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How divorce is boosting gender equality in Sweden – new study

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par Helen Eriksson, Researcher of Sociology, Stockholm University

Single mothers are one of the most vulnerable groups in societies around the world. In Sweden, the number of women with these care responsibilities has nearly halved over the past two decades. What has caused this change? Are we seeing a dramatic reversal in the global trend of increasing separations and divorce?

No, union dissolutions in Sweden are still among the highest in the world. What we are…

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