Victoria Kawesa Explained

Victoria Kawesa
Office:Leader of Feminist Initiative
Birth Date:12 April 1975
Birth Place:Uganda
Term Start:26 March 2017
Term End:15 September 2017
Parliament3:Swedish

Victoria Kawesa (born 12 April 1975) is a Swedish politician and former leader of the Feminist Initiative party. In March 2017, she was elected the leader of the party, along with Gudrun Schyman.[1] [2] Kawesa was the first black party leader in Swedish history.[3] In September 2017, she resigned, citing personal reasons. Kawesa was charged and found guilty of copyright violation.[4] She is a former lecturer at Södertörn University.[5]

Background

Kawesa came to Sweden as a nine-year-old with her family who had fled from the war in Uganda, and the family resided in Tensta outside of Stockholm.[6]

Plagiarism and assault

In April 2017, a police investigation was commenced against Kawesa after she was accused of plagiarizing a doctoral work and presented it as her own research, for which she was given an admonition by Linköping University.[7] [8] She has previously (2013) been reported to have plagiarized another researcher's project application.[9] Kawesa was found guilty by the Crown Court of Stockholm and sentenced to 15,000 kr fines and 6000 kr in damages.[10] [11]

In 2018, Kawesa was charged with assault after hitting a man in the face and kicking him at a Stockholm subway station. The incident occurred at 17:52, 11 January 2018, during which Kawesa had attempted to walk through the subway barrier without using her Access card. Kawesa claims self defence after the man first attacked her.[12] Surveillance footage showed otherwise, and Kawesa was convicted of battery, given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay a fine of 36,000 Swedish kronor.[13]

References

  1. News: oRadia Sweden:Feminist Initiative co-leader resigns . Sveriges Radio . 15 September 2017 . 2017-09-19 . 2018-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006195050/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6779024 . live.
  2. Web site: Aftonbladet . 15 September 2017 . 2017-09-19 . 2020-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201111194617/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/RkegA/fi-ledaren-avgar--pa-grund-av-livsomstandigheter . live .
  3. Web site: Victoria Kawesa är Sveriges första svarta partiledare - P5 STHLM. Sveriges. Radio. 4 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Victoria Kawesa åtalas för upphovsrättsbrott. 26 September 2017 . Aftonbladet. 26 September 2017. 11 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192211/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/samhalle/a/7WEp9/victoria-kawesa-atalas-for-upphovsrattsbrott. live.
  5. Web site: Södertrörn University. 21 May 2017. 27 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170327080535/http://www.sh.se/p3/ext/content.nsf/aget?openagent&key=sh_personal_profil_sv_989012. dead.
  6. Web site: Porträtt: Svarta kvinnors röster saknas - Nationella sekretariatet för genusforskning. Genus.se. 4 April 2017. 24 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180824041251/https://www.genus.se/nyhet/svarta-kvinnors-roster-saknas/. live.
  7. News: Kulturprofil anklagar Fi:s ledare för plagiat: "Har skott sig på andra kvinnor". Expressen. 2017-05-12. sv. 2017-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516221635/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kulturprofil-anklagar-fis-ledare-for-plagiat/. live.
  8. News: Partiledare för Fi polisanmäld: Uppenbart brott. 2017-04-27. 2017-05-12. sv. 2017-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427160339/http://nyheter24.se/nyheter/politik/883112-victoria-kawesa-plagiat. dead.
  9. Web site: Länsprofil anklagar Fi:s partiledare för brott. 2 May 2017 . 2017-05-12. 2017-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170509050319/http://www.folkbladet.nu/1835083/lansprofil-anklagar-fis-partiledare-for-brott. live.
  10. Web site: Förra Fi-ledaren döms för upphovsrättsbrott. 22 December 2017 . 2017-12-22. 2017-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223071146/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forra-fi-ledaren-doms-for-upphovsrattsbrott/. live.
  11. Web site: Nyheter detalj. 2017-12-22. Göteborgs universitet. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20180320183649/https://lir.gu.se/aktuellt/Nyheter/fulltext//victoria-kawesa-doms-i-plagiatmal.cid1537896. 20 March 2018. 2018-03-20.
  12. Web site: Expressen: Förra Fi-partiledaren åtalas för misshandel . 26 June 2018 . 2018-07-03 . 2020-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201111203329/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forra-fi-partiledaren-atalas-for-misshandel-/ . live .
  13. News: Victoria Kawesa dömd för misshandel i tunnelbanan. Expressen. 13 October 2018. sv. 8 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708193736/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/victoria-kawesa-domd-for-misshandel-i-tunnelbanan/. live.

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