Zaida Catalán

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Zaida Maria Catalán (6 October 1980 – 12 March 2017) was a Swedish politician, lawyer, and human rights expert who was a member of the Green Party and leader of the Young Greens of Sweden between 2001 and 2005. She left active party politics in 2010 to pursue international work in peacebuilding and human rights, including roles with the Folke Bernadotte Academy and European Union civilian missions. As a former politician, she advocated on issues including the environment, animal rights, and human rights (including support of Sweden's sex purchase law; see Prostitution in Sweden). During her time in Swedish politics, she co-authored early political motions advocating for consent-based sexual offence legislation. Sweden later adopted consent-based rape legislation, which entered into force on 1 June 2018. Similar consent-based legal frameworks have since been introduced in multiple European countries. Catalán worked between 2011 and 2016 in conflict-affected and post-conflict environments...

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