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,

interviewed such prime minister, and she has an impressive woman, the prime minister of fenland, sanna marin her in detail next. —— interview one day. monday was really quite a chilly day, particularly so across central and eastern england, where temperatures quite widely only got to around 7—8 celsius — just six there in north yorkshire. but one of the things that brings us the biggest temperature rises this time of year are warm fronts. and we've had one of those across the country, south—westerly winds have been following, and hour by hour we've seen those temperatures rise recently — such that by the time we get to tuesday, 6am, those temperatures will be far higher than the highest temperatures we had all day yesterday, at around 10—11 celsius quite widely. so milder air is on the way, south—westerly winds to thank for that. but we'll also have this weather front which will be one of these slow—moving weather fronts — it's bringing rain at the moment in northern ireland and scotland, and it will continue to rain for these areas through much of the day on tuesday, as well. now further so

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

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

it‘s nearly a year since finland voted in its 3a—year—old prime minister, sanna marin, and her governmentny other european countries. 0ur correspondent megha mohan spoke to the finnish prime minister as part of the bbc‘s 100 women season. these were the images that went viral around the world in december last year. then in‘s new centreleft female led coalition government with four aviaries 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. 0f quick, decisive response to coronavirus. of course there are countries led by men that have also done well so i don‘t think it is a gender—based issue. done well so i don‘t think it is a gender— based issue.|j done well so i don‘t think it is a gender-based issue. i think we should be more focused on the countries that have done well and what they have done and what they have learned and that we also have a response together to the global pandemic. the government enacted the act of last years in red war ii which allowed them to restrict mo

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