Democracy and Equality Committee

General presentations

• 0701391 – Equal opportunities education in schools, a joint project of the Fjarðabyggir municipality, Kópavogur municipality, Akureyri municipality, the Equal Opportunities Institute, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the City of Reykjavík.

  Til fundarins mættu Heiðrún Sverrisdóttir, leikskólaráðgjafi og Vigfús Hallgrímsson, þróunarfulltrúi grunnskóla, Valgerður Pálsdóttir, námsráðgjafi í Lækjarskóla, Birna Stefánsdóttir og Kiljan Vincent Paoli, nemendur úr Lækjarskóla, Sverrir Sverrisson, aðstoðarleikskólastjóri á leikskólanum Hörðuvöllum. Kynntar voru niðurstöður verkefna skólanna og umræður í framhaldinu.%0D%0DJafnframt var lagt fram boð á norræna ráðstefnu um jafnréttisfræðslu í skólum sem haldin verður á Grand Hótel 21. og 22. september næstkomandi.

  The Democracy and Equality Committee thanks you for a fantastic presentation and encourages schools in Hafnarfjörður to make use of the projects, as well as other projects available on the project's website: www.jafnrettiiskolum.is“.;

• 0906103 – Men say NO to rapes, request for support

  A grant application was submitted from the men's group of the Icelandic Feminist Association for the project: Men Say NO to Rape.

  The Committee on Democracy and Equality approves a grant of 25,000 krónur for the project.;

• 0906105 – Follow our hearts, unite in our diversity!

  A letter and posters from the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Icelandic Human Rights Office were presented, drawing attention to the 'Follow Your Heart, Let's Unite in Diversity!' anti-discrimination campaign.

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