Gudrun Schyman

Overview

Gudrun Schyman born Tãby, Uppland, Sweden June 9, 1948. Feminist politician; Member of parliament; led Socialist Left Party 1993-2003; founded Feminist Initiative Party 2005; opposed NATO militarization of North.

Quotations

“It is therefore high time to redefine the concept of security—security must be about human security and not national security. . . Sweden can and should instead focus on conflict prevention and peace-mediation institutions.” (Feminist Initiative, Aug. 8, 2010)

“[W]e have had a long period of majority looking upon the budget as a goal in itself that should be used to traditional things like the military, and we have to cut that budget and I think that when you see the feminist movement, a strong feminist and peace movement, you see that feminists are antimilitarists and that’s why we have to get into the rooms where the decision is made about the money.” (Dec. 15, 2015, Reconstruction Women’s Fund; photo alchetron)