Embassy of Sweden in Kampala

Information to Swedes in Uganda about the general election in Sweden 🗳️🇸🇪

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🇸🇪 Sweden's Support for Families and Equality

Balancing work and family life is a challenge for parents everywhere, and unequal unpaid care work still limits many women’s opportunities. Sweden has long worked to change this. In 1974, Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce gender‑neutral parental leave, giving both parents the right to paid time off — a reform that continues to strengthen equality at home and in working life.
Today, more fathers than ever are taking parental leave, helping create a fairer sharing of care and supporting greater gender equality across society.

The UN’s Global Day of Parents 🌍 highlights the vital role families play in children’s well‑being. Sweden’s child‑rights approach and strong family policies aim to ensure that all children grow up with love, security and equal opportunities, and that all parents receive the support they need to thrive.

📸 Magnus Liam Karlsson/imagebank.sweden.se

💜Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights across Africa

Through its partnership with the African Union and partners, Sweden supports concrete action to strengthen SRHR policies, financing, and accountability at continental and national levels.

✅ Strengthening accountability between Ministries of Health and Finance through AU-led health financing dialogues, in partnership with Clinton Health Access Initiative

✅ Accelerating the reduction of maternal mortality through continental coordination with AU and UN partners

✅ Prioritizing gender equality and SRHR in AU bodies based on evidence and research from The African Population and Health Research Center

✅ Improving SRHR outcomes for women, girls and young people through continental strategies and coordination

From policy dialogue to financing, data and
implementation, this partnership is turning commitments into action.

Rights protected. Lives saved. Futures strengthened.

Robyn has shaped global pop for over two decades — and she’s still rewriting the rules. On March 27, 2026, she released her ninth studio album Sexistential through Konichiwa Records, her first in eight years.

The album dives into themes of motherhood, desire, and nightlife, with production from longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund — echoing the emotional clarity of her Body Talk era.

Sexistential features nine tracks and is now available on Spotify and Bandcamp. A new chapter from one of Sweden’s most influential voices. 🎧✨



📸 Lauren Harris/ www.instagram.com/robynkonichiwa/

📈 More trade and business in Africa — driving sustainable development

Together with partners, Sweden supports the African Union to:
✔️ Strengthen implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
✔️ Build capacity in trade policy and law
✔️ Train thousands of African professionals

Result?
🌍 Better trade systems
🤝 Stronger regional cooperation
📊 Increased capacity to drive economic reform

Trade that works for Africa.

Protecting Africa’s blue economy for future
generations

Through the African Union’s Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), Sweden supports concrete action to protect Africa’s aquatic ecosystems and the livelihoods they sustain.

✅Climate change impacts on aquatic biodiversity assessed and documented

✅Regional and international blue economy instruments reviewed and aligned with AU priorities

✅Measures strengthened to reduce environmental harm from tourism, oil, gas and mining

✅Women’s leadership advanced through targeted gender consultations and action agendas

From continent-wide policy frameworks to practical guidance for Member States, this partnership is helping turn Africa’s Blue Economy Strategy into action.

Healthy ecosystems. Sustainable livelihoods. Shared responsibility.

Peace is built through presence, dialogue, and trust.

Sweden supports the African Union in strengthening:
🕊️ Mediation and conflict prevention efforts
🌍 AU liaison offices supporting stability across Africa
🗳️ Democratic processes through election observation missions

From Mali to South Sudan, the AU is helping keep dialogue moving forward, with Sweden as a committed partner.

Stronger institutions. More resilient societies.

🌍🤝 Happy Africa Day 2026 – Delivering Results Together!

Today, we join the African Union in celebrating , marking the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963 and honoring Africa’s unity, resilience, and shared ambition for sustainable development.

Sweden remains a committed, long-term partner to the African Union. Through close cooperation – both direct and through the Joint Financing Arrangement – we are working together to strengthen how the AU plans, delivers, and measures results. Throughout the week, we will highlight key areas of our cooperation across Africa, showcasing how partnerships translate into real, lasting impact.

Our joint efforts are advancing:

✔️ Stronger, results-based management systems
✔️ More transparent and efficient financial governance
✔️ Clear alignment with Africa’s strategic priorities

Some examples of what this partnership delivers on the ground:

🕊️ Expanded mediation and dialogue for peace and stability
🌊 Protection of Africa’s blue economy for future generations
🤝 Stronger implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area
💜 Enhanced continental coordination on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

This is cooperation in practice, built on trust, shared priorities, and measurable impact.