For Détente, Against Nuclear War

A Gender Perspective on the Finnish Peace Marches of the 1980s

Authors

  • Hannah Kaarina Yoken University of Jyväskylä
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61559/lh.156399

Keywords:

peace movement, 1980s, nuclear weapons, peace march, UN disarmament week

Abstract

This essay examines Finnish peace marches organised between 1980–1984, during the United Nation’s Disarmament Week, from the perspective of gender and societal influence. The text is framed by a simple methodological question: what kind of gendered themes and events emerge regarding Finnish peace marches, when the researcher places gender history at the analytical framework’s
centre.

Issue
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): Gender and Societal Influence
Section
Näkökulmat

Published

2025-02-10

How to Cite

Yoken, H. K. (2025). For Détente, Against Nuclear War: A Gender Perspective on the Finnish Peace Marches of the 1980s. The Finnish Journal of Contemporary History, 4(1), 106–129. https://doi.org/10.61559/lh.156399

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