Sweden launches new program to curb violence against womenHelsinki: Sweden has launched a new program to combat what Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called “one of the largest and most frightening social problems” facing the nation: men’s violence against women. Kristersson said the new effort will address violence linked to severe mental-health problems, domestic abuse, and so-called honour-related violence, in which women are targeted by family members. He added that the cabinet has already decided to tighten parole rules and strengthen how repeat offending is assessed. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said it “should not be life-threatening to be a woman in Sweden,” adding that “dangerous men should be locked up” so women can feel safe in public. Historical accounts often link it to 13th-century “peace laws” intended to curb assaults and abductions of women, though original texts are not preserved.