Finnish Prime Minister gives country’s top job to a 16-year-old for a day

In a truly remarkable development, a 16-year-old Finnish girl was made the country’s Prime Minister. Finland’s actual Prime Minister Sanna Marin handed her power to a 16-year-old girl as apart of a campaign to promote girls’ rights in the country. Aava Murto of Vaasky in southern Finland turned incredibly lucky for a day. Aava, who is an active campaigner on issues relating to climate change and human rights, said that she was having an ‘exciting day’ as she faced the media on the steps of the parliament after a meeting with the chancellor of justice.

The ‘PM for a day’ is part of a global ‘Girls Takeover’ campaign by children’s rights charity Plan International, which aims to raise awareness of girls’ digital skills in technological industries and highlight the problem of online harassment of women. Commenting on the initiative, Aava said that girls are as adept at technology as boys, and added that elders can learn much about technology from younger people