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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 ...
On 6 March 1988, the first women to become priests were ordained in Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The first woman to become a bishop was elected in 2010. [19] 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]
Abortion is legal and free of charge upon request in Finland in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy since 1 September 2023. Between 1960 and 2023, abortion was widely accessible in practice for a variety of reasons (including socioeconomic factors), but nevertheless, the law required the pregnant woman to state her motivations and get approval from one or two doctors.
Violence against women in Finland (7 P) Pages in category "Women's rights in Finland" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
United States, State of New York: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy. [33] United States, Pennsylvania: Married women granted separate economy. [13] United States, Rhode Island: Married women granted separate economy. [13] 1849. India: Secondary education is made available by the foundation of the Bethune School. [34]
Naisasialiitto Unioni (Finnish) or Kvinnosaksförbundet Unionen (Swedish), sometimes referred to in English as the League of Finnish Feminists, [1] is a non-profit Finnish women's rights organization which was established in 1892. Since 1904 it has been the Finnish arm of the International Alliance of Women.
Whilst many firms globally have begun to accept the right to flexible work since the pandemic, Finland was decades ahead of the curve, passing its initial Flexible Working Act in 1996.
Tissiflashmob (Finnish for "tits flash mob") was a demonstration organised by Sandra Marins and Säde Vallarén, [2] which was held for the first time in June 2019 at the Hietaniemi beach in Helsinki, Finland. The organisers held the demonstration in criticism for a previous event where a woman had been removed from a beach for sunbathing ...