Halla Gunnarsdóttir (8 January 1981) is an Iceland politician and feminist journalist and writer. A former political adviser to the home secretary of Iceland, she is head of policy and partnerships of the

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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 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' school to a modern co ...

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 served as a member of Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, from 1995 to 2016. He is the former Minister of the Interior (2011-2013); Minister of Justice and human rights and ...

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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'', advocating the porn shield imposed by Iceland as a means to reduce sexual violence in the country.

References

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