Finland presents special Hän recognition to Caroline Criado Perez

Finland places great significance on promoting equality in the world, and wishes to thank those who are working towards this common goal. To express its gratitude, Finland has been presenting special recognition to individuals and groups around the globe who are committed to advancing inclusivity in society. This year the HÄN Honour in the UK will be given to Caroline Criado Perez.

 

Like many languages, Finnish is full of loanwords – words that were, at some point, borrowed from other languages and incorporated into Finnish. Finland would like to give the rest of the world a word, to encourage international discussion about equality and inclusivity, and to support everyone who is working to promote them. The word is: hän.

Finland has been presenting special recognition to individuals and groups around the globe who are committed to advancing inclusivity in society. Equality forms a core value for Finland and its people, and the best symbol of Finnish equality is a personal pronoun from the Finnish language: hän. The third-person singular pronoun hän is neutral in terms of gender and social status, so it represents equal opportunity. It is “she” and “he,” all at once, and it has always existed in the Finnish language. To promote inclusivity and equality, Finland wanted to introduce this word – and the thinking behind it – to the rest of the world.

Finland expresses its gratitude for contributions to equality with special recognition to Caroline Criado Perez from the UK

Finland places great significance on promoting equality in the world, and wishes to thank those who are working towards this common goal. To express its gratitude, Finland has been presenting special recognition to individuals and groups around the globe who are committed to advancing inclusivity in society.

This year the HÄN Honour in the UK will be given to Caroline Criado Perez

Caroline Criado Perez is a best-selling and award-winning writer, broadcaster and award-winning feminist campaigner. Following successful campaigns to put a woman on Bank of England notes, put a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, and get Twitter to revise its abuse procedures, Criado Perez has produced Invisible Women to expose the shocking data bias that excludes women, the real life effect it has and call for change. Criado Perez will discuss her groundbreaking book at the annual WOW - Women of the World Festival in London.

Caroline Criado Perez received the recognition from the Ambassador of Finland to UK on stage at the WOW Festival in London March 6th

Among other recipients of the recognition are individuals and groups from Norway, Belgium and Poland. Last year the recognition was given to the director of the WOW Foundation, Jude Kelly CBE. The recipients represent a range of fields, including education, minority rights and gender equality. The full list of the first recipients and more info about why they were selected are available at: https://finland.fi/han/#Han_honours(Link to another website.).  The recognition forms part of a broader campaign about equality, launched in June 2019.

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