Halla Gunnarsdóttir

Halla Gunnarsdóttir
Born	(1981-01-08) 8 January 1981 (age 44)
Occupation(s)	Head of Policy and Partnerships of the Women's Equality Party, UK
Title	Political Adviser to the Home Secretary of Iceland
Political party	Women's Equality Party
Movement	Feminist

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 United Kingdom.[1]

Education

Gunnarsdóttir received a master's degree in international relations from the University of Iceland.[2]

Career

Gunnarsdóttir 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.[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]

Works

In 2013 Gunnarsdóttir 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.[4]

References

1. "Halla Gunnarsdóttir (profile)". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
2. "Halla Gunnarsdóttir ráðin aðstoðarmaður dómsmála- og mannréttindaráðherra" (in Icelandic). Ministry of Justice. 10 September 2010.
3. Enloe, Cynthia (2013). "DSK, Vikings, and the smartest guys". Seriously!: investigating crashes and crises as if women mattered. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780520956667.
4. Gunnarsdóttir, Halla (26 February 2013). "Iceland's internet 'porn shield' will confront hardcore violence". The Guardian. Opinion. Retrieved 13 November 2017.