Overview
- The former Finnish prime minister writes that female ministers faced a constant torrent of online threats, while she was repeatedly threatened with rape and sexual violence.
- She says her majority-female cabinet was derided with labels such as “lipstick government” and “girl government” and that their competence was routinely questioned.
- Marin, a Social Democrat, became prime minister in 2019 at age 34, making her the world’s youngest government leader at the time.
- She recounts that a widely shared video of her dancing triggered scrutiny of leaders’ private behavior, after which she agreed to a drug test.
- A German edition is due Wednesday under the title “Hope in Action – Die Zukunft gehört uns.”