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Before There Was #Metoo, There Was Anita

March 15, 2018

Marta Kolankiewicz, a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University, will sit down with RWI’s Anna Bruce after the screeningof the film Anita on Saturday night at the Swedish Human Rights Film Festival.

Anita … Continue reading » “Before There Was #Metoo, There Was Anita”

Asking Mothers of the Next Generation What to Do

September 16, 2016

Photo credit: Rod Waddington flickr stream

What would it take to get more girls to complete primary education in Ethiopia?

That’s what Helena Reisdahl, an RWI Minor Field Study grant holder, went to Ethiopia to investigate.

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute … Continue reading » “Asking Mothers of the Next Generation What to Do”

Minsk Declaration of Women Leaders Adopted at International Forum

June 27, 2016

Photo credits: Maryia Vincheuskaya, UNDP in Belarus

Participants at the International Forum of Women Leaders “Equal Opportunities for a Better Future” held in Minsk, Belarus recently adopted a declaration calling for the further advancement of women’s participation in political and … Continue reading » “Minsk Declaration of Women Leaders Adopted at International Forum”