Mirva Lempiainen
Mirva Lempiainen is a journalist from Finland who writes about travel, culture and social issues for media based in Finland and in the US. She has a master’s degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and writes a travel blog at www.writeronthemove.com.
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • October 26, 2016
While people buy flowers to celebrate special occasions or to merely liven up their home, most buyers do not think twice about the origins of the flowers or why they are so affordable. Almost all the roses now sold…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • April 30, 2014
As increasing numbers of women embark on careers as diplomats, the United Nations headquarters in New York is slowly but surely undergoing a big change in demographics: the female-to-male ratio of diplomats is becoming — dare it be possible…
- Categories: Security Council, Women
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • June 17, 2013
A lifeless baby lies on the ground. Half of a woman’s face has been blown off. A mother screams in a hospital after losing her son because of inadequate medication. A text fills the big white screen: global…
- Categories: Africa, Development, Disarmament, Human Rights, Security Council, Women
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • March 15, 2013
LA DALIA, Nicaragua — Things are getting steamy between two cartoon characters kissing each other on the big white screen. The boy wants to have sex without a condom; the girl is worried he will walk out on her…
- Categories: Health and Population
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • February 15, 2013
As far as cool job titles go, you would be hard-pressed to beat that of Heli Pahlman, who is from Parainen, an archipelago town in southwest Finland. Her title has the words “outer space” in it. Pahlman, 28, works…
- Categories: UN Employment
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • November 28, 2012
A dozen years have passed since the United Nations Security Council made history by adopting a resolution that addressed women’s rights during conflicts and required their participation in preventing wars and in peace talks. Until Resolution 1325was approved,…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council, Women
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • October 7, 2012
HELSINKI – As the United States prepares for its much-awaited presidential election on Nov. 6, another hotly contested vote is readying at the United Nations Security Council on Oct. 18. Numerous countries are vying for the five open nonpermanent…
- Categories: Security Council
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • July 25, 2012
BOUYOUYE, Senegal – I’m submerged waist-deep in brown water, trying my best to catch up with two fast-moving Senegalese women ahead of me. Jeannette Diatta, 40, thin-framed, and her curvier friend, Therese Diatta, 27, are wielding machetes like butter…
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • May 9, 2012
BAFATÁ, Guinea-Bissau — On a quiet sandy street in this small town, amid old houses with their paint peeling off, stands one unfittingly polished white and pink building. It’s the newly renovated childhood home of freedom fighter Amílcar Cabral,…
- Categories: Africa
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