text: UNITED ^ A# Convention on the Elimination all Forms of lainst Women ci Distr. GENERAL CEDAW/C/5/Add. 8 15 December I982 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Second session CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF THE CONVENTION Initial reports of States Parties SWEDEN II V.82-34495 - 2 - At the time of ratification, Sweden fulfilled the undertakings implied by the articles not specifically commented on below. A summary of work and organization for the promotion of sexual equality will be found in the appended fact sheet on Equality between Women and Men in Sweden and in "Step by Step", National Plan of Action for Equality, Apps. 1 and 2. Reference is further made to the Swedish Government's reply to UN request for information on the implementation of the programme of action for the second half of the UN Decade for Women (1981-09-16) and to the Swedish Government's. reply to a previous UN questionnaire on the implementation during the period 1975-1978 of the World Plan of Action adopted at the World Conference of the International Women's Year (May 1979, updated Nov. 1981), Apps. 3 and 4 Article 1 In Sweden's opinion, the Convention should not have been confined to the discrimination of women. Instead it should have been given a wider approach, in terms of sexual discrimination. Changes with a view to sexual equality must include measures affecting men as well as women. This fundamental premise constitutes the starting point of Swedish efforts to achieve equality between women and men. The Committee on Equality between Men and Women (cf. App. 1) is at present conducting a questionnaire survey of 5 000 men, together with a number of in-depth interviews, to elucidate conditions for men and male attitudes concerning . 
analysis: This text appears to be a report submitted by the Swedish government to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The report discusses Sweden's efforts to achieve equality between women and men, including measures to promote sexual equality and address discrimination against women. The text does not mention specific economic, environmental, or scientific issues, but rather focuses on social and human rights issues related to gender equality.