Statement by H. E. Ms. Annika Saarikko, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, at the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 13 March 2018
There is one factor above all that I see as the key to realizing the rights of women and girls. That is education. I am convinced by this because of my own family history, which is typical for Finland. The opportunities I have had, to study at university and now to even serve as a minister, are light years away from those available to my grandmothers, who were both farmers. In Finland, a political choice was made to make quality education available for all, as a way to bring about equality betwe