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 in the

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Education

Gunnarsdóttir received a master's degree in international relations from the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' s ...

Career

Gunnarsdóttir worked initially as a journalist from 2003 to 2009, and as an assistant to

Ögmundur Jónasson Ögmundur Jónasson (born 17 July 1948) is an Icelandic politician who has served as a member of Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, since 1995. He is currently the Chairman of the Parliament’s Constitutional and Supervisory Committee and is ...

in the Ministry of Health. 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. Gunnarsdóttir has also written about security and national defence issues facing Iceland. She is a member of the Feminist Society of Iceland.

Works

In 2013 Gunnarsdóttir authored an article for ''

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'' in which she advocated the porn shield imposed by Iceland as a means to reduce sexual violence in the country.

References

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