On Wednesday was a manifestation of the Swedish women’s lobby for fairer wages between men and women. The annual manifestation held in the main square, Sergels torg, Stockholm, sweden. Every day, women are 54 minutes for free because of a lower salary, in comparison with men. In a year there will be a difference at 48,000 kronor, according to the Swedish women’s lobby.
gender equality Åsa Lindhagen (MP) was on the ground and held the introductory speech. Among other things, lifted the she the issue of women’s retirement and that it is time that men and women ”pay” as much of the unpaid housework. In addition, she wants to strengthen the requirements on employers.
” We need to review the discrimination legislation to see if it can be tightened further. There is little awareness among employers that the legislation is there but we also have to look at how we do if employers do not take active measures, says minister for gender equality Åsa Lindhagen to DN.
– For example, government agencies can contribute where we have, among other things, the discrimination Ombudsman. But it is not enough to disseminate the information but we also need to review how we are doing on the employer to comply with discrimination law.
” Metoo was a great event and managed to reach out to a broader public with the message that we have a societal problem with sexual abuse. And with that you can’t feel safe in their workplace. When it comes to questions of violence, we have created a samtyckeslag but we also need to create a samtyckeskultur. We need to change norms and values, it is destructive maskulinitetsnormer linked to the occurrence of violence. Among other things, we have to talk about violence in schools.
” the issue of violence, I feel strongly, that violence against women must stop is also one of the six national gender equality objectives. We must ensure that women get the support they need because statistics show that one in four women at some point will be exposed to violence in close relationships. But I also burns for the issue of honor violence. In addition, some of the most vulnerable groups we have in society, those in prostitution and trafficking in human beings.
” But today, we are here to focus on the economic power between men and women. It is not okay that there is on average different million when it comes to lifetime earnings between men and women during a lifetime. Money is power and power should be distributed equally.
