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In 1993 Schyman was elected party leader for the Left Party |
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Schyman's greatest asset was her appeal to the voters, and her party more than doubled its number of MPs during her leadership. She gained popularity for her candidness and her ability to speak openly about her struggle with [[alcoholism]]. During her period as party president the party adopted [[feminism]] as an ideological basis. In 2003 she was charged with misleading the tax authorities by attempting to make illicit [[tax deduction]]s. She was temporarily succeeded by [[Ulla Hoffmann]]. |
Schyman's greatest asset was her appeal to the voters, and her party more than doubled its number of MPs during her leadership. She gained popularity for her candidness and her ability to speak openly about her struggle with [[alcoholism]]. During her period as party president the party adopted [[feminism]] as an ideological basis. In 2003 she was charged with misleading the tax authorities by attempting to make illicit [[tax deduction]]s. She was temporarily succeeded by [[Ulla Hoffmann]]. |
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Gudrun Schyman | |
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| Leader of the Swedish Left Party | |
| In office 1993–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Lars Werner |
| Succeeded by | Ulla Hoffmann |
| Member of the Swedish Parliament for Stockholm County | |
| In office 1988–2006[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman June 9, 1948 Täby, Stockholms län |
| Political party | MLK (1970s), Left Party (1988-2004) Feminist Initiative (2005-) |
| Alma mater | Socialhögskolan |
| Profession | Socionom |
| Website | www.schyman.se |
Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948, Täby, Uppland) is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work. She remained in a member of parliament until 2006.
Leader of the Left Party
In 1993 Schyman was elected party leader for the Left Party.
Schyman's greatest asset was her appeal to the voters, and her party more than doubled its number of MPs during her leadership. She gained popularity for her candidness and her ability to speak openly about her struggle with alcoholism. During her period as party president the party adopted feminism as an ideological basis. In 2003 she was charged with misleading the tax authorities by attempting to make illicit tax deductions. She was temporarily succeeded by Ulla Hoffmann.
In 2002 she made a controversial speech concerning men's oppression of women, in which she said "The discrimination and the violations appears in different shapes depending on where we find ourselves. But it's the same norm, the same structure, the same pattern, that is repeated in the Talibans' Afghanistan, as well as here in Sweden".[2][3]
In October 2004, Schyman proposed, together with other MEPs of the Left Party, before the Riksdag, a national assessment regarding the cost of men's violence towards women; furthermore they demanded that the state fund women's shelters.[4] The proposal attracted wide attention, and the media called it, erroneously, a "man tax".
Founder of the Feminist Initiative
Schyman left the Left Party in 2004 and in 2005 co-founded Feminist Initiative, an organization which at its first congress decided to contest the coming parliamentary elections. In 2006 she was supported by Jane Fonda in the party's campaign, prior to the 2006 election. Feminist Initiative received only approximately 0,7% of the votes, compared to the 4% threshold required to get parliamentary representation. In the 2009 European parliament elections, the party got 2,22% of the vote.[5] In the summer of 2010 - leading up to the 2010 election - Gudrun Schyman burned 100,000 Swedish krona in a protest against unequal pay in Sweden. The stunt, staged by advertising collective Studio total, gave Feminist Initiative widely spread attention.[6][7] In the election, Schyman's party got 0.4% of the votes.[8]
Schyman participated in the Swedish television show "Let's Dance" in 2010 and ended up at the sixth place.
See also
References
- ^ She represented the Left Party until 2004 when she left the party and sat until 2006 as a maverick.
- ^ Sjölund, Jill (9 October 2006). "Jämo: Ni är ju som talibaner" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
- ^ Text of so-called "Taliban Speech" to Vänsterpartiets kongress 2002 (in Swedish)
- ^ Motion 2004/05:So616 Ansvaret för mäns våld mot kvinnor
- ^ "Val till Europaparlamentet - Röster" (in Swedish). [[Election Authority (Sweden)|]]. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Swedish feminists burn cash in wage equality protest". BBC News. 6 July 2010.
- ^ http://www.makthavare.se/2010/07/06/har-branner-gudrun-schyman-hundra-tusen/
- ^ http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html (in Swedish)