{"id":28869,"date":"2025-04-16T14:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kvenrettindafelag.is\/?p=28869"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:34:37","slug":"femme-empower-participants-establishing-the-youth-council-of-the-icelandic-womens-rights-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kvenrettindafelag.is\/en\/femme-empower-participants-establishing-the-youth-council-of-the-icelandic-womens-rights-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Femme Empower participants establishing the Youth Council of the Icelandic Women\u2019s Rights Association."},"content":{"rendered":"

In the annual meeting of the Icelandic Women\u2019s Rights Association (IWRO) on the 15th of April, the decision was taken to establish its youth council. The date of the decision \u00a0coincided with the birthday of Madam Vigd\u00eds Finnbogad\u00f3ttir, the former President of Iceland. The first woman in the world to be democratically elected as a Head of State in 1980 and who turned 95 on April 15!<\/p>\n

The ones organising the establishment of the council are all participants in the Femme Empower project.<\/p>\n

The name of the youth council is Laufey. It was proposed by one of the Femme Empower participants who knew the story of the daughter of Br\u00edet Bjarnh\u00e9\u00f0insd\u00f3ttir, the woman founding the IWRO together with her fellow women human rights defenders. The daughter, Laufey Valdimarsd\u00f3ttir, took after her mother and was the first young woman taking the entry exams into the Reykjav\u00edk Junior College. That college was the most privileged place to study and become a civil servant. Only boys could study there until 1904. The option for girls was the Women\u2018s Junior College where home economics was the primary education. Laufey graduated in 1910 and in 1927, or 20 years after the IWRO was founded, she took over from her mother as chairperson.<\/p>\n

The mandate of Laufey is the following:<\/p>\n