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Agenda 2030, the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, has been in place for one year. Birgitte Feiring (Danish MR Institute), Åsa Persson (Stockholm Environment Institute), Malin Elisson (Sida) and Frida Trollmyr (municipal councilor in Malmö, S) discuss hopes and fears and whether Sweden is ready for work on the agenda. The seminar took place on November 17, 2016 at the MR days.
November 17, 2016, FUF pods
Sweden works both nationally and internationally to achieve the Global Goals. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the international work on the goals. But how is the Foreign Ministry's Agenda 2030 work coordinated with the thematic priorities in development aid and feminist foreign policy? And how can Swedish authorities, civil society, companies and the general public be involved in the work on Agenda 2030? Listen to Magnus Lennartsson who is head of the Global Agenda unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
November 7, 2016, FUF pods
It has been six months since Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy took power in Burma or Myanmar as the country's official name is. Since Burma has been ruled by the military junta for decades, expectations of the new democratically elected government have been high. And despite the fact that many democratic reforms have been implemented, the UN recently criticized the government in Burma for systematic discrimination against minority groups in the country, and above all by the Muslim minority group Rohingya. Johanna Kvist, information manager at the Burma Committee, and Abul Kalam, chairman of the Swedish Rohingya Associaton, talk about the situation for Rohingya in today's Burma.
November 1, 2016, FUF pods
The Millennium Development Goals failed to include people with norm-breaking functional variations, leaving one of the poorest and most vulnerable groups off the global development agenda. The new development agenda, Agenda 2030, talks about the importance of "leave no one behind" - but will it become a reality, or are they just empty words? FUF, the Swedish Association for the Visually Impaired and MyRight invited to a seminar to discuss just this together with representatives of the World Bank, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sida and civil society.
October 24, 2016, FUF pods
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security was adopted in 2000. The resolution was adopted as civilians became more and more vulnerable to armed conflict and women were often excluded from peace processes. But why is it important to implement a gender perspective in international peace work? What are the challenges? In this podcast section, you will listen to Martina Lindberg who will talk about how to work with gender mainstreaming in international defense work.
October 24, 2016, FUF pods
The State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, Ulrika Modéer, presents the budget bill and the government's plans for development aid and development in 2017. Lennart Wohlgemuth and Malin Stjernström from FUF moderate and ask questions.
October 3, 2016, FUF pods
At the turn of the year, the starting point for the work of implementing the Agenda 2030 adopted by the UN General Assembly was set. The goals are universal and apply to all countries, including Sweden. This spring, the government therefore appointed a delegation which, among other things, is tasked with producing an overall action plan for Sweden's implementation of the agenda. How does the delegation work with the development of the action plan? What are the conclusions so far? How can Swedish authorities, civil society, companies and the general public be involved in the work on Agenda 2030? Listen to Johan Hassel, member of the Agenda 2030 delegation.
September 20, 2016, FUF pods
What does Agenda 2030 mean and how do we achieve our goals? How do we raise the work we do in Sweden to a global level? And what role do the young people of the world play in this work? On 10 September 2016, FUF and LSU arranged a conference on the theme Youth & Agenda 2030 - local going global with participants from all over the world. In this section of the FUF podcast, we get to listen to the speech and panel discussion that opened the conference. Speakers are Johan Hassel (Agenda 2030 delegation), Hanna Hansson (Concord Sweden), Rosaline Marbinah (LSU), Bosco Aung (NYC in Burma) and Moreblessing Mavhika (NEWAG in Zimbabwe). Josephine Bladh moderates.
September 10, 2016, FUF pods
60 million people in the world are on the run, climate change is raising the temperature and melting the ice, and at the same time every third woman in Europe is being subjected to violence because of her gender. It is perhaps not so strange that more and more people are walking around with world anxiety. During Almedalen Week 2016, FUF and OmVärlden let visitors express their world anxiety in a confessional. The artists Dogge Doggelito, Daniel Boyacioglu and Mayka interpreted the people's anxiety from Sweden in the World Square scene. In this podcast section, you will hear these interpretations and a summary of our panel discussions.
July 16, 2016, FUF pods
On June 28, Sweden was elected to the UN Security Council for the period 2017-2018. What can Sweden contribute? How to make an impact on human rights issues? In this FUF podcast from Almedalen Week 2016, you will hear e.g. Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, Anders Kompass and Lena Ag (Kvinna till Kvinna). The report was made by Carl-Johan Backman, Kristina Fedai and Elin Nordin.
July 15, 2016, FUF pods