Heléne Fritzon

Gender Equality and the Green Transition must go Hand in Hand

Gender equality and the green transition should always go hand in hand and be prioritized. The absolutely most important issue for the future, also for increased gender equality, is that we take responsibility for the climate. The Paris Agreement and the EU's ambitious program The Green Deal are based on everyone contributing and taking responsibility. A fossil-free society is therefore a feminist and fair society. The EU is leading the green transition, now it is important that we continue that development and stick to the ambitious climate policy.

Heléne Fritzon

Heléne Fritzon is a Member of the European Parliament. She has had leading assignments in politics for many years at several different levels: locally as a kommunalråd in Kristianstad, nationally within the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions and as a Minister of State. In the EU Parliament, she is delegation leader for the Swedish Social Democrats, vice-chairman of the European Social Democratic Group, and sits on the committee for the environment, public health and food safety (ENVI), the gender equality committee (FEMM) and the culture committee (CULT). Heléne Fritzon is also a member of the National Board and Executive Committee of the Social Democrats.

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