As a part of the U.N. International Girls Day, “Girls Takeover” program at Finland enables a 16-year-old Finnish teenager ceremoniously assume the post of Finnish prime minister for one day to raise more awareness of gender equality. Aava Murto from the small village of Vaaksy in southern Finland stepped in the desks of Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Wednesday to highlight the impact of technology on gender equality, this year’s theme for the annual event, the Finnish government said.
“Girls’ access to technology is a significant, global equality issue that needs to be taken seriously,” said Murto, during her day met with Cabinet members and lawmakers. Murto and Marin the world’s youngest government leaders at 34 and the Nordic nation's third female prime minister discussed what tech-savvy Finland with 5.5 million residents could do to improve girls’ opportunities to use and develop technology on a global basis. Online Harassment of girls remains a major issue worldwide, the stand-in prime minister and the real one stressed in a joint statement. “Gender equality ambitions will fall short as long as girls are pushed aside from using and developing technology. Girls, too, have a digital future, and that is why girls should have a voice in technology,” Murto said. Not only PM office has seen “Girls Takeover” but also in several companies including the technology sector, ahead of the U.N. Girls Day on Sunday. As a celebration and to the mark the UN girls day, the Finnish government published Murto's speech on its YouTube channel.
Finland is always at its top in women’s rights. Marin leads Finland’s center-left coalition government, which is made up of five parties whose leaders are all female. Fewer facts about Finland, it is the first territory in Europe in 1906, Finland gained independence from Russia in 1917 and one of the first few countries in the world where all women had legal rights to vote and run for office. The Last year, “Girls takeover” enabled 1800 girls to take over the jobs of 1,800 leaders in more than 60 countries worldwide, the government said.
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