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February 4, 2025

New Op-Ed: Sweden Must Support Women’s and Girls’ Rights Globally

 Uppsala Nya Tidning published an op-ed titled “Sverige måste bidra till kvinnors och flickors rättigheter globalt” on 22 January 2025, written by leading experts in this field. The article emphasizes the urgent need for Sweden to strengthen its support for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally.

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January 14, 2025

Op-ed in Altinget – Forskare: Regeringen underminerar Sveriges roll i det globala samfundet

SweDev published a new op-ed in Altinget regarding the cuts in funding for research in development. In this article, SweDev highlights alarming indications that the government is deprioritizing Agenda 2030 and dismantling decades of progress in development research. The piece underscores the importance of maintaining expertise on complex global challenges to ensure Sweden’s role as an international leader. You can read the article (in Swedish) published in Altinget, below.

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December 19, 2024

Vetenskapsrådets öppna utlysning 2024: En analys av finansiering för utvecklingsforskning

För att undersöka om och hur finansieringen för svensk utvecklingsforskning förändrats, har SweDev gått igenom de projekt som beviljades medel i VRs öppna utlysningar 2024. Nedan beskriver vi vårt tillvägagångssätt och resultaten av vår genomgång.

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What is land, and to whom? – The need for development practitioners to widen their views of land

This post summarizes a blog post published on Land Portal and written by SweDev Steering Committee...

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Big man politics and multi-party rule call for new gender plans

This is a summary of a policy note published on the Nordic Africa Institute website. The Nordic...

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Protecting hard-won rights: gender and climate action at COP29

This is a summary of a post by Amy Cano Prentice and Dina Zayed, published on the ODI Global...

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