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.

Uppsala University shall conduct research related to the clinical activities in the field of men's violence against women. The work shall be based on the Government's gender equality policy objectives 6 and 7 (Government Bill 2025/26:1, Expenditure Area 13, Section 5.5). The University shall cooperate with Uppsala University Hospital on matters relating to the clinical activities in this field.

This includes supporting the operation of the national support helplines and their associated chat services for women, men, non-binary people, people with trans experience, people subjected to honour-based violence and oppression, and relevant professionals.

Letter of appropriation Uppsala University 2026 esv.se (in Swedish)

The Government also allocates commissions in letters of appropriation for specific areas of expenditure. The letter of appropriation for 2026, concerning appropriation 3:1 Special gender equality measures within expenditure area 13, states that NCK may use SEK 39,000,000 for:

• to operate and further develop, in accordance with the specific assignment under point 3, Objectives and reporting requirements, in the agency's 2025 appropriation directions, the support helplines and their associated chat services referred to therein;
• in connection with the support helplines, to prepare for providing support to professionals on issues relating to honour-based violence and oppression from 1 July 2026 onwards;
• to develop and disseminate existing knowledge resources and web-based support for higher education institutions, municipalities, the justice system, and the health and medical care services, with a focus on knowledge relating to prostitution and human trafficking, and honour-based violence and oppression, and, where necessary, to identify the need for new knowledge resources;
• together with the Swedish Gender Equality Agency, to continue developing web-based support for the justice system, building on previous government assignments in this area (the Swedish Gender Equality Agency's 2024 appropriation directions), with a particular focus on honour-based violence and oppression. The target groups are all professionals within the justice system who encounter victims, including associate lawyers and members of the Bar. NCK and the Swedish Gender Equality Agency shall also examine the conditions for offering tailored training programmes for different professional groups within the justice system. Knowledge and experience shall be drawn from the work of the Swedish Crime Victim Authority in developing web-based support on violence against children (the Authority's 2026 appropriation directions);
• to assist the Swedish Gender Equality Agency in carrying out the assignment concerning the digital dimensions of men's violence against women, intimate partner violence, honour-based violence and oppression, and prostitution and human trafficking (A2024/00815);
• to assist the Swedish Gender Equality Agency in carrying out the assignment concerning a national information and training initiative on honour-based violence and oppression (the Swedish Gender Equality Agency's 2026 appropriation directions);
• to initiate the implementation of a population-based study on exposure to men's violence against women and intimate partner violence, with a particular focus on health consequences;
• to prepare knowledge and methodological documentation as a basis for complementary studies of population groups that are either too small to be included in the population-based study or are difficult to reach through conventional statistical surveys and methods. This shall include, with the support of the Swedish Gender Equality Agency, preparing knowledge and methodological documentation as a basis for a separate study on exposure to honour-based violence and oppression in Sweden (the Swedish Gender Equality Agency's 2026 appropriation directions). The documentation shall include an assessment of the feasibility of analysing exposure across different geographical areas, for example areas characterised by high levels of social exclusion;
• to assist the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) in its assignment to map methods for identifying sexual vulnerability and methods of treatment (SBU's 2025 appropriation directions);
• to participate in the joint government agency assignment to strengthen and promote sexual and reproductive health and rights;
  and, more generally, to assist national government agencies in carrying out assignments aimed at achieving the gender equality policy objectives that men's violence against women, intimate partner violence, and exploitation through prostitution and human trafficking shall end, and that honour-based violence and oppression shall end.

Of the funds allocated, at least SEK 7,000,000 shall be earmarked for the operation of the National Women's Helpline (Kvinnofridslinjen) and the other national support helplines for victims of violence at the National Centre for Knowledge on Men's Violence Against Women (NCK). In addition, SEK 750,000 shall be used to implement Government Decision A2024/01236 concerning the joint government agency assignment to strengthen and promote sexual and reproductive health and rights.

In addition to the annual report, the work shall, where required, be reported separately in writing or orally to the Government Offices (Ministry of Employment).

An amendment decision dated 11 June 2026 states that NCK may also use SEK 2,000,000 to:

• in accordance with the specific assignment under point 3, Objectives and reporting requirements, in the agency's 2025 appropriation directions, operate and further develop the support helplines, including their associated chat services, referred to therein. This includes developing the helplines so as to ensure that people who have been subjected to sexual exploitation, for example through prostitution, trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes, or exploitation in pornography, receive appropriate support and are better informed about the support available;
• assist the Swedish Gender Equality Agency in carrying out the assignment concerning the digital dimensions of men's violence against women, intimate partner violence, honour-based violence and oppression, and prostitution and human trafficking (A2024/00815); and drawing on the lessons learned, initiate a pilot study with the aim of developing the capacity to provide appropriate support relating to violence with digital dimensions to people who contact any of the support helplines.

Letter of appropriation Ministry of Employment 2026 at esv.se (in Swedish)

On 13 November 2025, the Government decided on amendments to the appropriation directions for the 2025 budget year concerning appropriation 3:1 Special gender equality measures, within Expenditure Area 13 Integration and Gender Equality. The appropriation directions state that NCK may use funds, within the framework of its work with support helplines, to prepare for providing support to professionals in matters relating to honour-related violence and oppression as of 1 July 2026.

Appropriation directions for the 2025 budget year, Government decision 13 November 2025. Support for professionals in matters relating to honour-related violence and oppression (PDF) pdf, 149 kB.

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 Knowledge 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.

The Government has commissioned NCK, in cooperation with the Swedish Gender Equality Agency, to develop web-based knowledge production concerning violence against LGBTQI people. The purpose is to increase knowledge and thereby improve the detection of violence against LGBTQI individuals. This knowledge must also be translated into professional responses that ensure LGBTQI people do not risk discrimination when seeking support from society.

NCK has previously developed similar online resources for municipalities, healthcare services, and the judicial system in their work with victims of violence, and will now adapt and expand this work specifically in relation to violence against LGBTQI people.

Description of the government commission (pdf) pdf, 2 MB.