Swedish government is giving every 16-year-old a copy of 'We Should All Be Feminists'

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December 18, 2015 12:39 PM

The Swedish government is partnering with several national organizations to distribute We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to every 16-year-old in the country.

Swedish government is giving every 16-year-old a copy of 'We Should All Be Feminists'

The Swedish government is partnering with several national organizations to distribute We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to every 16-year-old in the country.

The book launch was held at Norra Real secondary school in Stockholm, where it was announced that each second grade high school student in Sweden (16 year olds) will receive a copy – with more than 100 000 copies distributed so far.

Clara Berglund, chair of the Swedish Women’s Lobby, said: “This is the book I would have wanted to get for all the guys in my class when I was 16 years old. That is why it is so important that we contribute to this project. It is a gift to all students in grades two, but also a gift to ourselves and to future generations.”

Albert Bonnier publisher Johanna Haegerström said: “Our hope is that the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie text will open up a conversation about gender and gender roles, starting from young people’s own experiences.”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie first gave the world "We Should All Be Feminists" as a TEDx talk in 2013 where she discussed about her personal experience of growing up in Nigeria with an acute analysis of the complexity of modern feminism.

A year later, the beloved lecture was published as a short book.

Part of the talk was also used by American pop star Beyoncé in the song “Flawless”.

Watch the TEDx talk below.

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