Finska Federationen (; fi, Suomen Siveellisyysseura), was the Finnish branch of the British

Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts The Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was established in 1869 by Elizabeth Wolstenholme and Josephine Butler in response to the Contagious Diseases Acts that were passed by the British Parliament in 1864. T ...

. It was established in 1880 with the purpose to repeal the so-called reglementation system, which required prostitute women to registration and regular medical examination to prevent

sexually transmitted infection Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are Transmission (medicine), spread by Human sexual activity, sexual activity, especi ...

s. It was suggested by the doctor's wife Constance Ekelund (1850–1889), after she had visited Sweden and Copenhagen and wittnessed the work of the

Swedish Federation Svenska Federationen (Swedish Federation), was the Swedish branch of the British Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. It was established in 1878 with the purpose to repeal the so-called reglementation system, w ...

and the

Foreningen imod Lovbeskyttelse for Usædelighed Foreningen imod Lovbeskyttelse for Usædelighed (Association against the legal protection of prostitution), was the Danish branch of the British Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. It was established in 1879 ...

. The members where both men and women and protested against sexual double standards symbolised by the reglementation system. The Association managed to have brothels banned in the capital of Helsinki in 1884, and two reforms in the regulation of the Venereal disease legislation in 1894 and 1896; when the control of Venereal disease was removed from the Police and transferred to the health care authorities in 1907, the Federation regarded their goal to have been acheived.

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{{reflist Feminism and health 1880s establishments in Finland 1907 disestablishments in Europe 19th century in Helsinki Feminist organisations in Finland Women's organisations based in Finland Venereal disease legislation Prostitution in Finland Anti-prostitution activism

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