A interview with Heidi Greenfield about domestic violence, published in the magazine Nýtt líf in september 1995. Heidi Greenfield is a Canadian woman presently living in Iceland who has a great deal of experience working with men who abuse their partners. She also has worked closely with and provided counselling to victims of violence. Nýtt Líf met with Heidi to learn about ?invisible violence? ? the kind of violence that does not leave any bruises on the body of its victims.
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The Shelter has been run for almost 25 years now, in the beginning as a grass root organization, established by politically aware women and women who had been victims of domestic violence themselves. This was back in 1982 and the subject of domestic violence had not been discussed openly and as a matter of fact, many believed that domestic violence did not exist in Iceland and had a hard time believing that this was a widespread problem with horrific and long lasting affects to the victims.
