Staff

Védís Ólafsdóttir

Project Manager

Iceland

Short Bio

Védís has worked internationally as a Special Assistant to the Director of UNRWA Operations, Jordan, an intern with the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) in Malawi and leading international student trips in China. Védís has a BSc degree in International Business and Politics from the Copenhagen Business School, and a MA degree in Ethnology and a postgraduate diploma in Applied Gender Studies from the University of Iceland. During her studies, Védís worked with children and young people with disabilities as well as she guided travellers on Icelandic glaciers and mountains.

Supervision

Final project

Juvenile Delinquency and Masculinity: The Need for Gender-responsive Programming in Juvenile Correctional Institutions in Palestine

Mirna Nazeer Hussain Ansari

2019

Gender and Masculinity Studies