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Maailman Kuvalehti
Categories Political magazine
FrequencyFour times per year
PublisherFingo
First issue1985
CompanyFingo
Country Finland
Based in Helsinki
Language Finnish
Website Maailman Kuvalehti
ISSN 1799-151X
OCLC 1121047376

Maailman Kuvalehti ( Finnish: World's Pictorial Magazine) is a magazine which was published by KEPA, an umbrella organization of non-governmental organizations in Finland. [1] [2] [3] The print version of the magazine is published by Fingo which is the successor of the KEPA, four times a year.

History and profile

Maailman Kuvalehti is published by Fingo in Finnish and focuses on global issues. [4] [5] More specifically, the magazine contains articles about daily life in developing countries and multicultural Finland. [6] Major aim of the magazine is to improve awareness on developing countries. [2] In the 2006 survey of the publisher it was founded that the readers were mostly positive about the stories on environmental issues, human rights and local cultures. [7]

Maailman Kuvalehti was formerly known as Kumppani ( Finnish: Companion). The name was changed to Maailman Kuvalehti Kumppani ( Finnish: World’s Pictorial Magazine Kumppani) in 2009. [2] It was further reported by KEPA that "Kumppani" would be eliminated from the title. [2] It was previously published six times per year. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Global education" (PDF). European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Annual Report, 2009" (PDF). KEPA. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Maailman Kuvalehti" (in Finnish). Lehtiluukku. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Kumppani". World Cat. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  5. ^ "United Nations Conference on Trade and Development" (PDF). UN. 13 March 2001. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  6. ^ Mia Hemming (6 October 2008). "Enquiry about same sex parenthood in developing countries". LGBT Info. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  7. ^ "KEPA Annual Report 2006" (PDF). KEPA. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

External links

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