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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Flora Tietgen and Randi W. Stebbins appeared on the podcast Samtal við samfélagið, hosted by Sigrún Ólafsdóttir to speak about the Hennar rödd presentation on IPV and foreign women as a public health crisis as well as the IWEV project in general. The episode is in English and you can find the episode here. Randi …
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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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Brynja E. Halldórsdóttir gave an online lecture with the title ” Exacerbating an already dangerous problem: Gender-based violence in COVID times” During the height of COVID-19 the UN and the WHO called attention to what they termed the silent pandemic, as gender-based violence significantly increased in societies as a result of national shutdowns to limit …
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 …
Different members of the project group presented first results at academic online conferences in 2020: Flora Tietgen presented at Menntakvika conference and Þjóðarspegillinn conference in October 2020 – The title of her presentations was “Power dynamics and internalized oppression: Immigrant women and intimate partner violence in Iceland” Randi W. Stebbins and Brynja E. Halldórsdóttir presented …
Linda Rós Eðvarðsdóttir, a doctoral student within the IWEV project received a grant from the Equality Fund worth 9.000.000 isk for her doctoral project which focuses on immigrant women´s experiences of employment-based violence. You can find the announcement in Icelandic with more information on Linda’s project here.