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The Number Of Women In The Women’s Shelter Is Higher Than Last Year
More women and children have stayed in the Women’s Shelter so far this year than during the whole of last year, reports Vísir. [su_pullquote]Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know if a volcano erupts in Iceland! We will…
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Parliament Adjourned Until September
Last night at 1:30 am, Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir postponed Parliament meetings until September, reports Vísir. Members of Parliament settled various cases in the final moments before the summer holidays, such as increased refunds for large film projects. [su_pullquote]Who better to ask…
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Womens’ Cases Against Iceland In Human Rights Court Make International Headlines
CNN has published a scathing report that sheds further light on the women, all of them survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence, currently with cases filed against the Icelandic state in the European Court of Human Rights, on the grounds that…
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Nine Women Filing Appeals Against Icelandic State With European Human Rights Court
Nine women who live in Iceland, including one of foreign origin, have all filed appeals against the Icelandic state with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on account of how police and courts have handled their respective cases of domestic violence,…
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The True Cost of Denial: Misconceptions about Domestic Violence Persist in Iceland
When you form a mental image of a perpetrator of domestic violence, you might envision a drunk, uneducated foreign man with a beer belly and white tank-top. When you form a mental image of a survivor of domestic violence, you may picture…
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The Mountain Wins World Strongest Man In Shadow Of Domestic Violence Allegations
Game of Thrones’ legendary eye-gouger The Mountain, aka Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, was recently named World’s Strongest Man during the 2018 edition of the homonymous tournament held this year in Manila, in the Philippines. Hafþór, who has often been close to reaching the success…
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#AldreiAftur: Icelandic Women Speak Up On Facebook Against Domestic Violence
On International Women’s Day, Icelandic women are sharing on social media a new campaign called #aldreiaftur, or ‘never again,’ in support of women who have been violated by a partner or a family member. The campaign, which branches out from the #metoo…
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A New Hope: Meet The Women Fighting Domestic Violence
Iceland: a utopia for women, forged by equality. In recent years, international surveys have consistently named the country as the best in the world in which to be a woman—yet reports show that 25% of Icelandic women have experienced domestic violence. Police…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About The Mountain
Dear Nanna, I read an article in Iceland Magazine and Fréttablaðið about how the police just responded to the third domestic disturbance call at the home of strongman Hafþór ‘’the Mountain’’ Július Björnsson in less than six months—the first time for assaulting…
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Icelandic Man Arrested In Texas
An Icelandic man was arrested in Austin, Texas last week for assaulting his Icelandic girlfriend at the Four Seasons hotel, reports Vísir. The suspect was released on bail after paying 650.000 ISK (6.000 USD) the following day and as he was not…
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Foreign Domestic Violence Survivors Need Greater Support
Survivors of foreign origin of domestic violence face numerous obstacles to getting the help they need, new research has discovered. Vísir reports that these survivors can have difficulties finding an interpreter to be able to tell their story, and much of the…
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39% Of Icelandic Murders Related To Domestic Violence
The City of Reykjavík has released some troubling figures on murder and domestic violence in Iceland. MBL reports that, according to a yearly report on gender statistics released by the city’s human rights office, there have been 56 murders in Iceland from…
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Domestic Violence Survivor Given 30 Days To Leave Iceland
A survivor of domestic violence who divorced her abuser has been given 30 days to leave the country, or face deportation and a return ban of 2 years. A protest has been planned demanding she be allowed to stay in Iceland. Amanda…
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Domestic Violence Survivor May Be Deported
An American citizen who divorced her Icelandic ex-husband now faces deportation for “not having enough ties to the country”. “My life is here, and there is nothing for me in the US,” she told us. In September 2011, American citizen Amanda Wood…
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MP: No Need To Review Laws On Restraining Orders
MP for the Independence Party, Brynjar Níelsson, has spoken out in response to Detective Superintendent, Alda Hrönn Jóhannsdóttir, who criticised the Supreme Court for dropping three restraining orders last week and said that if the law failed to protect victims of domestic…
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Women Unprotected As Supreme Court Drops Restraining Orders
Iceland’s Supreme Court has dropped a restraining order against a man who is suspected of physically abusing his ex-partner and recently confessed to sending graphic sexually explicit videos of her to her work colleagues, reports Vísir. “I was in shock,” said Juliane…
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Julien Blanc Workshop Probably Canceled
A three-day “Dating” Bootcamp by controversial Pick Up Artist, Julien Blanc, due to be held in Iceland next year, has most likely been cancelled, reports Vísir. The workshop – as well as a course planned in Sweden – has been removed from the…
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Icelanders Protest “Pick Up Artist” Seminar
A petition has been created to stop notorious “pick up artist” Julien Blanc from holding seminars in Iceland. Julien Blanc is a self-proclaimed “dating coach” who holds classes advocating abuse and violation of consent in order to receive female attention. Blanc has…
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Gnarr Donates Award Money To Women’s Shelter
Former Reykjavík mayor Jón Gnarr, who yesterday received one of the five Lennon-Ono Grants For Peace, has announced he will donate the award money to an Icelandic women’s shelter, Vísir reports. “We are in seventh heaven with this boy,” said Sigþrúður Guðmundsdóttir, director…