Our goal is that the activities at Kvinnohojden shall be liberating, both on a personal level and social. Where there is oppression, we want to make it visible and break it. Together we women create a community that functions as a haven from the outer, visible oppression in patriarchal society, for example discrimination at work, "women-negative" commercials and men's violence against women. This outer visible oppression creates an invisible inner oppression within us in the form of bad self esteem and prejudice against ourselves and other women. This self-oppression can be difficult to identify and put into words. Therefore, we work with developing liberating working methods.
We want to break down the traditional authority patterns in different roles and give space for everyone's experiences. It is important that each women has the opportunity to feel safe, welcome and respected in the group.
A cornerstone to our activities is "the round", where each woman gets to say her opinion without being interrupted or questioned. Often we divide ourselves into "base-groups", small groups without a leader, where we get the opportunity to concentrate on whatever feels important to us.