Swedish Gender Equality Minister Nina Larsson is leading her country's delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women summit in New York, which runs from March 9-19, 2026. According to a press release from the Swedish Ministry of Employment, Minister Larsson will advocate for strengthened international alliances to combat online threats and hate speech targeting women and girls. The annual UN women's rights and gender equality summit is reportedly the UN's second largest meeting.
Minister Larsson stated that major tech companies have not taken sufficient measures to protect women from online abuse, including sexual harassment, digital violence, and harmful content promoting unhealthy body ideals. She emphasized that no single nation can realistically influence these global tech giants alone, calling for increased international cooperation to address the issue. The minister noted that what people encounter online affects them offline as well, with studies showing significant differences in what boys and girls see in their algorithm-driven feeds.
The world's largest companies have such enormous power that international cooperation is required to meet their influence
No single nation has a realistic chance of really influencing these global actors on their own