Presidential campaign slogan – So that no one is left behind
Jutta Urpilainen is the European Commissioner of International Partnerships and former Finance Minister of Finland. The former chief of Social Democratic Party was born on August 4, 1975. Rooted in Lapua, she developed a penchant for social issues, setting the stage for her future in politics.
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Harassment and violence continue
In a press release about its campaign last Thursday, UN Women Finland said that despite many steps forward, girls and women around the world still have to fight for their right to choose their place in society.
According to
Jaana Hirsikangas, Executive Director of UN Women Finland, various means have always been used to limit women s participation, including violence. Large-scale harassment and violence against women is still a serious obstacle to women s equal participation and influence, as well as to the realisation of democracy, Hirsikangas wrote in the organisation s press release.
According to the NGO, harassment and violence against women, including female politicians and decision-makers, limit women s opportunities to participate in the decision-making process or to seek political office.
Discretionary government grants to civil society organisations operating in the field of foreign and security policy, awarded for 2021 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press release
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted EUR 1 026 000 in discretionary government grants to 14 civil society organisations (CSOs) operating in the field of foreign and security policy.
The support is granted from 2021 Budget item 24.90.50 (Certain government grants) and it is meant for CSOs’ activities that are related to Finland s foreign and security policy and international commitments.
In the call for government grant applications for 2021, special emphasis was laid on rules-based international cooperation; prevention of conflicts; crisis management and mediation; human rights and human security; the European Union as a global actor; comprehensive transatlantic cooperation; and security threats related to climate change.
Support granted for Finnish civil society organisations linked with the UN; the aim is to promote awareness of the UN and sustainable development Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press release
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted EUR two million to Finnish civil society organisations (CSOs) linked with the UN for their basic operations and development communication and global education activities. In this application round, support was granted to six CSOs.
The objective of the support is to raise awareness and knowledge in Finland of the UN and its specialised agencies and their goals as well as of Finland s activities in the UN as part of the international rules-based system. Through the support, the organisations will advance the objectives of Finland s development policy in a number of sectors. The support is granted from the development cooperation appropriations for Finnish CSOs’ development cooperation.