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Purra obtained 42,589 votes by herself and became the most popular female candidate in the country in 75 years. [EPA-EFE/KIMMO BRANDT]
Friday, April 07, 2023
Finnish elections dominated by women
Euractiv
Even though the Finnish elections were won by a male, women dominated Finland’s general election that took place on Sunday, with the most successful candidates being female. The winner of the election is Peterri Orpo from the National Coalition...
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The election candidates promotional posters on the side of the road in Kirkkojärvi, Espoo on the 20th of March 2023. LEHTIKUVA
Saturday, April 01, 2023
Women account for 42.9% of candidates in 2023 Finnish Parliamentary Elections
Helsinki Times
The proportion of women among the candidates for the 2023 Finnish parliamentary elections is higher than ever before, according to a press release from the Finnish Statistics Centre. Women now account for 42.9% of candidates, which is 0.9 percentage...
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Finland's prime minister, Sanna Marin. Footage of her partying is ‘visible proof of the political strength of western liberalism’. Photograph: Kimmo Brandt/EPA
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Finland’s PM is a young woman in power. Her partying is the total opposite of disgrace
The Guardian
Sanna Marin is a symbol of feminist achievement that closet cultural-Putinists are fighting to contain Northern European politics rarely rates a mention in Australian media, but the young prime minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, has been making...
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Yes, women are allowed to party, even when they’re PM. Finnish women back Sanna Marin with  #solidaritywithsanna videos (Picture Women’s Agenda)
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Yes, women are allowed to party, even when they’re PM. Finnish women back Sanna Marin with  #solidaritywithsanna videos
Women’s Agenda
The women of Finland are backing their prime minister, Sanna Marin, by posting videos and memes of themselves on social media showing them dancing and having a good time, accompanied with #solidaritywithsanna.  Marin faced backlash last week after...
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Newly elected county councillor Anita Westerholm believes voters now pay more attention to gender diversity in decision-making. Image: Christoffer Westerlund / Yle
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Women majority happened because Finnish elections started from a clean slate, says researcher
YLE
Finland's county council elections were the first regional or municipality elections in the history of the country in which women won the majority of seats. In total, female candidates snapped up 53 percent of county councillor spots in the...
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Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin poses during an interview with Reuters at her official residence, Kesaranta, in Helsinki, Finland January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Essi Lehto
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Finland's PM says young female government has been target of hate speech
Reuters
Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland says she and her fellow young female ministers have been targeted with extensive hate speech for their gender and appearance while in office. "We can see that when you are young and female the hate speech that...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
The proportion of women in Finnish municipality councils lags behind national level
DemoFinland
The good experiences and practices in women’s political participation in Finland, which is known for gender equality, are followed with an interest in Demo Finland’s programme countries. Demo Finland supports the political participation of women...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Anne Kalmari
Anne Kalmari is a Member of Parliament from Finland.  This interview was conducted in March 2019 in the margins of the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) in New York.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Sanna Marin: Finland’s fearless prime minister is challenging sexism in politics
New Statement
In an interview with the Finnish magazine Trendi, the country’s 34-year-old prime minister Sanna Marin described being asked by one journalist, ahead of a meeting of her centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), whether she had cleaned her house...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Interviews
Finland’s Maria Ohisalo: Navigation through Covid-19 requires leadership based on win-win approach
Forbes
By Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, The world is facing a shared threat through Covid-19 but our experiences are hugely different, partly due to how our governments think and react. No matter how strongly we value our personal freedoms or how disconnected...
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Thursday, April 02, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How a millennial prime minister is leading Finland through crisis
Vogue
Whem I travel to Helsinki in late January to meet Sanna Marin, the millennial feminist environmentalist who had just become prime minister, the world looked so different than it does today. Back then, reports were slowly beginning to circulate about...
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Thursday, February 06, 2020
Finland's women-led government has equalized family leave: 7 months for each parent
NPR
People often ponder how the world might be different if more women were in political power. In Finland, where women lead the five parties in the coalition government, here's one change they're making: equal paid leave for both parents in a family....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Who is Sanna Marin, Finland’s 34-year-old Prime Minister?
The New York Times
When Sanna Marin, 34, was sworn into office on Tuesday, she became the world’s youngest prime minister, a fact that drew international attention this week when her party elected her as Finland’s next leader. But while the world is just becoming...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Finland’s new parliament is dominated by women under 35
VOX
Sanna Marin is about to assume a role that remains unusual for young women around the world. When she’s sworn in as prime minister of Finland this week, she’ll be in charge of an entire nation. Marin, who was elected by her party on Sunday, will be...
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Monday, December 09, 2019
Sanna Marin elected Finland’s, and the world’s youngest, Prime Minister
CNN
The 34-year-old Ms. Marin will struggle to defend her leftist views against coalition partner, the Centre Party, which wants action to boost Finnish employment to pay for the costly welfare state. Finland’s parliament on December 10 approved the...
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Friday, June 07, 2019
Strengthening political parties - Ensuring people’s voice towards the 2030 agenda
Political Parties of Finland for Democracy (Demo Finland) on behalf of The Political Party Peer Network is organizing the conference “Strengthening Political Parties - Ensuring People’s Voice Towards the 2030 Agenda” in Helsinki, Finland on 17-19...
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Thursday, June 06, 2019
Finland's new female-powered government sworn in
ABC News
Finland's new center-left coalition government has been sworn in, with the country's first Social Democratic prime minister in 16 years assuming office along with a climate issue-focused Cabinet where women are in the majority. The 19-member Cabinet...
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Friday, May 03, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Finnish parliament still mostly middle-aged, male
Yle Uutiset
Finland's parliamentary election on Sunday has been touted by some as a victory for "red-green" female candidates. Red-green parties include the Social Democrats, Left Alliance and Greens. A total of 92 women were elected to national office in...
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