
[Reykjavík, 3 April 2013] A global contingent of thought leaders, elected officials, NGOs, public health experts, scholars, authors, public figures and human rights and feminist organizations from 17 countries and four continents across the globe who have signed a letter endorsing Iceland’s historic proposed legislation to develop and implement legal limits on violent Internet pornography.
Signatories, who hail from India to Ontario and from Scotland to Australia, include renowned Icelandic actress Edda Björgvinsdóttir, two members of the Scottish Parliament, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, the Swedish Women’s Lobby, US actress and director Roseanne Barr, anti-pornography activist and scholar Dr. Gail Dines, and the Feminist Party of Germany.