Hilkka Pietilä

Hilkka Maijaliisa Pietilä (March 13, 1931 – December 18, 2016) was a Finnish ecofeminist economist and activist. For 27 years, she served as secretary-general of the .

Early life and education Hilkka Pietilä was born in 1931 in Kiikka, Finland, where her family lived on a small farm.

In 1950, she began studying at the University of Helsinki, where she would graduate with a master's in agriculture and forestry, with a focus on household sciences, in 1956. She was also a longtime board member and honorary chair of the World Federation of United Nations Associations. Her books include Making Women Matter: The Role of the United Nations. A fund named in her honor, established by the Finnish UN Association in 2014, offers grants for UN-related research.