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The country of Finland was the first country in Europe to grant Finland women equal suffrage and the right to engage in the parliamentary process of the country.
Finland women attained equal rights equal to men in 1906. The current labor market in Finland is composed of a workforce sourced from both genders. The women of Finland work in the same proportion as the male workforce. These numbers hold true for both the manufacturing and service sectors. Almost all women in Finland work at present. The women in Finland are employed full time. The Finland women do not leave work to get married or during the period of childbirth. Women make up the majority of the productive workforce in the clothing, textile, leather and rubber manufacturing industries. About 41% of the total female population of Finland is engaged in the public sector.
The women in Finland have good representation in the Parliament of Finland. The Finland women have been more active than men for the pushing of social reforms in the Finnish Parliament. They have shown an active interest in promulgating legislation that is concerned with culture, education and social issues. Under current Finnish legislation, every Finnish women employee is entitled to a maternity leave for a period of 9 months.
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