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The Women’s Story circle invites you to join them in a beautiful activity for the summer! All women welcome. The Nordic House in Reykjavik welcomes the Women’s Story Circle for the fourth year to create the World Garden. With support from Nordgen, who provides vegetable, flower, and herb seeds, we will take on the challenge …
This month, our vice-chair Mouna Nasr represented W.O.M.E.N. in Iceland at the 68th annual commission on the status of Women (CSW68) at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. The priority of this was accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening …
NEW Opportunity at W.O.M.E.N.: Operations Coordinator! Are you passionate about contributing to meaningful causes and making a positive impact in the community? We may have an exciting opportunity for you! W.O.M.E.N. is searching for a service-oriented, highly organized professional to support various aspects of W.O.M.E.N.’s operations. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, proactive, and capable …
Divorce & your rights with Claudia Ashanie Wilson W.O.M.E.N in Iceland would like to welcome you to join us on Tuesday March 19th for an informative talk for women of foreign origin about divorce and your rights with our guest speaker Attorney Claudia Ashanie Wilson at Claudia & Partners Legal Services. FREE EVENT **WOMEN ONLY** …
Next month, Slagtog will offer, in collaboration with W.O.M.E.N., a 6 weeks workshop in Feminist Self-Defense. We encourage you to join! Event: https://womeniniceland.is/2024/03/17/feminist-self-defense-6-weeks-workshop-with-slagtog/
Við erum Ísland og Ísland er við: A call for Allyship Logan Lee Sigurðsson, forkona/Chair W.O.M.E.N. 2024 (Translated to Icelandic below) We have much to celebrate this International Women’s Day following the strong support and incredible tenacity we witnessed at the recent Women’s Strike. Yet this day also reminds us of the many reasons we …
‘Women’s rights and the hijab: a conversation led by Muslim women in Iceland’. The headscarf, veil, burka which are forms of Hijab worn by Muslim women is a very debated topic in society. Many believe it to be a form of oppression as only Muslim women adopt it. However, it is a woman’s right when …
*English Below* — Forseti Íslands Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, og Forsetafrú Eliza Reid, bjóða forstöðukonu W.O.M.E.N. til Bessastaða í nýársmóttöku 1. janúar 2024. Logan Lee Sigurðsson, forstöðukona okkar, mætti í móttökuna og færði Guðna forseta og Elizu forsetafrú gjöf og bréf frá W.O.M.E.N. í anda þess að vinna saman að Íslandi án aðgreiningar. Gjöfin er frá …
Í gær horfðum við saman á áramótaskaup 2023 í fyrsta Kvennaborðið ársins. Við vorum öll sammála um að þetta væri ekki eins gott og í fyrra. Það var sérstaklega erfitt að skilja öll smáatriðin. Okkur fannst húmorinn byggjast á því að vera ríkur og frægur, og að vita hver væri hver. Það var enginn fjölbreytileiki, …
Við erum afar ánægð að kynna nýtt teymið okkar fyrir W.O.M.E.N. sem var kjósið í aðalfund í gærkvöldin. 9 konur fyrir W.O.M.E.N.! Til hamingju! Ný stjórn 2023-2024Mouna NasrMariska KappertLogan Lee SigurðssonJeta Ejupi Abdullahu (ekki á myndinni)auk þess : Maru E. Alemán (2022), Christina Milcher (2022) og Marion Poilvez (2022) Áheyrnarfulltrúar 2023-2024 Nichole Leigh Mosty (ekki á myndinni)Alice …