what would you like sanna marin to do? for sami women?re sami, living in finland, we can be proud that we are part of finnish nation. even being in the table, being in the room with decision—making. one old saying that, "nothing about us without us." one of the main issues addressed in the government equality plan is the rights of gender minorities in finland. trans rights activists have for years asked for reform of the trans act, a law that currently requires those seeking legal gender recognition to undergo enforced sterilisation. finland is the only nordic country that still requires infertility in order to get your legal gender recognised. in order to get male to female or female to male you need to prove that you cannot have biological children. in some cases, the people can become infertile enough by taking hormones, but if you are unable to take hormones or do not want to take hormones, then you will not get your legal gender recognised until you are in some other way found infertile, meaning that at the end if nothing else helps,

what would you like sanna marin to do? for sami women?d that we are sami, living in finland, you can be proud at that we are part of finnish nation. even being in the table, being in the room with decision—making. one old saying that, "nothing about us without us." one of the main issues addressed in the government equality plan is the rights of gender minorities in finland. trans rights activists have for years asked for reform of the trans act, a law that currently seeking legal gender recognition to undergo enforced sterilisation. finland is the only nordic country that still requires infertility in order to get your legal gender recognised. in order to get male to female or female to male you need to prove that you cannot have biological children. in some cases, the people can become infertile enough by taking hormones, but if you are unable to take hormones or do not want to take hormones, then you will not get your legal gender recognised until you are in some other way found infertile, meaning that at the end if nothing else helps,

it's nearly a year since the voters of finland elected a 34—year—old, sanna marin, as prime minister,d is among the countries coping best with coronavirus, recording lower rates of infection and deaths than many other european countries. our correspondent, megha mohan, spoke to the finnish prime minister as part of the bbc‘s 100 women season — which launches tomorrow. these were the images that went viral around the world in december last year. finland's new centre—left female led coalition government, with four leaders in their 30s. within months, they faced a pandemic. like new zealand, taiwan and germany, finland has been praised for its quick, decisive response to coronavirus. well, of course there are countries led by men that have also done well. so i don't think it's a gender—based issue. i think we should more focus on how the countries that have done well, what they have done. what they have learned. and that we also have a response together because it is a global pandemic. the finnish government enacted the emergency powers act, last used in world war ii, which allowed them

finland's sanna marin is the world's youngest serving prime minister and heads a coalition of five partiestice as the prime minister discusses finland's new equality programme. megha mohan reports for the bbc‘s 100 women season. please enter the conference password. this estate is about to host the world's youngest female prime minister, and her all—female letter centre—left coalition government, as they discuss their new equality club, a flagship policy the whole coalition has to agree on. then land has had coalition governments forever. —— fenland. so of course we are used to trying to make compromises and trying to find consensus between different parties and ideologies, and i think it is also a big strength for us. there is kind of this tendency of some people to say that because there is women, you will make a certain type of policy, or it is easier for you to agree when you are all women, and so on. and that's not, i think, women, and so on. and that's not, ithink, necessarily women, and so on. and that's not, i think, necessarily the case. and that's why i also wa nt case. and that'

what would you like sanna marin to do? for sami women?. one old saying that, "nothing about us without us." one of the main issues addressed in the government equality plan is the rights of gender minorities in finland. trans rights activists have for years asked for reform of the trans act, a law that currently requires those seeking legal gender recognition to undergo enforced sterilisation. finland is the only nordic country that still requires infertility in order to get your legal gender recognised. in order to get male to female or female to male you need to prove that you cannot have biological children. in some cases, the people can become infertile enough by taking hormones, but if you are unable to take hormones or do not want to take hormones, then you will not get your legal gender recognised until you are in some other way found infertile, meaning that at the end if nothing else helps, then it is surgical removal of your organs. for me, the case was that i was already perceived as a male when i started the legal process. and

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it does look like liverpool will be without mel sanna after a second positive coronavirus test.come back in the second, winning it 6—4. into the third now and the loser of this match is most likely to be eliminated from the tournament. — you can watch this live on bbc two right now. england cricket authorities have decribed the decision to tour pakistan next year as "a significant moment". it will be for the first time since 2009 when gunmen attacked the visiting sri lankan team. the england and wales cricket board says the side will be playing two t20 internationals in karachi — that‘s in preparation for the t20 world cup that begins in india later that month. england all—rounder moeen ali has welcomed the decision and says it‘s a significant step for international cricket. the teams that came over last year were amazing to have gone through the whole bubble and obviously after the coronavirus pandemic, cricket was obviously on the edge and they helped massively with that, so i think it was probably going to happen anyway, but i think it‘s right that we go back after such a lon

finland's sanna marin is the world's youngest serving prime minister and heads a coalition of five parties minister discusses finland's new equality programme. megha mohan reports for the bbc‘s 100 women season. please enter the conference password. helsinki's house of the estates is about to host the world's youngest female prime minister and her all—female led centre—left coalition government as they discuss their new equality plan, a flagship policy the whole coalition has to agree on. finland has had a coalition government forever, so we are used to trying to make compromises and find consensus between different parties and ideologies, and i think it's also a big strength for us. there is kind of this tendency of some people to say that because there is women, you will make a certain type of policy? 0r "it's easier for you to agree when you're all women," and so on. and that's not, i think, necessarily the case, and that's why i also want there to be a focus around policy of the government. a government praised for its progressive representation, but some of its leaders are still reluc