Anna Kontula

Anna Kontula
Born Anna Liisa Kontula
(1977-03-30) 30 March 1977
Pori, Satakunta, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Occupation sociologist, politician
Years active 2004-present
Website annakontula.fi

Anna Kontula (born 1977) is a Finnish Doctor of Social Sciences and the Left Alliance MP since 2011. She is also the party's City Councilwoman for Tampere.

Biography

Anna Kontula was born on 30 March 1977 in Pori, Satakunta, Finland[1] and completed her master's thesis in 2002 on the 1970s student movement.[2] She has completed multiple research projects on sex work in Finland, such as a 2008 report published by the University of Tampere,[1] and her work evaluating criminalization of prostitution and violence toward women.[3] She researches many areas which evaluate work restrictions, cultural norms and perceptions including public breast feeding,[4] aging in construction workers,[5] racism's impact not only on where people can work, but where they can live,[6] and many other topics.

She has served as a vice Chairman of the Sex Industry Association[3] and was involved in many organizations dealing with feminism, and social activism during her education.[1] In 2004, Kontula was elected in the municipal elections for Tampere City Council.[7] In 2008, she was elected again[8] and for both 2008 and 2012, Kontula had the second largest number of votes in the Left Alliance.[9]

Kontula was elected to the Finnish parliament in 2011 for the Pirkanmaa constituency of the Left Alliance.[10] She is a member of the Committee for the Future and the Employment and Equality Committee, having previously served on the Constitutional Law Committee and the Employment and Equality Committee.[11]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anna Kontula". Like Finland (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Like Finland. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Kontula, Anna (2002). "Kuollut muttei kuopattu: taistolaisuus ja miten sitä muistetaan". TamPub (in Finnish). Tampere, Finland: ampereen yliopisto. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Roth, Venla (2012). Defining human trafficking and identifying its victims a study on the impact and future challenges of international, European and Finnish legal responses to prostitution-related trafficking in human beings. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 235. ISBN 978-9-004-22587-9. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Kovanen, Inka (28 February 2015). "Ranska pohtii rintojen poliittisuutta" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rakennusalan harmaa työ". Suomen Akatemia (in Finnish). Finland: Suomen Akatemia. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Näkymätön kylä". Into Kustannus (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Into Kustannus. 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kunnallisvaalit2004". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Puolueiden paikkaluvut". Vaalikone (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Helsingin Sonomat. 2008. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Kunnan suurimmat puolueet". Vaalikone (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Helsingin Sanomat. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Valitut ehdokkaat Pirkanmaan vaalipiiri". Vaalit (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Eduskuntavaalit. 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Anna Kontula Vasemmistoliiton eduskuntaryhmä". Eduskunta Riksdagen (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Eduskunta Riksdagen. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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