In this lesson we will:
- Develop knowledge of how Sweden’s laws are based on human rights (and why).
- Reflect on why we need legal protection against discrimination and violence.
- Developing knowledge on domestic violence, its manifestations and men’s violence against women: genital mutilation, honour killings and prostitution
Film
Tasks
Reading/ viewing/ listening
- Diskriminering, informationsverige.se
- Rattigheter och skyldigheter utsatt for vald, informationsverige.se
Look through the information via the links. Then answer the study questions (use forms or email):
- What is discrimination?
- When and How do we see discrimination in everyday Life?
- In what situations do individuals need protection from discrimination?
- How does Sweden work against violence against women (in close relationships).
Further detailed Reading/viewing (optional):
- Film about “Discrimination”: https://www.youmo.se/en/vald-och-orattvisor/film-diskriminering/
- Discrimination Ombudsman: https://www.do.se/choose-language/english/what-is-discrimination
- Pyramid of hate: https://asiapacific.gchumanrights.org/2020/10/02/know-your-rights-racial-discrimination-and-the-pyramid-of-hate
- Hate crime statistics: https://bra.se/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/hate-crime.html
- Equality Agency: https://jamstalldhetsmyndigheten.se/swedish-gender-equality-agency/
- Equality https://sharingsweden.se/materials/sweden-a-country-less-ordinary/ (p28)
Gothenburg Rights Centre:
Film, Tea and Consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwvrxVavnQ
Film, Fatta-Consent Law: https://youtu.be/x1_8-rhSZ-0?t=818
Help Agencies: