Sweden - 2012
In your country are there any non governmental organisations whose principal objectives relate to opposing/undermining racism and racist activity?
- Code:
- RED39
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Policies & Organisations
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes |
| Qualitative Info |
There are about twenty Anti-discrimination Agencies, which are NGO's, nationwide offering assistance to individuals who find themselves discriminated against on any of the grounds covered by the Antidiscrimination Act. For example there is the Anti-discrimination Agency in Uppsala (Diskrimineringsbyrån Uppsala (DU) which is a local anti-discrimination with the aim to combat and prevent discrimination on all discrimination grounds (http://www.diskrimineringsbyran.se/). There is also Expo - Stiftelsen antirasistisk tidskrift, which is a Swedish foundation that publishes a magazine Expo. Expo's purpose is to raise awareness on racism and xenophobia through studying anti-democratic, extremist and racist trends in society (http://http://expo.se/).
Another NGO working to fight discrimination and racism is the Swedish Centre Against Racism (www.centrummotrasism.nu) which works with all discrimination grounds on the national and international level.
Source: Swedish Centre Against Racism, www.centrummotrasism.nu The National Board for Youth Affairs, http://www.ungdomsstyrelsen.se Anti-discrimination Agencies, http://www.adbsverige.se/ Expo - Stiftelsen antirasistisk tidskrift,(http://http://expo.se/ Anti-discrimination Agency in Uppsala (Diskrimineringsbyrån Uppsala (DU), http://www.diskrimineringsbyran.se/ |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Africans/black people, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism |
| External Url | www.centrummotrasism.nu |
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