\n

* Swedish women on average\u00a0earn\u00a084,2 percent as much as men. Thirty years ago, this probably could be blamed on the fact that\u00a0women normally had less education then men, but today, there are more women than men studying at the University.\u00a0Also, in female dominated professions (kvinnodominerande yrken<\/strong>), salaries are generally lower.<\/p>\n

* If you were to\u00a0take a close look at\u00a0the 50 biggest companies in Sweden, you would find\u00a0only ONE female director. The boards consist of 79 percent men.<\/p>\n

* Even though Swedish men can take paternity leave and the mum and dad can divide the days between them as they like – nearly 80 percent of the days are taken by women.<\/p>\n

* During\u00a0one\u00a0week, Swedish men do 20 hours of chores around the house. Women do 28.<\/p>\n

* Almost every other Swedish woman (46 percent) over 15 has been threatened and abused by a man.<\/p>\n

Four years ago, the Swedish government set up a goal in order to make society more equal; Women and men shall have the same power to form the society and to form their own lives. <\/em>In order to achieve this, women and men must have the same rights, possibilities and obligations within all aspects of life. Great goal, isn’t it? Four years on, we are not exactly there. And let’s be honest, we probably won’t be there in four years time either. Not in Sweden, not anywhere. But baby steps are taken all across the globe and hey, Kathryn Bigelow did win an Oscar yesterday, the first female director ever to get one… There might be hope, after all.<\/p>\n

Happy International Women’s Day, whereever in the world you are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Sweden is often\u00a0praised as the utopia of equality and in some aspects, yes, Sweden has come a very\u00a0long way and is by far much more equal than many other countries.\u00a0Swedish women have the same rights as Swedish men. We have laws\u00a0concerning equality (j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet) \u00a0in the working life, we have an Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (J\u00c4MO), we…<\/p>\n

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