Paola Elefante 4/6/21 Inclusion should be the norm – a personal story “I am an immigrant to this country and I accept that these are barriers I am deemed to meet,” my husband replies. We are talking...
Paola Elefante 7/20/20 Being a woman in Italy and in Finland We have a long road ahead to achieve global gender equality. The World Economic Forum estimates that the goal will be reached in about...
Paola Elefante 6/15/20 How to ‘foreign’ in Finland In August I will celebrate my 10th anniversary as a resident of Finland. Despite having acquired Finnish citizenship and feeling at home...
Paola Elefante 5/12/20 Coronavirus: sending the kids back to school or not? Like all parents, I am concerned about the current pandemic and its risks. My birth country is Italy and I naturally followed the...
Paola Elefante 3/6/20 Dear Finland, it’s time to talk about mental health and inclusion - #IamSuomiToo About two years ago, I was lying on my bed, dreaming of owning a switch to turn off my life . I was fighting a raging depression, the...