Women's Democratic Action Centre was the women's wing

Women's wing

A women's wing is an organisation affiliated with a political party that consists of that party's female membership or acts to promote women within that party. The organisations take different roles and types, with some giving women the option of joining and others automatically enrolling all...

 of the leftist party Democratic Alternative

Democratic Alternative (Finland)

Democratic Alternative was a political party in Finland. Deva was formed in 1986 by expelled members of the Communist Party of Finland and its mass front Finnish People's Democratic League...

 (Deva) in Finland

Finland

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 1987-1990. The organisation emerged of a split in the Democratic Women's League of Finland (SNDL) in the spring of 1986, as six SNDL districts (Southern Saimaa

Saimaa

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, Helsinki

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, Joensuu

Joensuu

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, Lahti

Lahti

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, Northern Häme

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 and Uusimaa

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) sided with Deva. SNDL expelled its rebel districts in November 1986.

The centre was founded in April 1987. The five chairwomen chosen at the founding congress were Marja-Liisa Löyttyjärvi, Leena Alanen, Anita Helenius, Eeva Kaukoluoto-Perä and Marja-Leena Mikkola

Marja-Leena Mikkola

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. The organisation began publishing Naisten Lehti. In 1988, the centre also began publishing the Soviet Neuvostonainen in Finnish.

The organisation was dissolved in 1990, as Deva dissolved itself and its members joined the Left Alliance

Left Alliance (Finland)

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.