The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.
In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.
It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.
Can a woman become a genius of the first class? Nobody can know unless women in general shall have equal opportunity with men in education, in vocational choice, and in social welcome of their best intellectual work for a number of generations.
Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
Finland is no utopia.
Some companies are already investing in women and thereby betting on a brighter future - for a workforce just waiting to blossom, for emerging economies whose development depends on this new talent, and, of course, for their own financial growth.
In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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