The previous parliament consisted of only female ministers.
In Finland, a woman can freely choose which industry to work in.
All doors are open, even the corporate ones, and the best are chosen to fil the positions.
Finland is second only to Iceland in the world gender equality statistics.
All true, so we can only be satisfied with our equality work, right?
At the same time, Finland is the second most dangerous country for women in Europe.
In Finland, homicides usually are between marginalized, alcoholic men, and the second most common type of homicide is homicides against women by...
Edellinen hallitus koostui vain naisministereistä.
Suomessa nainen saa valita vapaasti, mille alalle suuntaa.
Kaikki ovet ovat avoinna, myös yritysten johtoportaisiin ja parhaat valitaan.
Suomi on maailman tasa-arvotilastossa heti toisena Islannin jälkeen.
Kaikki totta, joten voimme vain olla tyytyväisiä, eikö?
Samaan aikaan, Suomi on naiselle Euroopan toiseksi vaarallisin maa.
Suomessa henkirikokset tapahtuvat yleensä syrjäytyneiden, alkoholia käyttävien miesten välillä, toiseksi yleisin henkirikostyyppi...
Our Mission: Collect Actionable Ideas & Take Action to Close The Gender Equality Gap As The First Country in the World
Crush Movement is for rebel leaders who want to crush the patriarchic norms and build a better, more equal, and inclusive future for all.
It was founded by female entrepreneurship advocates Anna Pyykkö, the founder of Female Founders Suomi, and Katja Presnal, the author of Big Rich Money.
We believe, Finland has the opportunity to close the gender gap as the first country in the world.
There is systematic gender inequality that according to United Nations...
Introducing Crush Event Speaker
Laura Strömberg is the founder of Dagsmark Petfood, and she grew the company from ground up to a turnover of 10 million euros. Laura just recently moved from the position of CEO to the boardmember. She is also involved in the operations of several other companies, and she is a consultant, mentor and a speaker.
Laura has a doctorate in Economics and works as an honorary teacher at Turku School of Economics in the Entrepreneurs in Residence program. Laura swears by the values of humanity, courage and sustainable business when it comes to...
Introducing Crush Event Speaker
Jaana Hirsikangas has been the executive director of UN Women Finland since 2019. She has previously worked to strengthen women's rights and economic livelihood as the liaison manager of the Women's Bank and has lived and worked in development projects in Costa Rica, Uganda, India, the United States, and Thailand.
UN Women is the UN organization delivering programmes, policies and standards that uphold women’s human rights and ensure that every woman and girl lives up to her full potential. UN Women is the world's leading organization promoting...
Introducing Crush Event Speaker
Margo Roi moved to Finland from the Kyiv region 9 years ago, when she was 18 years old.
She was working as a programmer when the Russian invasion of Ukraine started and immediately knew she has to do something to help. She took a leave of absence from her programmer job, and founded a FinUA to help Ukrainians.
Throughout the past year, FinUA managed to build software that has reached more than 360,000 people from different marginalized communities and especially the Ukrainians in Finland (and some European-wide).
FinUA is the #1...
Introducing Crush Event Speaker
Sami Minkkinen has been writing the popular Havaintoja parisuhteesta blog (Observations on a Relationship) since 2013. The blog has over 100,000 readers, and Sami has written a few books as an extension of his blog.
In his blog, Sami visibly upholds equality, human rights, and the diversity of relationships and genders and many ways of expressing it.
Sami has two daughters, whom Sami tries to raise to be exactly who they are without narrow role assumptions, but mainly it’s been the daughters who have raised him to be a better person.
Sami...
Meet Irene, a pioneering non-binary business leader and neurodivergence activist who is on a mission to transform the way we view leadership and redefine traditional gender norms. With a firm belief that gender should not define one's ability to lead, Irene is blazing a trail of change and innovation in the business world.
Their venture, EmpAct Cooperative, is set to revolutionize the consulting industry by developing software that proves the quality, impact, and results of consulting and change management initiatives through data-led solutions.
But Irene's vision doesn't stop there.
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Kamilla Sultanova is an Uzbek-born keynote speaker, mentor, TedX speaker and the founder of the consulting firm ConnectUz. She guides organizations and communities towards integration and inclusiveness through inclusive projects, activating workshops and inspiring speeches.
Kamilla led the Hanken International Talent program 2019-2021, and mentored and coached international talents through events organized by Global Dignity.
Kamilla's work for inclusion in the Nordic countries has been cited both by the Barack Obama Foundation and by Suomen Sitran Muutosjohtajat-academy. In...
Eva was born as a refugee into a closed and conservative society in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
She spent her childhood years as an outlaw without civil and human rights, without any kind of social safety net. By the age of 13, she had to stop going to school and get a job to support her family.
Eva moved to Finland at the age of 16 in 2005. It was easy to adapt to her new home country, a safe place, where equality and the rights of women and minorities are respected. She learned the Finnish language quickly, and paved her way from a child laborer to the first...
Lilo Molin is a 22 year old Design Bachelor student from the Netherlands currently pursuing her studies at Aalto University. Lilo's academic pursuits have primarily focused on inclusivity in design, with a particular emphasis on gender inclusivity, which she will further explore in her thesis.
Prior to her enrollment at Aalto, Lilo's studied design United World College Changshu, China. During her studies she led the gender equality group that taught about gender inclusivity and sexual education to students from over 100 nationalities. Her previous speaking engagements also include...
Kamilla was born and raised in Karshi, Uzbekistan, and she has lived in the Nordics for the last 18 years. She gives us a global perspective on what it means to be a woman, and a mother in the Nordics, and how it may differ from other cultures. We discuss what are some of the things we also need to learn here at Nordics, for example, we need to understand why diversity, equity, and inclusion are important, and how we can bring communities together by sharing our stories and working on removing our unconscious biases.
Interview with Kamilla Sultanova
Kamilla Sultanova is an...
