Halla Gunnarsdóttir

Halla Gunnarsdóttir (8 January 1981) is an Iceland politician and feminist journalist and writer. The former political adviser to the home secretary of Iceland, she is head of policy and partnerships of the Women’s Equality Party.[1]

Gunnarsdóttir received a master's degree in international relations from the University of Iceland. She worked initially as a journalist from 2003 to 2009, and as an assistant to Ögmundur Jónasson in the Ministry of Health.[2] Gunnarsdóttir was appointed Assistant Attorney to Justice and Human Rights in September 2010. During her term she researched the Icelandic criminal justice system and reviewed how sexual crimes are dealt with. In 2013 she authored an article for The Guardian in which she advocated the porn shield imposed by Iceland as a means to reduce sexual violence in the country.[1] Gunnarsdóttir has also written about security and national defence issues facing Iceland.[2] She is a member of the Feminist Society of Iceland.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Halla Gunnarsdóttir". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Halla Gunnarsdóttir ráðin aðstoðarmaður dómsmála- og mannréttindaráðherra" (in Icelandic). Ministry of Justice. 10 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Enloe Cynthia (2013). "Seriously!: Investigating Crashes and Crises as If Women Mattered". p. 80.
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