Victoria Kawesa

Victoria Kawesa
Leader of Feminist Initiative
Assumed office
March 2017
Personal details
Born (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975
Political party Feminist Initiative

Victoria Kawesa, (born 12 April 1975 in Uganda) is a Swedish politician and party leader of the Leader of Feminist Initiative. In March 2017, she was elected the leader of the party, along with Gudrun Schyman.[1][2] Kawesa is the first black party leader in Swedish history.[3] She is a lecturer at Södertörn university.[4]

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.[5]

Police investigation

In April 2017, a police investigation was commenced against Kawesa after she plagiarized a doctoral work and presented large parts as her own research, for which she was given an admonition by Linköping University.[6][7] She has previously (2013) been reported to have plagiarized another researcher's project application.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Swedish party wants to ban deportations - 'since white Swedes are not expelled'". Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Sputnik. "Feminists Cheer as Ugandan-Swede Is Elected Europe's First Black Party Leader". Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Victoria Kawesa är Sveriges första svarta partiledare - P5 STHLM". Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Södertrörn University". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Porträtt: Svarta kvinnors röster saknas - Nationella sekretariatet för genusforskning". Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kulturprofil anklagar Fi:s ledare för plagiat: ”Har skott sig på andra kvinnor”". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  7. ↑ "Partiledare för Fi polisanmäld: Uppenbart brott" (in Swedish). 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Länsprofil anklagar Fi:s partiledare för brott". Retrieved 2017-05-12.

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