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<journal-title>Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics &amp; Education</journal-title>
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<article-title>Beyond the Glass Ceiling Finnish women top the world when it comes to number of female leaders</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Uusiautti</surname><given-names>Satu</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1" />
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<aff id="aff1">FINLAND, University of Lapland</aff>
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<year>2017</year>
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<abstract><p>In Finland, women have advanced to top positions, and this positive development is the result from a long legislative development and advances in attitudes. How has this development happened and why? What kinds of obstacles women may face? How to bring women’s expertise forward? In this article, we discuss these questions. We highlight the importance of courage to do the effort for the better society.</p></abstract>
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<p>In Finland, women have advanced to top positions, and this positive development is the result from a long legislative development and advances in attitudes. How has this development happened and why? What kinds of obstacles women may face? How to bring women’s expertise forward? In this article, we discuss these questions. We highlight the importance of courage to do the effort for the better society.</p>
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