Group 8 (Sweden)

Karin Westman Berg, literary scholar and member of the Women's Literature Project at Uppsala University, held a gender conference circa 1967 in which the Group 8 founders attended.

By 1970 the group had increased to 16 members, all operating under the slogan "the private is political", which was intended to give recognition to women's struggles.

Both Americans and the British have developed opposition towards feminist groups and lessened their abilities to initiate political policies.

The group also sponsored housing set aside solely for women in order to help protect, strengthen, and empower the female population.

[2] Although Group 8 no longer holds a significant position in the feminist movement, it still publishes an issue of their magazine, "Kvinnobulletinen", every month.

The magazine was first released in 1970 and covered various feminist issues such as prostitution, unionism, women in the workplace, heterosexuality, and homosexuality.

In 2005 the political part Feminist Initiative was formed, and announced it would field candidates in future elections.

[citation needed] In 1971, the group relaunched International Women's Day manifestations and also started publishing Kvinnobulletinen.

[4] In 1973 a section that felt that more emphasis needed to be given to the class struggle broke away and formed Women of Labor (in Swedish: Arbetets kvinnor).

After making valuable contributions to Swedish societal issues, Group 8's importance to feminism in Sweden declined towards the end of the 70's.