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Femicides In A Single Year Never Higher
Three women and two girls were murdered in Iceland in 2024 — the highest rate of femicide in 25 years. This is reported by the National Police Commissioner’s data science team, whose recently published data set displays the number of femicides between…
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Five Men Now Sit On UN Women’s Youth Council
Bergþóra Harpa Stefánsdóttir, media representative and treasurer of the UN Women’s Youth Council, has announced that five men now join the six women who currently sit on the council. Stundin reports. The council, which has only ever been composed of women between…
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Buy Shit: Neptún Magazine, The Fish Company Book & Inklaw Hoodie
Neptún magazine https://www.neptun.is/info Neptún captures Reykjavík through compelling photography. It’s a biannual publication that bridges the gap between photography and art, packed full of pictures showcasing the diversity of work produced here in Iceland. The brainchild of photographer Kolbrún Þóra Löve, the…
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So What’s This Men’s Only UN Gender Conference I Keep Hearing About?
On Monday, September 29, the Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson gave a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. In between talking about things that few present cared what Iceland thinks about, he mentioned that the governments of Iceland and Suriname…
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UN Women’s Conference To Include Women After All
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, has said women will be included in the UN Conference on women after all, but it remains unclear exactly how they will be included, reports Newsweek. As reported yesterday, Gunnar Bragi announced in a speech…
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Iceland Sends Men Only To UN Conference On Women
Iceland, considered a global leader in gender equality, has announced it will send only men to a U.N. conference on women and gender equality, reports ABC. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson told the U.N. General Assembly of world leaders on…