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Thordis Elva is listed as Chair at Nordic Digital Rights and Equality Foundation, based in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Thordis Elva.
Thordis Elva previously worked as Keynote Speaker // Expert Panelist at The Nordic Council Of Ministers And The Nordic Council and Public speaker, advocate at Freelance. Thordis Elva holds Master'S Degree, Editing And Publishing, Valedictorian from Háskóli Íslands.
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Thordis Elva has held various different job titles throughout her career, such as news reporter, author and educator, but at the core of them all is social change. Her books, articles, films and plays have won various awards and honours. That, combined with her public speaking and equal rights activism, earned her the title Woman of the Year 2015 in her native Iceland. Two years later, Thordis was instrumental in leading the #metoo revolution and accepted the Person of the Year award on behalf of the movement.In her violence prevention work and advocacy for gender equality, she saw how emerging technology is being utilised to abuse women and girls not only offline, but online too. In 2020, she founded the Nordic Digital Rights and Equality Foundation (NORDREF) along with other Nordic experts in the field. She has delivered keynotes about the role of digital media in furthering gender equality at events hosted by the UN, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Council of Europe, the European Union and the Nordic Council. Thordis Elva has also built on her personal experience in her work, sharing her own story of sexual assault in a TED talk that has been viewed over 10 million times. She is the first survivor of assault to publicly collaborate with her perpetrator with the hope that sharing their story will help prevent abuse in other relationships. Their book, South of Forgiveness, has been published in fourteen countries across four continents. The Sunday Times said about the book: "Hats off to Elva and Stranger for a brave journey that might well change lives."Thordis Elva currently resides in Reykjavik, Iceland, where she is proudly raising three children.
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Sweden / Iceland
Since its conception in December 2020, the Nordic Digital Rights and Equality Foundation (NORDREF) has contributed to the field of digital rights in the Nordic region in various ways, by conducting international research to profile perpetrators of online abuse against women and girls, creating evidence-based tools to prevent digitally facilitated violence.
I've given keynotes and been on expert panels across the world, on the initiative of governments, organisations and institutions such as the UN, the European Union, the European Council, the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. For more, visit www.thordiselva.com/resume
In my public speaking, I specialise in violence prevention and ways to heal as individuals and as a society, building on my own experience of sexual and gender-based abuse. I'm also a firm believer in the role of digital media in furthering gender equality and democratic participation.
South of Forgiveness, my 2017 non-fiction book about my journey to healing after being sexually assaulted by my first boyfriend, who co-authored the book with me, was critically acclaimed and garnered headlines around the world.
Nine of my plays have been professionally produced in theatres such as the Reykjavik City Theatre, the National Radio Theatre of Iceland, Tjarnarbio theatre, Hafnarfjarðarleikhúsið Theatre and elsewhere.
Iceland
I worked as a television reporter for the national broadcasting service in Iceland, covering everything from politics to union battles to cultural events.
Public relations, literary management, editing, general management.
Reykjavik
I was a columnist and journalist at the Reykjavik Grapevine magazine, writing articles that landed me in television debates more than once.
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Thordis Elva works for Nordic Digital Rights and Equality Foundation.
Thordis Elva is listed as Chair at Nordic Digital Rights and Equality Foundation.
Thordis Elva is based in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland while working with Nordic Digital Rights and Equality Foundation.
Thordis Elva has worked for Nordic Digital Rights And Equality Foundation, The Nordic Council Of Ministers And The Nordic Council, Freelance, Stundin, and Various Theatres.
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Thordis Elva holds Master'S Degree, Editing And Publishing, Valedictorian from Háskóli Íslands.
Thordis Elva is listed with skills including Editing, Journalism, Public Relations, Writing, Public Speaking, Television, Radio, and Broadcast.
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