Jarþrúður Ásmundsdóttir appointed chair of Iceland’s Equality Fund

Justice Minister Þorbjörg S. Gunnlaugsdóttir has appointed Jarþrúður Ásmundsdóttir as chair of the Icelandic Equality Fund, mbl.is reports.

The fund awards grants to projects intended to promote gender equality in Icelandic society and internationally. It distributes grants every other year, with the next round scheduled for June next year, according to the government’s website.

Ásmundsdóttir holds a business degree from the University of Iceland and an MBA from Reykjavík University. She has extensive experience in public administration and gender equality issues, and has held a range of management and specialist roles, including in Iceland’s innovation support sector and the financial sector.

The other board members are Rannveig S. Sigurvinsdóttir, an associate professor in Reykjavík University’s Department of Psychology, and Martha Lilja Olsen, executive director of the Directorate of Equality. The alternates are Bjarni Þór Pétursson, a project manager at the Directorate of Labour; Stefan C. Hardonk, a professor in the University of Iceland’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics; and Tryggvi Hallgrímsson, a specialist at the Directorate of Equality.