Gender rights rolled back: Sweden ex-min.
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Apr 26, 2025 | Page No.: 6 | Position: Middle Right | Source: Mrittika Banerjee | Sq Cm: 143 | AVE: 533659 | PR Value: 2668295
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Gender rights rolled back Sweden ex-min MRITTIKA BANERJEE I DC HYDERABAD APRIL 25 Former Swedish minister Ann Linde warned that hard-won gender rights were being rolled back across continents and The panel discussion in called upon people with a progress at the summit progressive mindset to confront the global trend Addressing journalists at the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad on Thursday she described how the proportion of women in the European Parliament had dropped for the first time since its inception and that the pattern was repeating elsewhere The decline was nei- ther accidental nor isolat- ed It is part of a broader global retreat from femi- nist ideals one that pro- gressives must directly confront she said Linde who led Sweden s feminist foreign policy during her time in office pushed for structural fixes over cosmetic reforms Citing examples from trade she explained how women s apparel attract- ed disproportionately higher tariffs than men s without any reason except gender A silk shirt for a woman could carry a tariff six times higher than its male equivalent she said adding that similar dis- crepancies existed in sportswear and under- wear These gaps invisi- ble unless gender disag- gregated data is studied are symptoms of how deep bias runs