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FINLAND WOMEN'S COUNCIL CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF WOMEN'S LIVES

Photo: Helsinki City Museum

The National Council of Women of Finland celebrates its centennial with the exhibition Women's Rooms – Lives and Actions. It presents Finnish women's organizations and a century of their hard work for equality, a room of their own and a rightful place in the society. Many bold and innovative Finnish women and their accomplishments are presented in the Sederholm House, built in 1757, which is the oldest building in downtown Helsinki.

LINK TO CENTENNIAL PROGRAM & EXHIBITION 72-PAGE PUBLICATION:

http://www.naisjarjestot.fi/UserFiles/njkl/File/pdf/NH_nayttelykirja_13032011_nocrop_.pdf

http://www.naisjarjestot.fi/uk_tietoa_meista/uk_esittely/

The National Council of Women of Finland was established in 1911 as the Finnish branch of the International Council of Women (founded in 1888). Today the Council has 62 member organizations which altogether have nearly half a million individual members. An umbrella organisation independent of party politics, the Council acts as a national link and a forum for discussion for its member organizations. The activities of the Council are financed by the Ministry of Education, private funds and foundations, member organizations, and trade and industry.

The objective of the National Council of Women of Finland is to promote equality, human rights, and the status of women in the Finnish society. The Council strives to bring gender mainstreaming into the framework of society and to achieve gender equality both at work and in the family. Mental and physical integrity must also be guaranteed for every human being.