Honorary doctors 2018 - Defender of indigenous rights
(WorldNews Finland)

Social Counsellor Ristenrauna Magga works to improve the quality of life of the Sámi Faculty of Social Sciences SOC The well-being of an indigenous people and taking community into account are aspects that crystallise the work of Social Counsellor Ristenrauna Magga. Her fifty-year career, which has concentrated on developing the social and health services of the Sámi and promoting their fundamental rights, still continues. The Faculty of Social Sciences invited an honorary doctor who reflects the Faculty`s values. `Realising the social rights of everyone is one of the cornerstones of social scientific research. It is only natural that the Faculty invites a person whose life-work has...