The Sexpo foundation is a non-profit organisation 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 ...

, working in the field of

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

and relationships. The foundation provides sexual counselling and therapy services for individuals, couples and other relationship constellations, and trains sexual counsellors, therapists, educators and other professionals working in the field of sexuality. Sexpo also participates in public discussion, produces publications and training material and upholds a sexuality library. Sexpo was founded as Seksuaalipoliittinen yhdistys in 1969. In 1997 it was made into a foundation in order to develop professional requirements. The rules of the Sexpo foundation define its intention as: * to further the realisation of happy, balanced and satisfying sexuality of individuals, * to act in order to strengthen an open and positive sexuality culture, * to further sexual freedom and equality, * to provide information about sexuality and the prevention and cure of sexuality-related problems, and * to provide professional services in matters related to sexuality. The work of the Sexpo foundation is "funded by the profits from the training and consultation services, client payments and support from

Raha-automaattiyhdistys Finland's Slot Machine Association or RAY ( fi, Raha-automaattiyhdistys) was a government-supervised and -owned nonprofit gaming (gambling) association (statutory corporation) in Finland. On January 1, 2017, RAY merged with the government-supervi ...

". The chair of the foundation is J. Tuomas Harviainen, Ph.D.Board
sexpo.fi, accessed on 18 August 2014

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Non-profit organisations based in Finland Sexuality in Finland