Swedish Association for Sexuality Education
Encyclopedia
The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU, Riksförbundet för sexuell upplysning) is a Swedish nonprofit organization
that works with public opinion formation on sexual and reproductive health
and rights
as well as information and education about sexuality and relationships. One of RFSU's main issues is the right to free abortion. The current Secretary-General is Åsa Regnér.
RFSU was founded February 24, 1933 by, among others, Elise Ottesen-Jensen
, Gunnar Inghe and Hanna Lundin. Ottesen-Jensen was chairman from its inception in 1959, and has come to be strongly associated with the organization, whose journal, Ottar, was named after her.
RFSU works with information, education and advocacy by organizing courses, conferences and debates. Moreover the RFSU carries an extensive international work with similar organizations in other countries. RFSU is the Swedish national affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
.
RFSU is the owner of RFSU AB and holds minority stake in Etac AB. Part of their profit goes to RFSU activities. RFSU AB sells condoms, lubricants, pregnancy tests and sex toys. Etac develops, manufactures and sells products for people with reduced mobility.
Nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that works with public opinion formation on sexual and reproductive health
Reproductive health
Within the framework of the World Health Organization's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system...
and rights
Reproductive rights
Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health. The World Health Organization defines reproductive rights as follows:...
as well as information and education about sexuality and relationships. One of RFSU's main issues is the right to free abortion. The current Secretary-General is Åsa Regnér.
RFSU was founded February 24, 1933 by, among others, Elise Ottesen-Jensen
Elise Ottesen-Jensen
Elise Ottesen-Jensen, also known as Ottar, was a Norwegian-Swedish sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator, whose main mission was to fight for women's rights to understand and control their own body and sexuality. She was a member of the Swedish anarcho-syndicalist union Central...
, Gunnar Inghe and Hanna Lundin. Ottesen-Jensen was chairman from its inception in 1959, and has come to be strongly associated with the organization, whose journal, Ottar, was named after her.
RFSU works with information, education and advocacy by organizing courses, conferences and debates. Moreover the RFSU carries an extensive international work with similar organizations in other countries. RFSU is the Swedish national affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
International Planned Parenthood Federation
The International Planned Parenthood Federation is a global non-governmental organization with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning. It was first formed in 1952 in Bombay, India, and now...
.
RFSU is the owner of RFSU AB and holds minority stake in Etac AB. Part of their profit goes to RFSU activities. RFSU AB sells condoms, lubricants, pregnancy tests and sex toys. Etac develops, manufactures and sells products for people with reduced mobility.
External links
- Swedish Association for Sexuality Education – official website (English)