Gender sensitising is a critical need in our corporates. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce India runs a national as well as international annual training program to create task forces drawn from workers across the length and breadth of the APAC and Oceania region. Currently, 186 leaders from 40 Swedish companies in 11 countries have taken this training in the past three years.

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Our studies with member companies of the Chamber have revealed the need to bring about attitudinal changes to remove gender barriers.

 

Our course includes topics such as the history of gender discrimination, bounded awareness, objectification theory, surface and deep level diversity, social capital, power and dominance, intersectionality, feminism - past, present, future, unconscious denial, creating counter-cultural landscapes, panoramic vision and much more.  Participants are challenged to examine their personal and cultural assumptions, to redefine and reconstruct both attitudes and actions.

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Outcomes are ambassadors for gender justice in corporates, trained catalysts for constructive change; creation of transformational dialogues and conversations; trainers for orientating others, especially new recruits in organisations, among others, to help spread the message.

 

Our aim is to reach beyond organisational, national, and generational borders across the globe, to eventually mushroom into a movement across both Swedish and other corporate globally. 
 

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"For us at Alleima, the overarching ambition for our Diversity and Inclusion work is that all our people can operate at their full potential, at the same time feel valued and welcomed for whoever they are.

Our participation in The Task Force on Gender Sensitisation by Kraftsamla, Swedish Chamber of Commerce India, has contributed to increasing gender sensitivity and creating awareness around the topic specially in our factory environment at Alleima India. 

We see this training as a catalyst for organic change and development in this area and we will continue to actively engage our leaders and colleagues to participate in the program to enable our commitment towards D&I at Alleima and hopefully through this see change at community levels as well."

Sharath Satish, President - Business Unit Tube APAC at Alleima, Managing Director -Alleima India Pvt Ltd. Alleima has so far 12 Task Force members in India and 8 from China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. 
 

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The Task Force India on Gender Sensitisation (Sept 2025-March 2026)

Overseen by a senior trainer, the program runs from September 2025 until March 2026. The first four months are spent in training, with weekly seminars, discussions, and individual and group assignments.

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Teams consisting of trainees from multiple corporates are trained to do a public online presentation in the second phase. On completion of the training the participants are graduated in a ceremony hosted by the Embassy of Sweden, New Delhi. 

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Companies in the Task Force so far:

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ABB, Alfa Laval, Alleima, AQ Mechanical, Atlas Copco, Bluefish Pharmaceuticals, Columbus Global, Dellner, Dynapac, Epiroc, Ericsson, Ericsson Global Services, Fortum, Getinge, H&M Business Tech Hub, H&M Production, Hitachi Energy, Höganäs, IKEA, Indiska, Jacobi Group, Medicover Hospital, Munters, Oriflame, Perstorp, Saab, Sandvik Coromant, SECO Tools, SKF, Sonepar, Tapflo, Tetra Pak, Tietoevry, Trelleborg, Trelleborg Marine Systems, Truecaller, Volvo Cars, Volvo Group, Volvo cars India Tech Hub, Zacco.​

Participants:​

Corporate managers are invited to participate. The expected investment is six hours each month for teacher-led interactions, and another six hours for self-studies and group work. The programme runs September-March. 

 

Participant Fee: 

₹ 100,000 (taxes extra) 

For companies that are members of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce India (SCCI).

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₹ 150,000 (taxes extra)

Non-members.

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Timings

Sept 2025- March 2026