Ms. Åsa Lindestam is a member of the Swedish Parliament, currently on the Committee on Defense. She is also an alternate member of the Swedish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and of the Swedish Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Ms. Lindestam is a Member of the Board of the Swedish Coast Guard. She is also very active in the local politics and is the chairman of the Municipal Party Organization in Söderhamn. Striving to achieve equal rights, opportunities and obligations for all human beings is the most important political battle for Mrs. Lindestam - and her reason for being a Social Democrat.