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Finland became one of the first countries to grant women the right to vote, and still today they are among the top countries for women equality. Finland was voted second in the Global Gender Gap Index in women's rights. Finland made marital rape illegal in 1994. [19] In 2003 the government of Finland proposed addressing issues with gender ...
Still today, Finland struggles with a chronic human rights violence against women. Each year, in Finland, up to twenty women are killed by their husbands or ex-husbands. [ 20 ] Human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, have criticised the lack of action to fulfill the needed services for the victims of gendered violence ...
Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Finland (Finnish: Suomen eduskunta, Swedish: Finlands riksdag), [3] and the Government has limited rights to amend or extend legislation. The Constitution of Finland vests power to both the President and Government: the President has veto power over parliamentary decisions, although this power ...
The ILO Convention 156 followed the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979, which recommended some maternity leave, and said in its preamble that states are "aware that a change in the traditional role of men as well as the role of women in society and in the family is needed to achieve full equality between men and women".
Minister of Transport and Local Government (24 Jun 2014 -29 May 2015) Minister of the Interior (22 Jun 2016 –Incumbent) 2963 (Total) 3150 National Coalition Party: Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb Juha Sipilä: Jutta Urpilainen: Minister of Finance (22 Jun 2011–6 Jun 2014) Deputy Prime Minister (22 Jun 2011–6 Jun 2014) 1081 Social ...
The Constitution of Finland (Finnish: Suomen perustuslaki or Swedish: Finlands grundlag) is the supreme source of national law of Finland. [1] It defines the basis, structures and organisation of government, the relationship between the different constitutional organs, and lays out the fundamental rights of Finnish citizens, and individuals in general.
Women in positions of power are women who hold an occupation that gives them great authority, influence, and/or responsibility in government or in businesses. Historically, power has been distributed unequally. Power and powerful positions have most often been associated with men as opposed to women. [1]
Finnish women's rights activists (1 C, 18 P) P. ... Pages in category "Women's rights in Finland" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.