JUST THIS WEE ON AN ICELANDIC NEWSPAPER:

“HJÁ AFLINU HEFUR ORÐIÐ VART VIÐ AUKIÐ OFBELDI Í KJÖLFAR EFNAHAGSKREPPU

MUN FLEIRI LEITA SER AÐSTOÐAR. AFLSKONUR ORIÐIÐ ÞESS VARAR AÐ VÆNDI HEFUR AUKIST MIKIÐ Á AKUREYRI

GRÍÐARLEG AUKNING EÐA SEM NEMUR 93% VARÐ Á STARFSEMI AFLSINS Á NORÐURLAND, SYSTURSAMTAKA STÍGAMÓTA, Á MILLI ÁRA 2007-2008 OG MIÐAÐ VIÐ HVERNIG YFIRSTANDANDI ÁR FER AF STAÐ ER BÚIST VIÐ AÐ AUKINING MILLI FYRRA ÁRS OG ÞESSA VERÐI SÍST MINNI.

ANNA MARÍA HJÁLMARSDÓTTIR ÖNNUR AF FORVARSMÖNNUM AFLSINS: …OFBELDI BRJÓTIST OFT FRAM Í EFNAHGASPRJENGINGUM OG REKJA ÞÆR AUKNINGU Í KOMUM… ÆTTINGJAR OG NÁGRANNAR HAFA TIL DÆMIS OFT SAMBAND VIÐ OKKUR OG GREINA FRÁ OFBELDI SEM ÞEIR VERÐA VARIR VIÐ INNI HEIMILUM, FÓLK ER MEÐVITARA, OPNARA OG VEIGRAR SÉR EKKI EINS MIKIÐ OG ÁÐUR VAR VIÐ AÐ LEITA UPPLÝSINGA” ÞA´NEFNDI HÚN AÐ ALLTTAF SÉ EITTHVAÐ UN AÐ KONUR BÚI Í OFBELDISSAMBÖNDUM, VIÐ ÁSTAND EINS OG NÚ ER ÞEGAR ATVINNULEYSI ER MIKIÐ OG FJÁRHAGSÁHYGGJUR AÐ SLIGA MARGA”

IN ENGLISH, ONE OF THE REPRESENTANTS OF THE ASSOCIATION THAT HELP WOMEN THAT ARE VICTIMS OF HOME VIOLENCE IN ICELAND HAVE SAID THAT DURING THIS TIME OF ECONOMICAL CRISIS VIOLENCE HAS INCREASED A LOT SINCE THE LAST YEAR.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ICELAND IS A VERY WIDE AND EXTENDED PROBLEM. MUCH WORSE THAN PEOPLE MIGHT THINK. SOCIETY IN GENERAL HAVE LITTLE OR NONE INFORMATION AND THEY SAID THAT PEOPLE IS GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN SEARCHING FOR HELP AND DENOUNCING WHEN CASES OCURR NEAR THEM. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THERE.

THE ARTICLE WAS EDITED ON VIKUDAGUR, A LOCAL NEWSPAPER OF THE NORTH OF ICELAND. ON WEDNESDAY 8TH OF APRIL OF 2009.

VIOLENCE AGAINST ICELANDIC WOMEN IS ALSO HORRIBLE.

I WOULD LIKE THE EDITORS OF ICENEWS TO PUBLIC MORE ARTICLES THAT SHOW THE DRAMATIC SITUATION MANY PERSONS SUFFER IN ICELAND. SPECIALLY WOMEN SUBJECT TO HOME VIOLENCE, ABUSSED CHILDREN, YOUNGS AND THE INCREASING PROBLEM OF DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION, AND THE SITUATION OF NEW ICELANDERS AND RACISM.

WE NEED TO PUBLIC MORE NEWS THAT HELP TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING, CREATE SOCIAL DEBATE AND HELP THIS SOCIETY TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEMS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL CAN EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE VICTIMS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

STÖNDUM SAMAN FYRIR RÉTTLÆTI !!

I ATTENDED MYSELF A CONFERENCE IN WICH AN ICELANDIC WOMAN WAS PUBLICLY TELLING ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. IT IS A GREAT AND NECESSARY STEP FOR SCANDINAVIA.

WE SHOULD BE VERY AWAKE TO UNDERSTAND AND ADMIT THAT IN ALL HUMAN GROUPS EXIST SOME KIND OF CRIME THAT SEEMS TO AFFECT THOSE WHO ARE WEAKER OR HAS LESS POSSIBILITIES FOR DEFENDING THEMSELVES. SCANDINAVIA HAVE TAKEN BIG STEPS IN PROTECTING WOMAN. STILL, THOSE WHO CAUSE PAIN AND ABUSE HAVE BEEN PLACING THEIR ATTENTION NOW SPECIALLY IN YOUNG PEOPLE, KIDS AND TEENAGERS WHO USE INTERNET WIDELY AND USUALLY WITHOUT ANY SUPERVISION. IN ICELAND WE HAVE HAD A WIDE CAMPAIGN ON THE MEDIA CALLING FOR PARENTS TO PUT MORE ATTENTION TO THE WAY THEIR CHILDREN USE THE INTERNET.

HOME VIOLENCE IS INCREASING IN THE CULTURAL GROUPS OF ISLAMIC ORIGIN. MAINLY BECAUSE THOSE GROUPS HAVE BEEN GROWING DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS AND NOW WE CAN FIND SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION MUSLIMS EVERYWHERE IN EUROPE. BUT WHAT IS MORE STUNNING IS THAT HOME VIOLENCE AND ABUSE OF TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN HAVE SURPRISINGLY MULTIPLIED BY 4, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DANISH HOMES ( OF DANISH HERITAGE).