The Implementation of the Istanbul Convention in the #Metoo Era: The Services Available to Immigrant Women in Iceland

Journal article

Telma’s master thesis analyses the content of 14 narratives shared by immigrant women during the #metoo movement and eight stakeholder interviews with service providers, using an intersectional lens premised on Article 15 (training, prevention of secondary victimization and co-ordinated multi-agency co-operation training for services) and Article 20 (access to relevant and needed services that facilitate recovery …

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Interview in Heimildin

News

Telma, one of the researchers of the project, in an interview with Heimildin newspaper, talks about how immigrant women are not receiving adequate services from organizations even after the #metoo according to the findings of her Master thesis. She also talks about the IWEV project and how Iceland is not the paradise of equality that …

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Epistemic Violence Toward Immigrant Women in Iceland: Silencing, Smothering, and Linguistic Deficit

Journal article

This paper on epistemic violence toward immigrant women is written by Jón I. Kjaran and Brynja E. Halldórsdóttir. It is a part of the IWEV research project on the experiences of immigrant women in Iceland of violence, both at home and work. The project is funded by the Icelandic Research Fund (Rannís). The paper is …

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Þegar staðið er andspænis laga- og stofnanaofbeldi, dugar ekki að þekkja rétt sinn/When knowing your rights isn’t enough in the face of legal and institutional violence

Journal article

Three of the IWEV team members, Flora, Randi, and Sue, look at the position of immigrant women who face violence in Icelandic society. The article was published in 19. júní the largest feminist popular journal in Iceland and critiques the usual response that immigrant women should know their rights in both a legal and human …

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Article in the newest issue of Erlendur Magazine

News

Flora, the doctoral student of the project, shares her story of coming to Iceland, about the IWEV project and why this project is important for her in the newest issue of Erlendur Magazine. Flora’s article is on pages 48-50.

Gloppa í viðbrögðum og þekkingu í íslenskra stofnanna: Reynsla erlendra kvenna af vinnustaðatengdu ofbeldi

Public lectures

Linda Rós Eðvarðsdóttir was invited to participate in a panel discussion to celebrate International Women‘s Day on the 8th of March at Hilton Reykjavík Nordica. The event was hosted by ASÍ, BHM, BSRB, Félag íslenskra hjúkrunarfræðinga (The Icelandic Nurses’ Association), Kennarasamband Íslands (Icelandic Teachers‘ Union), and Kvenréttindafélag Íslands (Icelandic Women‘s Rights Association). The title of …

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Intimate partner violence toward women of foreign origin as a public health crisis

Public lectures

Randi W. Stebbins and Flora Tietgen were invited to give a talk at the Hennar rödd/Her voice conference on the health of women of foreign origin in October 2021 in Reykjavík. They presented a talk titled “Intimate partner violence toward women of foreign origin as a public health crisis”: The World Health Organization states that …

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Academic conferences 2021

Academic conferences

Several members of the project group presented at The Role of Universities in Addressing Societal Challenges and Fostering Democracy conference in March 2021 in Akureyri: Randi W. Stebbins and Susan Gollifer presented on “Responsible Higher Education: The Role of Human Rights Education in Addressing Equality for all” Flora Tietgen presented on “Experiences of intimate partner …

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