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Finland: Take a break from your oppressor on this women-only island

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A Finnish billionaire created a women-only resort on an island along the edges of Helsinki. As a single-sex symbol, this initiative echoes similar practices that are carried out by afro-feminist groups in Europe. By why, according to them, are non-mixed events so necessary?

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Safouane Abdessalem

Du piano classique à la presse écrite. Pour Cafébabel, je m'intéresse particulièrement aux questions sociales, économiques et culturelles, tout en gardant un œil sur la politique étrangère. Biculturel, binational & bidouilleur.

Translated from Finlande : une île réservée aux femmes, symbole de la non-mixité ?