Ongoing commissions at NCK

NCK's activities are governed by the letter of appropriation to Uppsala University, which is issued at the end of each year.

Letter of appropriation Uppsala University 2025 esv.se (in Swedish)

The Government also allocates commissions in letters of appropriation for specific areas of expenditure. The letter of appropriation for 2025, concerning appropriation 3:1 Special gender equality measures within expenditure area 13, states that NCK may use SEK 28,000,000 for:

• operating and developing the national support helplines for victims of violence, including associated chat services,
• implementing an EU-harmonised telephone number for victims of violence in Sweden,
• collaborating with the Swedish Gender Equality Agency to develop support materials that include information and disseminate knowledge about the causes, extent, and consequences of violence, with a particular focus on the judicial system,
• assisting the Swedish Gender Equality Agency in mapping the vulnerability and risk of exposure to intimate partner violence among LGBTQI individuals,
• assisting the Swedish Gender Equality Agency in addressing the digital dimensions of men's violence against women, intimate partner violence, honor-based violence and oppression, as well as prostitution and human trafficking,
• preparing for the implementation of a population study on exposure to men's violence against women, intimate partner violence, honor-based violence and oppression, as well as prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes,
• assisting the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services in mapping methods for identifying sexual risk exposure and methods for treatment,
• otherwise supporting national authorities in implementing measures to achieve the gender equality policy objective that men's violence against women must cease,
• collaborating in inter-agency efforts to strengthen and promote sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Letter of appropriation Ministry of Employment 2025 at esv.se (in Swedish)

The Government has assigned the National Centre for Knowledge on Men's Violence Against Women the task of implementing an EU-harmonised telephone number for individuals who have been subjected to gender-based violence. An EU-harmonised telephone number means that individuals who have experienced men's violence against women, intimate partner violence, and honor-based violence and oppression can reach a support helpline using the same phone number, regardless of which EU member state they are in.

Implementation of an EU-harmonised telephone number for victims of violence in Sweden pdf)

In 2024, NCK is working on behalf of the National Centre against Honour-based Violence and Oppression (NCH) to establish a special national function where individuals who are exposed or at risk of being exposed to honour-based violence and oppression and their relatives can turn to for advice and guidance at a general level. The support function is regulated in the Ordinance on the National Centre against Honour-based violence and Oppression (SFS 2022:1345). NCK will start a new support line in 2024 and run it as a pilot operation.

Ordinance on the National Centre against Honour-based Violence and Oppression (in Swedish)

Commissions to map the vulnerability of LGBTI people to domestic violence and analyse the need for measures (Ministry of Employment: A2023/01065)

The National Centre for Knowlege on Men's Violence Against Women, together with the Swedish Gender Equality Agency, has been commissioned to map LGBTI individuals' vulnerability and risk of vulnerability to violence in close relationships, to analyse the need for measures and propose measures aimed at both the target group and the relevant professional groups.

Government commission together with the Swedish Gender Equality Agency to map LGBTI people's exposure to violence (pdf in Swedish) Pdf, 124 kB.

Commissions to map men's exposure to violence in close relationships (Ministry of Employment: A2023/00985)

The National Centre for Knowledge on Men's Violence Against Women, together with the Swedish Gender Equality Agency, has been commissioned to map the prevalence of men's exposure to violence in close relationships and conduct an analysis of the need for various interventions.

Description of the government commision in the letter of appropriation regarding the Swedish Gender Equality Agency (pdf in swedish) Pdf, 123 kB.