Veronika Honkasalo | |
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| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
| Assumed office 17 April 2019 | |
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| Born | 7 July 1975 Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland |
| Political party | Left Alliance |
Veronika Honkasalo (born 7 July 1975 in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Left Alliance at the Helsinki constituency.[1]
Academic career[edit]
She earned a doctorate in social sciences in 2012 and was appointed an associate professor in 2018.[1] She is a researcher at the Youth Research Society[2] and has published several papers on youth related research.[2][3]
Political career[edit]
She entered the city council of Helsinki in 2012 and was elected to the Finnish parliament in 2019.[4]
Political positions[edit]
She is opposed to Palestinians being forcibly expelled from their land to make way for Israeli settlements and introduced a motion proposing an import ban on products produced by the inhabitants of such settlements[5] in accordance with Article 49 of the Geneva Convention.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Veronika Honkasalo". www.eduskunta.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Veronika Honkasalo". ResearchGate.
- ^ Honkasalo, Veronika (1 December 2013). ""Save the Girls!" Gender Equality and Multiculturalism in Finnish Youth Work Contexts". Girlhood Studies. 6 (2): 47–68. doi:10.3167/ghs.2013.060205. ISSN 1938-8322.
- ^ "Veronika Honkasalo - For human rights, the climate and the welfare state". Veronika Honkasalo (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "MP Veronika Honkasalo, Left Alliance, Finland: We must stop supporting illegal Israeli settlements". Vasemmistoliitto (in Finnish). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Legislative motion: Act on the prohibition to import goods originating from certain occupied territories" (PDF).
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