''Maailman Kuvalehti'' ( fi, World's Pictorial Magazine) is a magazine which was published by KEPA, an umbrella organization of
non-governmental organizations
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in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
.
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. More specifically, the magazine contains articles about daily life in
developing countries
A developing country is a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreem ...
and multicultural Finland. Major aim of the magazine is to improve awareness on developing countries.
[ In the 2006 survey of the publisher it was founded that the readers were mostly positive about the stories on ]environmental issues
Environmental issues are effects of human activity on the biophysical environment, most often of which are harmful effects that cause environmental degradation. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment on t ...
, human rights
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and local cultures.[ It was further reported by KEPA that "Kumppani" would be eliminated from the title.][ It was previously published six times per year.][
]
See also
* List of magazines in Finland
The first magazine in Finland, a Swedish-language women's magazine named ''Om Konsten at rätt behaga'', was published in 1782. The number of the Finnish magazines was about 1,200 in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the circulation of magazines increased, ...
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1985 establishments in Finland
Bi-monthly magazines published in Finland
Finnish-language magazines
Magazines established in 1985
Magazines published in Helsinki
Political magazines published in Finland