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Sweden Launches Program to Combat Men’s Violence Against Women

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Helsinki, Jan 29 (IANS) Sweden has launched a new program to combat what Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called “one of the largest and most frightening social problems” facing the nation: men’s violence against women.Speaking at a press conference in Stockholm on Wednesday (local time), Kristersson said he will chair a new ministerial council on kvinnofrid (“women’s peace”), aimed at strengthening coordination across government agencies.Kristersson said the new effort will address violence linke…