"It just doesn't happen by itself": Sanna Marin calls for gender equality laws

Jan 30, 2020

Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin arrives to attend the European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool - RC2AUD9UJF0J

"We need laws and we need structures that lead the way to gender equality ... it just doesn't happen by itself." Image: REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool

Belinda Goldsmith

Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Thando Hopa an activist and model from South Africa poses in Davos, Switzerland. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Belinda Goldsmith

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