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Kristín S. Hjälmtýsdóttir is the Secretary General of the Icelandic Red Cross. She joined the movement in 2015.
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Iceland, 2015

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Between 1990 and 2017, women made up only 2 per cent of mediators, 8 per cent of negotiators and 5 per cent of witnesses and signatories to global peace processes.

– UN Women

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