Women in Finland earn on average about 16 percent less than men, and over the years unions have called for salary transparency to tackle the gender pay gap.
Ilta-Sanomat looks at how one female Helsinki city rescue worker sued Finland's largest employer over pay discrimination and won.
The woman's problems began after moving up in the organisation and receiving a pay rise. Her new bosses, however, deemed her salary to have risen too much and reduced it.
"I was told that women don't have decision-making power in rescue services and that, as a woman, I shouldn't get involved. I had stepped into male territory and they didn't like it," she told IS.
Helsinki District Court ordered the city to pay, in addition to legal costs, her missing wages for the last three years, as well as €15,000 in compensation for discrimination. This amount was influenced by the fact that the City of Helsinki is a major public body.
Some 10 percent of emergency service workers are women, and gender-based wage discrimination is a recognised issue in the field, according to Mira Leinonen, who runs a network for women in the sector.
Show of strength
Hufvudstadsbladet explores the ultimate goal of a major Nato exercise that features a scenario where Russia attacks Finland, whereby the alliance invokes its mutual defence clause.
Nato is heavily reliant on the US, which has made Europeans worry about presidential candidate Donald Trump's threats to exit the military alliance.
This spring's "Steadfast Defender" exercises are a show of strength and deterrence.
"Sometimes the ability to make a strong initial effort can be sufficient to deter an attack, said Eoin Micheál McNamara of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). "If that's not enough, these countries can request Nato backup."
Carl-Johan Edström of Sweden's Defence Forces was on the same page as McNamara, saying the war games "will demonstrate the alliance's determination and ability to implement and execute the concept of deterrence and defence across the entire Euro-Atlantic area."
Wolf, bear and lynx
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Sari Essayah (CD) was in Brussels on Monday lobbying to downgrade the protection status of large predators, reports Helsingin Sanomat.
Finland's initiative for the bloc to reconsider the protection of large predators drew support from several member states, Essayah said.
According to Essayah, who is also a presidential candidate for the Christian Democrats, Finland would like to reevaluate the protection of not only the wolf, but also the bear and lynx populations.
Since Finland joined the EU, the country's bear population has doubled and the lynx population has nearly tripled, according to Essayah.
Conservationists won a court order late last year suspending many lynx hunting licenses. Some nature NGOs argue that the lynx population should not be reduced at all.
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