Women Of Multicultural Ethnicity Network in Iceland
Regarding December 9th’s news of alleged discrimination against primarily women of foreign origin taking place at Iceland Family Aid: W.O.M.E.N. in Iceland takes this matter very seriously. As an organization dedicated to the betterment of women of foreign origin in Iceland, we are deeply disappointed to hear that Iceland Family Aid (Fjölskyldahjálp) has again …
Kynjaþingið is a democratic feminist public platform. The agenda is organized by NGOs, and grassroots organizations designed to increase opportunity for discussion between the organizations that advocate for and support equality and the general public. We hope to provide opportunity to learn more about what is happening in feminist and equality discourse in the field. …
On October 24th, 1975, women in Iceland left work to highlight the importance of women‘s contribution to society. Today, 45 years later, women‘s contributions to society are still not valued fairly and equally. The average pay of women in Iceland is still 25% less than the average pay of men. This means that an average …
We are working to improve and change some of the things we do for women of foreign origin living in Iceland. We want to ensure that what we do is useful and supportive to as many women as possible. In order to be able to this, we need to develop a better understanding of the …
We are proud to support the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Iceland in raising awareness and understanding. Together through opening ourselves up to diversity we can create a more peaceful world.
Do you have a business idea that you want to develop? The Directorate of Labour and The Innovation Center of Iceland are offering a workshop for female entrepreneurs of foreign origin in the fall of 2017. The project received a grant from the Immigration Development fund last spring. W.O.M.E.N in Iceland is collaborating in …