Equality

Lifestyle

RIGHTS

Spain approves draft law for equality of transgender, LGBTI people

The Nomad Today 7/2/22

Trans migrants will be able to change the documents issued in Spain if their rights are not guaranteed in their country of origin

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EQUALITY

Family leave reform to extend number of days of parental allowance

The Nomad Today 2/17/21

Parents would be allowed to transfer up to 63 daily allowance days of their quota to the other parent. Single parents would have the right to use the parental allowance quotas of both parents.

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GENDER EQUALITY

Finland to broadcast major men's and women's sports equally

The Nomad Today 2/12/21

A government decree declares the main women's football, hockey, athletics and ski competitions of primary importance for society and establishes the obligation to televise them under the same…

Lifestyle

International Women's Day

Only 1 manager out of 3 in the EU is a woman

The Nomad Today 3/8/20

Finland is below the EU average, according to Eurostat.

Finland

Preparation of equal pay program interrupted due to lack of consensus

The Nomad Today 2/13/20

The Government and social agents were unable to agree on how to narrow the gender pay gap.

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Finland's Gender Equality award to an NGO that changed discriminatory laws worldwide

The Nomad Today 12/2/19

The organization also managed to change attitudes towards female genital mutilation and child marriages, and as a result, more and more people disapprove of these practices.