Today is International Women’s Day. The theme for 2016 is Pledge For Parity but given the humanitarian crisis in Europe, I wanted to highlight the shocking – and all but hidden – situation millions… Continue reading
Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. According to the United Nations: *Globally, it is estimated that between 100 million to 140 million girls and women alive today have… Continue reading
Today is International Day for the Elimination Of Violence Against Women. Violence against women continues to be a global pandemic, with 1 in 3 women worldwide experiencing physical or sexual violence, mostly by… Continue reading
Second names of Icelanders are names of their parents plus the word ‘son’ for men and ‘daughter’ for women. The second name of a man whose father’s name is Jón would be Jónsson… Continue reading