• Educate and advocate for women of different ethnic origins who are victims of violence.
• Cooperate with other organizations to work towards elimination of violence against women.
• Advocate for minority women who are victims of violence so that they would not be penalized by the system.
A message from the First Lady, Eliza Jean Reid:
“If you’re sitting at home somewhere, or somewhere on your phone and you think, well this happens to me sometimes but it’s really not as bad as I think it is, I don’t want to trouble those people, I don’t want to bother them. You are never bothering anyone by contacting them.” Violence and abuse can take many forms. Report it.
Bjarkarhlíð – Family Justice Center for survivors of violence
Nordic-Baltic Anti-trafficking Pilot Project
W.O.M.E.N. in Iceland participates in the “Nordic-Baltic pilot project” international project against trafficking of women in the sex industry. The project is chaired by the European Women’s Lobby. Read more about the project on http://nordicbaltic-assistwomen.net/
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