Gender Issues in Schools - Tackle the Problem (GIST)

Fadime Şahindal On the 21st of January 2002, 17 years ago, Kurdish born Fadime Şahindal was fatally shot by her father. This “crime of honor” would be a turning point in Swedish politics and justice system as well as the people’s opinions. People finally got an eye-opener that the “culture of honor” existed in Sweden. After graduating in 1996, Fadime met a Swedish man, Patrick Lindesjö, with whom she fell in love. They met in secret during the following year but were found out by her father as they were walking in the city in autumn of 1997. Fadime’s father and brother were furious and with the rest of the family they started threatening to kill her. As the brave girl she was, Fadime reported the crimes to the police, but no major punishment were given. Fadime moved away from Uppsala and started studying in the northern parts of Sweden. However, the threats continued and Fadime’s brother was ordered to take her life. When she tried to speak with the authorities, ...

Our recommendations: 1) Les culottées ,  des femmes qui ne font que ce qu’elle veulent,  ( Women who do as they please ) is a French blog BD written by Pénélope Bagieu in 2016. It is a book that includes fifteen biographical stories of women. Each comic tells the life of a woman from the past or present and all over the world with an unusual or inspiring story. This book is really fun and easy to read, we chose it because it tells incredible stories of women.  You can read it !!!! The book was released In English with the title Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World.    There are two volumes so thirty stories in total, but we’ve read only the first volume.(The English version has only 29 stories instead of the original 30,  "Phoolan Devi, the Indian Queen of Bandits" was removed because it included the rape of a ten-year-old girl by her husband). 2) We suggest you a French’ reporting about the problem for a father to change ...

Sweden recommends - Part Two The Hate U Give - Movie Recommendation The Hate U give is a movie (2018) based on a novel by the same name. It follows a 16- year old girl named Starr Carter. She comes from a stereotypical black neighborhood in america but attends a mostly white high school. One night, after going to a party, her childhood friend Khalil gives her a lift home. They are stopped by an white police officer and Khalil is shot by the officer. This movie is very relevant as police brutality is a prevalent issue in the US and is being talked about all around the world. b y Elin Frost

Sweden recommends: Astrid Lindgren – not only a famous author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) is best known as the uncrowned queen of children’s book with classic books   like Pippi Longstocking , Emil from Lönneberga and Karlsson on the Roof to name just a few. Not only did she write books for children, she was also a strong voice for children’s rights and objected to parental violence being used as a means of punishing children if they had done something wrong. In 1978, when she was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Association of Booksellers, she took the opportunity to advocate strongly against corporal punishment in her famous acceptance speech called “Niemals Gewalt”.   The Prize committee first urged her to give another, less controversial speech, but she threatened to refuse accepting the award if they didn’t let her give the speech she wanted. In the 1970s, parents in many European countries including Germany and Sweden were still allowed to ...