The government requests the identification of honour-related violence – the Swedish newspaper svenska Dagbladet

Ministers, mr Morgan Johansson (S), Åsa Regnér (S) and Gustav Fridolin (MP) announced on Wednesday the government’s jämställdhetsskrivelse. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT

gender equality says that both the women’s organisations that authorities have sounded the alarm that women affected by honour-related oppression.

– I get pretty consistent data on men and boys in some neighborhoods feel they have the right to tell girls and women how to dress, where to go, what time they can go to town, and so on. So we can’t have it, ” says Regnér to SvD.

you will Get signals that the honour-related violence and repression is increasing in Sweden?

” Yes, of organisations, I get it. There is a view that women’s freedom of movement is curtailed in some parts of society and in certain residential areas. So, yes, it is the image I get.

the Last occurrence of honour related violence and oppression were investigated in Sweden was in 2009. The next survey is included in the jämställdhetskrivelse presented by the government on Wednesday.

minister of Justice Morgan Johansson (S) message at the same time that the law on forced marriages and child marriages, which came into force in 2014 – will be reviewed and possibly tightened up.

– Here is a basic male responsibility. I think it must be said again and again: it is not masculine to oppress and harass women. It is just the opposite, it’s just cowardly, ” said Johansson.

the Government’s letter also contained a couple of other news in the area:

• Two new policy objectives: equal education and equal health.
• An action plan will be presented to press companies to more equal wages.
• Examensbeskrivningarna in the higher education ordinance shall be amended so training in men’s violence towards women becomes mandatory for a number of professions.
• Children’s legal status and situation on the protected properties will be investigated.
• the national agency for Education a mandate to review the six – and samlevnadsundervisningen.

It is known that the government plans that, in 2018, establish a new jämställdhetsmyndighet.