Gunilla Ekberg Explained

Gunilla Ekberg
Alma Mater:	University of British Columbia, Canada

Gunilla Ekberg is a Swedish-Canadian lawyer. From 2002 to 2006, she was employed at the Ministry of Industry as the Swedish Government's expert on prostitution and trafficking in human beings.

Education

Ekberg's education includes a degree in social work from Lund University, and a law degree from the University of British Columbia in Canada. She took out Canadian citizenship in 2003.

Career

Ekberg is a strong opponent of prostitution, and an outspoken advocate for Sweden's approach to prostitution, in which the sex buyers are prosecuted, but the prostitutes are supported by the social services in an effort to move them out of the industry.^[1] In 2005, the program The Gender War criticized Ekberg for telling the reporter Evin Rubar that she could not expect help if she was assaulted, since she opposed the feminist movement.^{[2] [3]} This led to calls for her resignation, but Equality Minister (Jämställdhetsminister) Jens Orback defended her.^[4]

Ekberg later became Co-Executive Director to the lobby group Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International in Brussels, from which she continued to campaign against prostitution around the world,^[5] including Bulgaria,^[6] Australia,^[7] and Vancouver.

Articles

• Ekberg . Gunilla S. . Parr . Joy . Mrs Consumer and Mr Keynes in post-war Canada and Sweden . . 8 . 2 . 212–230 . 10.1111/j.1468-0424.1996.tb00044.x . August 1996 . Pdf.
• Ekberg . Gunilla S. . Abortion rights are central . . 30 . 2 . 18 . February 2000 . 20836554 .
• Ekberg . Gunilla S. . The Swedish law that prohibits the purchase of a sexual service: Best practices for prevention of prostitution and trafficking in human beings . . 10 . 10 . 1187–1218 . 10.1177/1077801204268647 . October 2004 . 73297880 . Pdf.

See also

• Prostitution in Sweden
• CATW

Notes and References

1. News: Hasiuk . Mark . Feminist lawyer outlines Swedish prostitution success . . 7 March 2011 . 1 April 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162705/http://ketelpatrouille.be/sites/default/files/pers/2011/2011.03.07%20Feminist%20lawyer%20outlines%20Swedish%20prostitution%20success.htm . dead .
2. News: Rothstein . Bo . Bo Rothstein . En moralisk kollaps för svensk journalistik . . 16 October 2005 .
3. News: Bondesson . Mikael . Jämställdhetsexperts advokattitel ifrågasatt . . 24 May 2005 . 22 February 2011 . 5 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101205191912/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/jamstalldhetsexperts-advokattitel-ifragasatt-1.586929 . dead .
4. News: Bondesson . Mikael . Folcker . Annika . Orback har fortsatt förtroende för Ekberg . . 25 May 2005 .
5. News: Wase . Dick . Bevare oss för statens "prostitutionsexperter" . . 23 February 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728041900/http://www.newsmill.se/artikel/2009/02/23/bevare-oss-statens-prostitutionsexperter . 28 July 2011 .
6. News: Kulish . Nicholas . Bulgaria moves away from legalizing prostitution . . 5 October 2007 .
7. Raelene Frances, selling sex . Perspective . 29 January 2008 . . Barclay . Paul (presenter).