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The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level in Finland

Year: 2024

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The study on Finland was commissioned and resourced by the Human Rights Centre (hrc) of the Finnish nhri. 1 As a result, Finnish women were the first women in Europe to acquire the right to vote and the first women in the world to be able to stand as candidates for Parliament.In the first parliamentary elections held in 1907, 19 women -the first female parliamentarians in the world -were elected to the unicameral 200-member Parliament.For more, see eg <https:// finl and .fi /life -soci ety /finla nds -par liam ent -pion eer -of -gen der -equal ity /> accessed 13 April 2022.

Source: Brill | Nijhoff eBooks

DOI: 10.1163/9789004377653_010

Author: Merja Pentikäinen

Institution: University of Lapland

Language: English

Topic: European and International Law Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4392201876