Victoria Kawesa (born 12 April 1975) is a Swedish politician and former leader of the Feminist Initiative party. In March 2017, she was elected the leader of the party, along with Gudrun Schyman.[1][2] Kawesa was the first black party leader in Swedish history.[3] In September 2017, she resigned, citing personal reasons.[1][2] Kawesa was charged and found guilty of copyright violation.[4] She is a former lecturer at Södertörn University.[5]
Victoria Kawesa | |
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| Leader of Feminist Initiative | |
| In office 26 March 2017 – 15 September 2017 | |
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| Born | 12 April 1975 Uganda |
| Political party | Feminist Initiative |
Background
editKawesa 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.[6]
Plagiarism and assault
editIn April 2017, a police investigation was commenced against Kawesa after she was accused of plagiarizing a doctoral work and presented it as her own research, for which she was given an admonition by Linköping University.[7][8] She has previously (2013) been reported to have plagiarized another researcher's project application.[9] Kawesa was found guilty by the Crown Court of Stockholm and sentenced to 15,000 kr fines and 6000 kr in damages.[10][11]
In 2018, Kawesa was charged with assault after hitting a man in the face and kicking him at a Stockholm subway station. The incident occurred at 17:52, 11 January 2018, during which Kawesa had attempted to walk through the subway barrier without using her Access card. Kawesa claims self defence after the man first attacked her.[12] Surveillance footage showed otherwise, and Kawesa was convicted of battery, given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay a fine of 36,000 Swedish kronor.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b "oRadia Sweden:Feminist Initiative co-leader resigns". Sveriges Radio. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
- ^ a b "Aftonbladet". 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Victoria Kawesa är Sveriges första svarta partiledare - P5 STHLM". Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Victoria Kawesa åtalas för upphovsrättsbrott". Aftonbladet. 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Södertrörn University". Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Porträtt: Svarta kvinnors röster saknas - Nationella sekretariatet för genusforskning". Genus.se. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Kulturprofil anklagar Fi:s ledare för plagiat: "Har skott sig på andra kvinnor"". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ "Partiledare för Fi polisanmäld: Uppenbart brott" (in Swedish). 2017-04-27. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ "Länsprofil anklagar Fi:s partiledare för brott". 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ "Förra Fi-ledaren döms för upphovsrättsbrott". 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Nyheter detalj". Göteborgs universitet (in Swedish). 2017-12-22. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Expressen: Förra Fi-partiledaren åtalas för misshandel". 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ^ "Victoria Kawesa dömd för misshandel i tunnelbanan". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
External links
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Media related to Victoria Kawesa at Wikimedia Commons