Tasa-arvon tietopalvelun luominen ja ylläpitäminen
Creation and maintenance of a center for gender equality information
Funding body
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Aims and objectives
To provide information, resources and contact details of experts on gender equality to public officials, politicians and citizens.
Results and impact
The information center was established in 2009 and is now a permanent structure affiliated since 2013 to the National Center for Health and Welfare. The govenrment ha allocated resources to secure its work in the future. The website www.minna.fi was created in 2009
Creator/owner/responsible institution
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Contact: tasa-arvotieto@thl.fi
Contents/activities/services
The service collects information about research and statistics concerning gender equality; provides information in case of domestic and foreign requests; assists in retrieving information on gender equality research and gender research; co-operates with Finnish researchers, NGOs and public administrators; co-operates with the other Nordic centers for gender equality information; co-operates with the European Gender Equality Institute (EIGE); administrates website minna.fi
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