Reports
Male Violence against Women in Intimate Relationships in Iceland
In 2006, the Icelandic government adopted an action plan for measures to combat violence against women in intimate relationships, based on the concept that violence against women affects everyone in society and will not be tolerated. The objective of the plan was to prevent violence against women, to enhance options for women that are subjected to violence and their children, and help men to cease violent behavior.
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Interim Report by the collaborative groupmonitoring welfarein the Suðurnes region
This interim report describes the situation in the Suðurnes region three years after the economic collapse of the autumn of 2008. It was prepared by a collaborative group monitoring welfare issues in the Suðurnes region on behalf of the Welfare Watch; the group's main task is to enhance collaboration between the local authorities in the region in the field of welfare.
Your rights - Important information for foreign women in Iceland
The Centre for Gender Equality has published a pamphlet for foreign women in Iceland and others who are interested in learning about gender equality in Iceland, rights and obligations.
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The Welfare Watch - Report to the Althingi 2010
This report is a translation of the Icelandic original, without the appendices to which reference is made in the report itself. The materials referred to in footnotes are in Icelandic.
Read more- Women and Men in Iceland 2009
- Parental leave, Care Policies and Gender Equalities in the Nordic Countries
- Action Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings
- Women and Men in Iceland 2008
- Rent Benefit Booklet, version 11, 2008
- Women and Men in Iceland 2007
- Parental Leave in Iceland – Bringing the Fathers in
- The Government Policy on the Integration of Immigrants
- Plan of Action to deal with Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Local democracy in Iceland - situation in 2005
- ICE-Health
- The Icelandic National Health Plan to the year 2010
- The Icelandic National Health Plan to the year 2010