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Politics needs to change for the better to attract and retain women, says Chair of the Executive Board of WIP Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir

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February 9, 2017

Politics needs to change for the better to attract and retain women, says Chair of the Executive Board of WIP Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir

Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir is Chair of the Executive Board of the Women in Parliaments Global Forum. She is the former Minister of Interior of Iceland, the first Member of Parliament for the Reykjavík South constituency in Iceland, as well as a previous Mayor of Reykjavík. In 2016, Iceland topped the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Index for the eighth year in a row. 

Click here to read Womanthology’s interview with Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir. 

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Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir is Chair of the Executive Board of the Women in Parliaments Global Forum. She is the former Minister of Interior of Iceland, the first Member of Parliament for the Reykjavík South constituency in Iceland, as well as a previous Mayor of Reykjavík. In 2016, Iceland topped the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Index for the eighth year in a row. 

Click here to read Womanthology’s interview with Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir. 

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