Draft:Women of Multicultural Ethnicity Network (Iceland)
Comment: This is a promising article; however the sourcing is a bit weak and are on the shorter side. Try finding further sources, which shouldn't pose much difficulty considering a former president was involved in this group. Ca talk to me! 14:19, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
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W.O.M.E.N. in Iceland, or Women Of Multicultural Ethnicity Network, (Icelandic: Samtök kvenna af erlendum uppruna á Íslandi) is an organisation that stands for the rights of women of foreign origin in Iceland. Their goal is to address the issues and defend the interests of women of foreign origin in Iceland and push forward equality both as women and as foreigners in Icelandic society..[1] Their by-laws define a woman of foreign origin as having one or both parents of foreign origin, regardless of the woman's birthplace.[2]
W.O.M.E.N. was founded on the 24th of October 2003, same day as the Women's Day Off, in Hallveigarstaðir in Reykjavík where many other Icelandic women's organisations reside.[3][4] W.O.M.E.N. is affiliated to the Icelandic Women's Rights Association. The five founders were: Anh-Dao Tran (Chair), Tatjana Latinovic (Vice-Chair) and three regional representatives, Amal Tamimi for the capital area and South Iceland, Anna Lou Perez for North Iceland, and Dragana Zastavnikovic for the Westfjords. The chair of the meeting was Kesara Jónsson, professor at the University of Iceland, and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former president of Iceland and first woman to be democratically elected head of state in the world, participated and offered translations.
W.O.M.E.N. in Iceland received the Reykjavík's Human Rights award in 2018 for their work in raising awareness on the status of women of foreign origin in Iceland in connection to the #MeToo mouvement.[5]
References
- ^ "Lög Samtaka kvenna af erlendum uppruna á Íslandi". W.O.M.E.N. á Íslandi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ "Bylaws". W.O.M.E.N. in Iceland. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ "Kvennaheimilið Hallveigarstaðir var byggt af kvennahreyfingunni á Íslandi". Hallveigarstaðir. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ "Samtök kvenna af erlendum uppruna stofnuð". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ Hólmkelsdóttir, Hulda (2018-05-16). "Samtök kvenna af erlendum uppruna hljóta Mannréttindaverðlaun Reykjavíkurborgar - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-04-07.