“Organizing is the surest way to equip the poor in their fight against poverty,” says Reema Nanavaty from Self Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) – an organization that since 1972 organises the poor women workers in India to bargain for their rights and representation.
Reema Nanavaty joined the rural wing of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in 1984, the same year as the organization and the founder Ela Bhatt was awarded The Right Livelihood Award. Reema Nanavaty was elected as General Secretary in 1999. Under her leadership, SEWA's membership grew to new heights, making SEWA the single largest union of informal sector workers in India.

The right to food, health care, housing and education are examples of human rights that states are obliged to protect, respect and fulfill. But what do these rights entail and why are economic, social and cultural rights still often treated as non justiciable, how does the lack of complaint mechanisms impact the possibility to fulfill them? What does the legal framework look like and what can you do if you are being denied your rights?

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. But around the world writers, artists and musicians are censored, persecuted and imprisoned for exercising their rights. What is it about art, music and literature that frightens people in power? Meet some of them who have found a safe haven in Sweden. The panel is followed by a concert with Ramy Essam.

I arbetslivet behövs alla oavsett psykiskt funktionssätt. Hur skapar vi ett inkluderande och hälsofrämjande arbetsliv? Hör berättelser från dem som drabbats av psykisk ohälsa i arbetslivet och chefer som hanterat detta. Öppna samtal som punkterar fördomar kring arbetslivets största utmaning.

Det krävs ett rejält kunskapslyft inom ämnet afrofobi och därför inleds seminariet med en redovisning av Europas första Afrofobirapport vilket följs av en paneldiskussion med experter som har ägnat mycket tid åt att studera osynligörandet och hatet mot svarta kroppar.