1. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo Sex discrimination in working life Presentation at the Dutch-Swedish conference on gender equality by Swedish Equal Opportunities Ombudsman/Eva Nikell, Public Relations Manager

2. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo Mission and organisation of EOO Handling sex discrimination complaints Information and opinion-forming activities Scrutiny, guidance, Lecturing and development work Combatting sex discrimination Promoting gender equality Legal dept Scrutiny and Development dept Information and Communications dept

3. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo Handling of complaints about sex discrimination Complaint Impartial Investi- gation Sex discrimi- nation EOO represents com- plainant Neg. with employer Settle- ment Legal action Court ruling Not sex discrimi- nation

4. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo Three managers in four are men (Statistics Sweden 2008) Private sector, women Private sector, men Public sector, women Public sector, men

5. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo Weighted for age, education, working hours, sector and occupation Men have higher average salary than women WomenMen

6. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo 226 complaints to EOO in 2007 regarding working life

7. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo Complaints about sex discrimination in working life in 2007 Terms of pay and employment, 49 Employment, 42 Dismissal, 27 Harassments, 24 Management, 8 Other, 4

8. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo Complaints about mistreatment in connection with parental leave in 2007 Pay and terms of employment, 43 Employment, 15 Dismissal, 10 Other, 4

9. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo 202 cases regarding working life completed in 2007 Not discrimination, 80 Settlement, 30 Withdrawn, 24 Expired, 12 Union represents, 44 Others, 12

10. Jämställdhetsombudsmannen Drottninggatan 92, 103 68 Stockholm www.jamombud.se / info@jamombud.se Jämo The new Discrimination Act Section 1 ”The purpose of this Act is to combat discrimination and in other ways promote equal rights and opportunities regardless of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation or age.”