Forced marriage is when a person has not agreed to marry but does so to gain benefits for themselves or the oppressor. This is human trafficking because someone benefits from what the person is exploited to do. 

You are threatened with violence or other means to marry someone you do not want to marry.

You are forced to marry someone who benefits by getting a esidential permit or citizenship.

You did not know you were getting married.

You cannot talk about your marriage with others

You were promised a residential permit, citizenship, or money in exchange for getting married. 

Somebody else benefits from you marrying without your will.

Are you in a forced marriage? Contact 112 and get help.

The methods of exploiters are well known. If you recognize the symptoms and methods of human trafficking, you increase the possibility of dissolving it.

Notify in advance if you need wheelchair accessibility

The Women‘s shelter offers counseling and a safe place to stay for any woman who has experienced abuse in a close relationship.

The Women's Shelter is a house where women and their children can reside for a short period if they cannot live at home due to abuse or violence. If you have been subjected to abuse, you can come to the shelter for counseling; you do not have to reside in the shelter. It doesn't matter when the abuse occurred. There is no cost for speaking to a counselor.

The counselors speak English; you can also request to speak with a French or Spanish fluent counselor. For other languages, you can get an interpreter. You can also get a sign language interpreter if you need. 

The Women's Shelter is located in Reykjavik and Akureyri, and serves the need of women all over the country. 

You can call the Women’s Shelter 24 hours a day at their phone number 561 1205 for immediate support or you can make an appointment with a counselor through their website. You can also send them an email to kvennaathvarf@kvennaathvarf.is. All women are welcome: Icelandic, foreign, disabled, queer, trans or of any age (over 18).

Icelandic, English. Language and Sign Language interpretation

The Women‘s Shelter offers counseling and a safe place to stay for any woman who has experienced abuse in a close relationship. 

Call and inform us if you use a wheelchair. 

The Women's Shelter in Akureyri offers counseling and a safe place to stay for women who experience abuse in a close relationship.

The counselors speak English; you can also request to speak with a French or Spanish fluent counselor. For other languages, you can get an interpreter. You can also get a sign language interpreter if you need. The shelter is not wheelchair accessible, but if you use a wheelchair, you can book a meeting with them at Bjarmahlíð. If you need shelter, you will get a wheelchair accessible hotel room.

You can reach the Women’s Shelter for support around the clock, the phone number is 561 1205. You can also send them an email to kvennaathvarf[hjá]kvennaathvarf.is. All women are welcome: Icelandic, foreign, disabled, queer, trans or of any age (over 18).

Icelandic, English. Language and sign language interpreters.

The Women's Shelter offers counseling and a safe place to stay for any woman who has experienced abuse in a close relationship.

Stop The Traffik: Iceland provides assistance to potential victims of human trafficking and education about human trafficking in Iceland. There you can get education about human trafficking manifestations and possible resources. The staff of Stop the Traffik: Iceland speaks Icelandic and English, with the possibility of interpretation services to other languages. 

 Stop the Traffik: Iceland is a part of the international NGO network Stop the Traffik that works towards ending human trafficking of any kind. Stop the Traffik connects organizations in 50 countries with over 10 thousand volunteers around the world. 

Stop The Traffik: Iceland is an independent organization working towards educating human trafficking victims and the public about the nature of human trafficking, symptoms, and resources. 

Sexual exploitation is when a person benefits from selling access to another person's body.

If a person is forced to marry to benefit from it themselves or the other one, for example, to gain a residential permit or citizenship, it is human trafficking and is called forced marriage. 

þvingað hjónaband, þvinguð hjónabönd, nauðungarhjónaband, forced marriage

Nauðungarhjónaband, þvingað hjónaband, þvinguð hjónabönd

Forced marriage

What is a forced marriage?

Know the methods of exploiters

Resources

Women's Shelter

Women's Shelter in Akureyri

Stop The Traffik: Iceland

Sexual exploitation