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5.1.2026 | ​​​​​​​ Social- och hälsovårdsministeriet inleder ett projekt för att uppdatera handboken om säker läkemedelsbehandling. Syftet med handboken är att stärka informationsstyrningen vid upprättandet av planerna för läkemedelsbehandlingen och säkerställandet av säkerheten inom läkemedelsbehandlingen.  

Vastuut tupakka- ja nikotiinipolitiikassa Tupakkalain valvonnasta vastaa Lupa- ja valvontavirasto Valvira (tuotteiden markkinavalvonta sekä markkinointikiellon valvonta) sekä kunnat (koko tupakkalain valvonta kunnan alueella). Lupa- ja valvontavir...

Gender equality The MSAH plays a key role in promoting gender equality by preparing legislation, monitoring the situation of gender equality nationwide, coordinating the development of activities on gender equality and promoting the implementation...

16.4.2026 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Child Home Care Allowances and Private Childcare Allowances. The proposal would implement the Norwegian model for child home care allowance. The proposal seeks to promote the integration and labour market position of women with an immigrant background and to increase the participation of children in early childhood education and care.

The 11th annual Gender Equality Days (Tasa-arvopäivät) were organised on 8-9 October 2025 at the Clarion Hotel Aviapolis in Vantaa. 

Gender Equality in working life Equality in working life must be promoted particularly in pay, working conditions, terms of employment, recruitment, career development, and reconciliation of work and family life. The Gender Equality Act obliges em...

Department for Work and Gender Equality The Department for Work and Gender Equality (TTO) guides and directs the supervision and administration of occupational safety and health, drafts legislation and policies on occupational safety and health, a...

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STM:n asettama työryhmä selvittää erikoissairaanhoidon sairaaloiden ja päivystysten nykytilaa ja tekee ehdotuksia erikoissairaanhoidon sairaaloiden ja ympärivuorokautisten terveydenhuollon päivystysten porrasteisuudesta, työnjaosta ja yhteistyöstä. Ohjausryhmä ohjaa ja tukee työtä.

Programmet för psykisk hälsa i arbetslivet Den psykiska hälsan inverkar på framgången i arbetslivet och främjar sysselsättningen. Programmet för psykisk hälsa i arbetslivet lyfter fram betydelsen av förebyggande åtgärder och främjandet av psykisk ...

6.3.2026 | The 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place in New York from 9 to 19 March 2026. Finland will be represented at the session by a broad-based delegation led by Minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, who is responsible for gender equality issues.

2.12.2025 | Finland has ranked 8th in the Gender Equality Index for the European Union (EU). The Index measured gender equality in various domains, such as work, health and power. The data for the most recent Index is mainly from 2023 and 2024.

7.10.2025 | The Nordic ministers responsible for gender equality and LGBTI will meet in Hämeenlinna on 7 October. The meeting will be chaired by Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.

8.10.2025 | Gender Equality Days is the main annual event in the field of gender equality in Finland, and this year it will be organised as part of the programme for Finland’s Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the UN World Conference on Women in 1995.

22.10.2025 | The gender pay gap has narrowed slowly in Finland. A new research project will produce, for the first time, an extensive long-term economic analysis of the factors that have contributed to the changes in the pay gap. 

Frågor och svar om lagstiftningen om mentalvård och rusmedel Mentalvården, missbrukar- och beroendevården samt mentalvårds- och rusmedelsarbetet inom socialvården regleras främst genom hälso- och sjukvårdslagen och socialvårdslagen. I mentalvårdsl...

8.12.2025 | This year, the International Gender Equality Prize was awarded to Masha Foundation , a Ukrainian public organisation which carries out significant work to help Ukrainian women overcome the psychological consequences of war and other violence.

27.11.2024 | The Nordic ministers responsible for gender equality and LGBTI issues met in Stockholm today on 27 November 2024. The meeting discussed, among other things, how gender equality and human rights are weakening globally. Finland was represented at the meeting by Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.

1.1.2017 | Webbplatsen för Social- och hälsoorganisationernas understödscentral (STEA) har öppnats.