101. National Guidelines In Sweden - Government - Equal Employment Opportunities National Guidelines in sweden government, Employment Sector. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/guide/sweden/gov.htm

Employment Index Sweden e.quality@work National Guidelines in Sweden - Government National Plan of Action The plan includes: Efforts to increase the percentage of women holding management and other positions of leadership. Efforts to encourage men to take a greater share of parental leave. Evaluation of and measures to reduce pay differences between women and men at individual work places. Studies of women's and men's financial resources and power. A number of actions have been undertaken under the plan, including: Compilation of sex disaggregated statistics. Research on gender and women's issues. Analysis of proposals and decisions in various political spheres from a gender perspective at national, regional and local levels. County-level experts and advisors on gender issues. Training in gender issues at universities and colleges. The Rights of the Poor In this government communication to Parliament it was acknowledged that the majority of the poor are women and that policies and measures to combat poverty must take the "predominantly feminine face of poverty" as the point of departure when problems are defined, and projects planned, implemented and appraised. Index Sweden e.quality@work

102. Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy Threatens Gay And Lesbian Iranians With D Early this year, the Swedish government set a dangerous precedent in settling an In deciding on his case, the Swedish government found that, in Iran, http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/iran/irnews001.htm

Last edited: January 03, 2005 Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy Threatens Gay And Lesbian Iranians With Deportation, Death The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Emergency Response Network Volume VII, Number 4, pt 2, 1998 The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Telephone: +1-415-255-8680 Fax: +1-415-255-8662 Email: iglhrc@iglhrc.org Early this year, the Swedish government set a dangerous precedent in settling an important asylum case involving a gay man from Iran. Now that precedent may be used to expel a number of gay Iranians from Sweden, to face imprisonment or death at home. Swedish asylum policy is governed by the Aliens Act of 1989. An amendment which came into effect in 1997 (Chapter 3, paragraph 3.3) explicitly includes gays and lesbians as a protected category, offering asylum to any person "who due to her/his sex or homosexuality experiences a well-founded fear of persecution." However, according to Stig-Ake Petersson, asylum coordinator of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian and Gay Rights (RFSL), the specific language has in fact tightened rather than broadened the opportunities for receiving asylum based on sexual orientation. The authorities' interpretation of the term "well-founded fear of persecution" has in practice been extremely restrictive. The term, according to Petersson, is taken to require each applicant to produce court documents from their home country demonstrating that she or he is currently under legal investigation for homosexuality as a criminal offense.

103. Sweden: IMF And OECD Demand Deeper Social Cuts The Swedish government spends 113 billion Skr ($12 billion) per year, The Swedish government is urged to reduce the number of years taken by students to http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/aug2002/swed-a29.shtml

Enter email address to receive news about the WSWS Add Remove SEARCH WSWS English German ON THE WSWS Donate to the WSWS! Contact the WSWS ... Books Online OTHER LANGUAGES German French Italian Russian ... Indonesian LEAFLETS Download in PDF format WSWS Europe Sweden: IMF and OECD demand deeper social cuts By Niall Green 29 August 2002 Use this version to print Send this link by email Email the author Recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports on the Swedish economy have called for a deepening of the decade-long assault on social redistribution. With a general election on September 15, international and domestic capital is signalling that there will be no let up in the drive to increase profits at the expense of the living standards of broad sections of Swedish society. Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) Minister of Finance, Bosse Ringholm, welcomed the reports, saying that he shared many of their conclusions. The SAP, propped up by their parliamentary allies the Left Party and the Greens since 1998, has already been engaged in implementing large scale reductions in government social spending. Government spending has fallen from 66.6 percent of GDP in 1993 to 51.3 percent in 2001. Though still at a relatively high level compared to many other Western countries, the SAP, who replaced the right wing Moderate government in 1994, has presided over a period of social cutbacks on a scale unseen anywhere else in Europe.

104. CPSR Newsletter Vol 19, No 1 sweden has uncomplicated government elections a paper ballot in a physical box . sweden has rather small government ministries, but big state agencies. http://archive.cpsr.net/publications/newsletters/issues/2001/Winter/olsson.html

Volume 19, Number 1 The CPSR Newsletter Winter 2001 Sweden to Experiment with E-voting by Anders Olsson anders.r.olsson@telia.com http://www.safevote.com/ ], in conjunction with the small Swedish company Vivarto Technologies [ http://www.vivarto.com/ Government Lays Groundwork Sweden has uncomplicated government elections: a paper ballot in a physical box. Elections are every four years; referendums are rare. Like most older western democracies, Sweden is experiencing a "democratic crisis," and the government is worried, but not so worried that it's prepared to use IT to reengineer the very structure of democracy. Rather, new technology is used to better the facade. However, this is more action than previous governments have taken. Last year, the government awarded minor sums to all sorts of experiments and projects aimed at renewing or bettering democratic processes. In November, 2000, 66 such projects received grants of between $1,200 and $60,000. The average grant was $15,000. Most of these projects are efforts to make more people interested and active in politics. A couple of funded projects involve e-voting. More such grants will be made this year. Does this indicate that the Swedish government is determined to do something radical in creating new forms of democracy for the new, IT-based society? In my opinion, probably not. The government hands out small sums to communities, organizations, and companies. Some of these small projects might succeed one way or another, but no big societal player is threatened by any of the experiments and the government has not committed itself to anything radical. A special committee on voting technology (Valtekniska utredningen) appointed by the government published its findings in January, 2001. Among the recommendations was a proposal to try voting via Internet. The committee favored a most cautious approach: small steps and small experiments to begin with and thorough evaluation of each step. Also in January, I authored a report [

105. TCS: Tech Central Station - Sweden: Beaten At Its Own Game Does the Swedish government spend the most euros per person on welfare? As we can see in Table 3 below, the Swedish government, despite the highest http://www.techcentralstation.com/112904D.html

HOME related articles Washington Fiddles While the Dollar Falls How Much is 'Too Much'? The India-China Gap The Anti-Market Protocols of the Councillor of Zion ... Exchange Games Font Size: Sweden: Beaten At Its Own Game By Fredrik Segerfeldt Published E-Mail Bookmark Print Save TCS Sweden is the country in the world where people give up the largest share of their income to the government. And it has been so for decades. But the Swedish public is not too displeased with taxes. Rather the contrary. It has given the leftist parties largely responsible for and the symbol of the big government system a majority in election after election. "After all, the high taxes have given us the best welfare services and the best income security in the world." That is what the Swedish people believe after having been told so by their leaders for many years. A recent survey showed that 77 percent of all Swedes believe that their country has a better welfare system than the rest of Europe . The country also ranks high in many international comparisons of quality of life, so there is little reason to doubt the supremacy of the Swedish cradle-to-grave model.

106. EGovernment Resource Centre: Sweden The Swedish government has declared its intention to work for the adoption Open Source/sweden Open source software gets government approval in sweden. http://www.egov.vic.gov.au/International/Europe/Sweden/sweden.htm

Search term/s: Advanced Search Search scope: www.egov.vic.gov.au Vic Gov Sites Australian Gov Sites All Australian Sites Home About This Site Contact Site Index Current Location Home International Europe Other Options eGovernment - Sweden Action Plan to reduce administrative burden for enterprises Biometrics Constitution eGovernment ... Top Action Plan to reduce administrative burden for enterprises Sweden to reduce administrative burden for businesses . eGovernment News, 23 March 2005 - Sweden - Policy/Strategy. "Presented on 22 February, the Swedish Government’s ‘Action Plan to reduce administrative burden for enterprises’ contains almost 300 actions to be implemented until 2006..." Top Constitution The EU Constitution and the right to good administration . eGovernment News, 2 May 2005 - Sweden/EU & Europe-wide - Legal aspects. "The Swedish government has declared its intention to work for the adoption of an EU law on good administration once the proposed Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe comes into force..." Top eGovernment eSweden - The 24/7 Agency: Agency: Criteria for 24/7 Agencies in the Networked Public Administration - Selected Radings on Aspects and Trends of eGovernment in the EU - "...What the Swedish government wants to achieve is a public administration based on the conditions and needs of citizens and businesses in different situations. A citizens- oriented public administration to a large extent based on information technology. Not because the use of IT is a goal in itself, but because it is such a powerful tool to realize such an administration in the service of the citizens..."

107. Pravda.RU Sweden To Spend USD 200,000 On St. Petersburg's 300th Anniversary Cele The Swedish government yesterday decided to allocate around USD 200000 to the According to sweden s government chancellery, part of this money will be http://english.pravda.ru/world/2002/09/13/36553.html

Sep, 13 2002 In Russian Em Portugues Russia World ... About Pravda.RU:World:More in detail Sweden to Spend USD 200,000 on St. Petersburg's 300th Anniversary Celebrations The Swedish Government yesterday decided to allocate around USD 200,000 to the Swedish Council for Foreign Trade in order to hold a series of events during St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary celebrations. According to Sweden's government chancellery, part of this money will be spent on an information technology week in St. Petersburg in 2003, with the participation of telecommunications company Ericsson and Stockholm's Royal Polytechnical Institute. Commenting on today's welcome decision, Swedish Trade Minister Leif Pagrotsky said that this type of event should help further strengthen relations between Sweden and Russia, creating a foundation for the development of new business relations. RosBalt Articles on the same subject on News.Google.Com: Printing version you may discuss the article in our forum Send it to a friend! Pravda.RU:World C o m m e n t a r y Russia to litigate against Switzerland's Noga in court On Monday September 15, in the Paris suburb of Baubigny, three Russian citizens will be tried, charged by the notorious Swiss-based firm Noga "with criminal concealment of impounded property". Facing the trial will be Valery Voskoboinikov, Rosaviakosmos deputy director-general, Alexander Klementyev

108. The Link Between Prostitution And Sex Trafficking The Swedish government has found that much of the vast profit generated by the The Swedish government said, International trafficking in human beings http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/38790.htm

Bureau of Public Affairs Electronic Information and Publications Office Publications Miscellaneous Publications The Link Between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking pdf Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC November 24, 2004 PDF The U.S. Government adopted a strong position against legalized prostitution in a December 2002 National Security Presidential Directive based on evidence that prostitution is inherently harmful and dehumanizing, and fuels trafficking in persons, a form of modern-day slavery. Prostitution and related activities—including pimping and patronizing or maintaining brothels—fuel the growth of modern-day slavery by providing a façade behind which traffickers for sexual exploitation operate. Where prostitution is legalized or tolerated, there is a greater demand for human trafficking victims and nearly always an increase in the number of women and children trafficked into commercial sex slavery. Of the estimated 600,000 to 800,000 people trafficked across international borders annually, 80 percent of victims are female, and up to 50 percent are minors. Hundreds of thousands of these women and children are used in prostitution each year. Women and children want to escape prostitution The vast majority of women in prostitution don’t want to be there. Few seek it out or choose it, and most are desperate to leave it. A 2003 study first published in the scientific

109. North Atlantic University Alliance Alliance of universities, the private sector and governments from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, sweden and the United Kingdom on the North Atlantic Rim. http://www.siu.no/inst.nsf/0/e57fb10028e59b224125683b00665aa4?OpenDocument

110. Nordic Institute Of Asian Studies An international research institute funded by the governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and sweden. Features current research, publications, links to related sites, and contact details. http://nias.ku.dk

Who we are Research Sponsors Jobs ... search NIAS is a research and service institute. We work in close partnership with: Copenhagen Business School Denmark University of Copenhagen Denmark Lund University Sweden Nordic NIAS Council Nordic Council of Ministers Our strategy: The new NIAS NIAS' Annual report 2004-2005 In focus: Register in the NIAS Contact Database

111. New Swedish Documents Illuminate CIA Action to newly released Swedish government documents and eyewitness statements. They say the US government receives assurances of humane treatment from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052001605.

var SA_Message="SACategory=" + 'world/africa'; Hello Edit Profile Sign Out Sign In Register Now ... Subscribe to SEARCH: News Web var ie = document.getElementById?true:false; ie ? formSize=27 : formSize=24 ; document.write(''); Top 20 E-mailed Articles washingtonpost.com World Africa ... E-Mail This Article RSS News Feeds Top News World What is RSS? All RSS Feeds E-mail Newsletters View a Sample and Sign Up Breaking News Alerts Manage Your Newsletters New Swedish Documents Illuminate CIA Action Probe Finds 'Rendition' Of Terror Suspects Illegal By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, May 21, 2005; Page A01 STOCKHOLM The CIA Gulfstream V jet touched down at a small airport west of here just before 9 p.m. on a subfreezing night in December 2001. A half-dozen agents wearing hoods that covered their faces stepped down from the aircraft and hurried across the tarmac to take custody of two prisoners, suspected Islamic radicals from Egypt. Inside an airport police station, Swedish officers watched as the CIA operatives pulled out scissors and rapidly sliced off the prisoners' clothes, including their underwear, according to newly released Swedish government documents and eyewitness statements. They probed inside the men's mouths and ears and examined their hair before dressing the pair in sweat suits and draping hoods over their heads. The suspects were then marched in chains to the plane, where they were strapped to mattresses on the floor in the back of the cabin. So began an operation the CIA calls an "extraordinary rendition," the forcible and highly secret transfer of terrorism suspects to their home countries or other nations where they can be interrogated with fewer legal protections.

112. SE- SWEDISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL REPORTS: INVESTIGATION INITIATIVES -- Abstract The main purpose of the project Swedish government official reports was to shed light on the functions of the government commissions and their http://www.ssd.gu.se/kid/swe/ssd0234.html

SWEDISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL REPORTS: INVESTIGATION INITIATIVES Utredningsväsendet i Sverige: Utredningsinitiativen Status: Principal investigator: Lars Strömberg Department of Political Science Universtiy of Göteborg Keywords: administration Abstract: The main purpose of the project "Swedish government official reports" was to shed light on the functions of the government commissions and their importance for policy creation, and the central point was to examine commissions closed during the period 1968-1973. The purpose of this subproject was mainly to map who took the initiative to set up the government commission. Population: Investigation initiatives Method of data collection: Analysis of administrative record Period of data collection: Number of cases: Number of variables: Archival format: OSIRIS, variable list Start year: 1977 End year: 1978 Location: Sweden

113. SE- SWEDISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL REPORTS AND POST-WAR LEGISLATION -- Abstract This study is part of the project Swedish government official reports .The purpose of the study is to shed light upon the use of government http://www.ssd.gu.se/kid/swe/ssd0147.html

SWEDISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL REPORTS AND POST-WAR LEGISLATION Utredningsväsendet och svensk efterkrigslagstiftning Status: Principal investigator: Lars Strömberg and Lennart Brantgärde Department of Political Science Göteborg University Keywords: administration Abstract: This study is part of the project "Swedish government official reports" . The purpose of the study is to shed light upon the use of government investigations in modern legislation during the period 1945-1976. A random sample of government bills have been coded with respect to some 60 characteristics. These characteristics intend to classify the legislation along various dimensions whereupon timeseries can be built. Among other things the material has been used to show for which types of legislative matters the governmental investigative system has played an important role. Population: Government bills during the period 1945-1976 Method of data collection: Analysis of content Period of data collection: Number of cases: Number of variables: Archival format: OSIRIS, printed codebook

114. The Local - Government Calls For Eritrea To Release Swedish Journalist government calls for Eritrea to release Swedish journalist. (AFP) The Swedishgovernment on Tuesday called for the release of a Swedish journalist jailed in http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1376&date=20050504

115. The Local - Mass Resignations Hit Government Relocations Mass resignations hit government relocations. The Swedish government s controversialdecision to move 19 agencies from Stockholm to towns hit by defence http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1813&date=20050729

116. Swedish Neutrality: Information From Answers.com However, the Swedish government opposed Sandler s proposal, in that it was It was first believed that the Swedish government dropped Sandler due to his http://www.answers.com/topic/swedish-neutrality

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Swedish neutrality Wikipedia Swedish neutrality Swedish neutrality refers to Sweden 's policy of neutrality in armed conflicts, which has been in effect since the early 19th century . The policy originated largely as a result of Sweden's involvement in the Napoleonic Wars during which over a third of the country's territory was lost, including the traumatic loss of Finland to Russia. Resentment towards the old king precipitated a coup d'©tat and the new regime formulated a new foreign policy which became known as The policy of 1812 . Since this time, Sweden has been involved in no armed conflicts. The Policy of 1812 A rally of support for the Scandinavian movement. The new foreign policy, often called the Policy of 1812, was directed by Jean Baptiste Bernadotte , the elected crown prince. The policy of 1812 was in sharp contrast to Sweden's previous foreign policy, during which Sweden had been involved in many conflicts, especially with its arch enemy, Russia. However, in 1812, Napoleon started a campaign against Russia and tsar Alexander . Needing all the allies he could get, Napoleon met with the Swedish king in  bo. At the meeting it was agreed that Sweden would accept that Finland was part of Russia in exchange for the tsar's help in pressuring Denmark to cede Norway to Sweden and a policy of neutrality was commenced.

117. SWEDISH GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. AGGRESSION The Swedish government has never advocated a righteous Vietnam policy. Torsten Nilsson then informed that the Swedish government will present http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/bpp/bpp190769_p9.htm

THE BLACK PANTHER July 19, 1969 Page 9. SWEDISH GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. AGGRESSION The Swedish government has never advocated a righteous Vietnam policy. Sometimes we are allowed to hear some beautiful government words. But in practice the government has often supported the U.S. imperialism directly. Therefore we must increase our support to the NLF and combat U.S. imperialism. In a speech January 18, 1965, the Swedish foreign minister Torsten Nilsson said: "We miss the suppositions to judge safely if the American tactics conduct the raised objectives." Which were the tactics? Continued murdering and escalation of the aggression in Vietnam. The objectives? The U.S. government talked about peace and lied about "aggression from the North". Why should "we" not be able to "judge" and condemn this? "In the Vietnam conflict it is hard to determine to what degree the participants have support for their activity in international treaties and folkjudical rules." What does Torsten Nilsson mean by "activity"? The U.S "activity" was an aggressive war and the "activity" of the Vietnamese was a defense struggle. Which international treaties and folkjudical rules support an

118. The Personal Register Law And EU Directive Several parties asked the Swedish government to try to get EU to change its datadirective, based on the model that the law should specify what is forbidden http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/society/personal-register-law.html

The Swedish Personal Register Law A new Swedish law about handling of personal information in computers took effect on 24 October 1998. The law makes much of the publication of information about individual persons on the Internet illegal, such as criticism of named persons, publication of lists of references in scientific papers or the sending of e-mail messages outside of Europe. This law is based on an EU directive , and all EU countries are thus obliged to enact similar laws. The critique of the law in Sweden discussed below, has, however, not been voiced in other countries than Sweden (when this is written, July 1999). The law was changed in November 1999 because of the massive criticism of the law. In November 2000, the Commission of the European Communities asked member countries for their experience with the directive. Here you can ask questions about the law, discuss it and state your own opinions. Summary of the Swedish Personal Register Law The object of the law is to protect against invasion of privacy through handling of personal information. The law defines "handling of personal information" as any handling of personal information, automatic or manual, like collection, registering, organizing, storing, treatment or change, retrieval, use or transmission, publication, collating, blocking or deleting. This law, however, only applies to handling of information which is wholly or partly automatic (for example by using computers)

119. LLRX -- Update To A Guide To The Swedish Legal System Fact sheets on Swedish government policy are also included. The Swedish wordfor government bill is proposition and the abbreviated form is Prop. http://www.llrx.com/features/swedish2.htm

Navigation Advanced Search Law Pro Links LLRX Buzz LLRX Top 10 Meta Links Newstand Resource Centers - Document Delivery - Comparative and Foreign Law - International Law - Intranets/Knowledge Management - Marketing - Search Engines Update to A Guide to the Swedish Legal System By Ingrid Kabir Ingrid Kabir is a law librarian at the law section of Stockholm University Library. The Stockholm University Library is the national resource library for law in Sweden. Building the portal Rättskällan is a collaborative effort with five law participating libraries. The number of editors are at the present time twelve with a view to expand. She is the coordinator of the work with Rättskällan and is actively been promoting the use of electronic sources to legal resources. Published June 1, 2001 This article is an update to Ingrid's Guide to the Swedish Legal System, published on LLRX.com, November 1, 2000. Table of Contents The Swedish Legal System Background The Swedish Constitution Sources of Law ... Standard Texts The Swedish Legal System Background The Swedish legal system has its roots in the continental legal tradition with its dependence on statutory law. There was close communication between scholars of Sweden and the European continent in the eighteenth century. This led to a strong influence from the German-Roman tradition of the European continental countries on the Swedish legal system. A comprehensive Swedish code was enacted in 1734. This code, known as

120. CENTR: News Article 03/04/2000 The Swedish government has published on 3 April 2000 a study on .se The Swedishgovernment sees as a direct consequence, an increase in Swedish http://www.centr.org/docs/2000/04/news-dotse.html

search: Swedish Government Study on .se The Swedish Government has published on 3 April 2000 a study on .se top-level domain registry practices. The main task of this study has been to analyse and investigate the best way to manage domain names under the top-level domain .se. Here follows an extract of the main findings taken from the English summary of the study. A link to the summary and study is provided below: technically .se is performing an excellent job, but .se is lacking legitimacy and transparency; .se is criticised for their regulatory system of prior assessment. The Swedish Government sees as a direct consequence, an increase in Swedish businesses registering under other national or generic top-level domains. In their opinion this prohibits .se from being considered as the "natural abode for all users having a connection with Sweden". The study highlights the following proposals: Introduction of a new simpler rule system Introduction of a formalised agreement between Swedish Government and the Swedish domain name system, managing organisation (contractor) Formalisation of the role of the Internet Infrastructure Foundation as contractor Government appointment to the Foundation Board of Directors of two permanent members and one alternate member Throught these measures the Government hopes to achieve the following results: make it easy, quick and inexpensive to register under .se

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