Social Justice in Sweden
·Ranked #4
·7% of Child Poverty Rate ·9.9% Senior Citizen Poverty Rate · Overall Poverty Rate: 8.4% · Health Rating: 7.87 -Based off inclusiveness, quality of service, and perceived health between highest/lowest incomes |
Equality in Sweden
·Enforced by laws and discrimination ombudsman
-Acts as a trusted intermediary between either the state or an organization and some internal or external constituency, representing broad scope of constituent interests. - Protects gender, racial, ethnic, disability, and sexual orientation discrimination ·Women have the right to abortion ·First Country to make rape by husband illegal ·Employers bound by law to promote equality among employers and to act in cases of sexual harassment Timeline
1980: Gender-neutral succession to the throne comes into effect
1998: Act on Violence against Women is introduced 1999: Law forbids the purchase of sexual service 2002: Human trafficking for sexual purposes is criminalized http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/government-tyranny/swedens-empire-of-governance-feminism/
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