On the International Women’s Day on Friday 8 of March 2019 Professor JoAnne Sweeny from the University of Louisville from the United States will give the public lecture in Arktikum library in Rovaniemi on #MeToo movement. The lecture is hosted by the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM), which is part of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland.

The presentation focuses on the two #MeToo movements
that have recently taken place in the United States and Finland. The #MeToo movement
in the United States has caused women around the country to disclose their stories
of sexual assault and harassment, sometimes with lasting negative effects on their
alleged harassers. Finland has the #Lääppijä (“groper”) movement, which took root in
response to the Finnish deputy chief of police in Helsinki stating that sexual
harassment does not happen in Finland.

#MeToo movements
give women a space to tell their stories and be believed, and they arise in
countries where women are silenced or met with indifference by those in power
(typically, men). This presentation will examine the history, cultures and laws of
the United States and Finland and will analyze why both countries have needed a
#MeToo movement and how each country has responded to their #MeToo movements.

Guest lecture by JoAnne Sweeny: #MeToo Movement in
United States and Finland
Arktikum library (Pohjoisranta 4,
Rovaniemi)
March 8, 2019 at 10:00 – 12:00 March
Free entry
to the lecture. Welcome!

More
information:
Dr. Kamrul Hossain
Tel. +358 40
484 4281
kamrul.hossain(at)ulapland.fi

LaY/AK/JW