Maailman Kuvalehti

Finnish political magazine

*Maailman Kuvalehti*
Categories	Political magazine
Frequency	Four times per year
Publisher	Fingo
First issue	1985
Company	Fingo
Country	Finland
Based in	Helsinki
Language	Finnish
Website	Maailman Kuvalehti
ISSN	1799-151X
OCLC	1121047376

Maailman Kuvalehti (Finnish: World's Pictorial Magazine) is a magazine which was published by KEPA, an umbrella organization of non-governmental organizations in Finland.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5] More specifically, the magazine contains articles about daily life in developing countries and multicultural Finland.^[6] Major aim of the magazine is to improve awareness on developing countries.^[2] In the 2006 survey of the publisher it was founded that the readers were mostly positive about the stories on environmental issues, human rights and local cultures.^[7]

Maailman Kuvalehti was formerly known as Kumppani (Finnish: Companion). The name was changed to Maailman Kuvalehti Kumppani (Finnish: World’s Pictorial Magazine Kumppani) in 2009.^[2] It was further reported by KEPA that "Kumppani" would be eliminated from the title.^[2] It was previously published six times per year.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Global education" (PDF). European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Annual Report, 2009" (PDF). KEPA. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "Maailman Kuvalehti" (in Finnish). Lehtiluukku. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Kumppani". World Cat. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "United Nations Conference on Trade and Development" (PDF). UN. 13 March 2001. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ Mia Hemming (6 October 2008). "Enquiry about same sex parenthood in developing countries". LGBT Info. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "KEPA Annual Report 2006" (PDF). KEPA. Retrieved 26 January 2014.