Rut Einarsdóttir

Rut is born and raised in a small town in the Westfjords of Iceland, and completed her BBA in innovation and economics at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. Since then she has strived to work for increased human rights with several organisations worldwide, e.g. in regards to disarmament efforts, empowering young people and increasing equality. She has, among other things, been on the Advisory Council on Youth to the Council of Europe, conducted workshops all over Europe on civic rights, and spoken at the UN conference on trade and development (UNCTAD). Rut is on the board of the Icelandic Women’s rights association and represents the organisation at the Icelandic Human Rights centre, currently serving there as the vice chair.

Rut currently lives in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she’s completing her masters in Violence, Conflict and Development at SOAS, University of London, and teaching Icelandic to foreign citizens in Iceland.

Established in 1907, the Icelandic Women’s Rights Association (IWRA) was the first formal organization of Icelandic women to focus its efforts on the struggle for political equality between men and women, as well as demanding equal access to education, political appointments and the workplace. The objective of IWRA is to work on women’s rights and the equal status of all genders in all areas of society. The association takes an inclusive view of human rights and works against all kinds of discrimination. To achieve this objective, the association actively participates in public discourse and focuses on objectives which have a clear feminist purpose and an expansive public relevance.