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8.12.2025 | Det internationella jämställdhetspriset gick i år till den ukrainska stiftelsen Masha Foundation som gör ett betydelsefullt arbete för att hjälpa ukrainska kvinnor att klara av de psykologiska följderna av krig och våld.

6.3.2026 | FN:s kvinnokommission (Commission on the Status of Women, CSW) ordnar sitt 70:e möte i New York den 9–19 mars 2026. Från Finland deltar en bred delegation under ledning av minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen som ansvarar för jämställdhetsfrågor.

27.1.2025 | Ministern för social trygghet Sanni Grahn-Laasonen besöker Singapore, Qatar och Förenade Arabemiraten för att främja samarbetet inom hälsosektorn och Finlands  export.  

11.12.2023 | Det internationella jämställdhetspriset delades ut till Afghan Women Skills Development Center, som kämpar för kvinnors möjligheter att påverka i Afghanistan. Organisationen utför ett betydande humanitärt arbete för att främja afghanska kvinnors säkerhet.

Occupational safety and wellbeing at work Shortly The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is responsible for legislation, policies and international cooperation related to occupational safety and wellbeing at work in Finland. The aim is to ensur...

Private providers of health and social services, in other words companies, organisations and foundations, already account for about 22 per cent of the whole health and social services sector. They operate in both publicly and privately funded markets.

“At the ministry, I can bring together different parts of my studies in a remarkable way” Jere Päivinen is a Ministerial Adviser at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in the Department for Insurance and Social Security. His role brings toge...

fi sv en Finnish Cancer Center FICAN The Finnish Cancer Center (FICAN) was established in 2019 to promote effective and equitable cancer care in Finland. FICAN’s mission is to implement the tasks defined in the Government Decree on the Division of...

Private providers of health and social services Private providers of health and social services, in other words companies, organisations and foundations, already account for about 22 per cent of the whole health and social services sector. They op...

Whistleblower protection Whistleblower protection safeguards people who report certain types of misconduct. In this case, a ‘whistleblower’ is a person who, in the course of their work, discovers a breach of European Union or national law concerni...

The Ministry The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (MSAH) is one of the 12 ministries in the Government. The Ministry's tasks promote the good health and functional capacity of people promote healthy living and working environments secure suff...

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health guides, directs and develops legislation on occupational healthcare.

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen The National Coalition Party Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen is responsible for matters covered by the Department for Insurance and Social Secu...

Work ability programme The aim of the work ability programme was to eliminate obstacles to the employment of people with partial work ability and develop services to support the work ability of people with partial work ability The work ability pro...

Preparation of EU matters Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) The EPSCO Council, which brings together ministers from all EU Member States, decides on EU cooperation in employment, social policy, health, consumer...

Amended legislation on health checks for children and young adults Categories: Publication date: 22.12.2025 The timing and content of health checks at child health clinics and schools, and in student healthcare and oral healthcare will be regulate...

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.

The WHO Pandemic Agreement aims to strengthen international preparedness for pandemics and other public health emergencies.

8.12.2025 | Kansainvälinen tasa-arvopalkinto jaettiin tänä vuonna ukrainalaiselle Masha Foundation järjestölle, joka tekee merkittävää työtä auttaakseen ukrainalaisia naisia selviämään sodan ja muun väkivallan psykologisista seurauksista.

6.3.2026 | YK:n naisten asemaa käsittelevän toimikunnan (Commission on the Status of Women, CSW) 70. istunto järjestetään New Yorkissa 9.–19. maaliskuuta 2026. Suomesta istuntoon osallistuu laaja valtuuskunta tasa-arvoasioista vastaavan ministeri Sanni Grahn-Laasosen johdolla.