Gunhild Vehusheia
President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byMargunn Bjørnholt
Succeeded byRagnhild Hennum
Personal details
Born1975
Grimstad
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationLawyer

Gunhild Vehusheia (born 1975 in Grimstad[1]) is a Norwegian lawyer and women's rights leader. She served as President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby,[2] an umbrella organisation for the Norwegian women's movement with ten nationwide member organisations, from 2016 to 2017. She has formerly been executive director of the non-profit NGO Legal Advice for Women (JURK)[3] and chairperson of the board of the Nordic Women's University.[1]

Gunhild Vehusheia holds a cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo from 2003,[1] and was a lawyer at the law firm Salomon-Johansen from 2012 to 2015. She is currently a partner at the law firm Vive Advokater. She is known for representing children in court as well as for representing vulnerable groups such as victims of human trafficking[4] and au pairs.[5][6]

Vehusheia is a member of the executive board of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights[7] and is a board member of Legal Advice for Women. She also lectures on violence against women at Nord University.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Johansen, Marte; Jonsson, Marianne (2011). "Amasonen – møt Gunhild Vehusheia". Justine. Norwegian Female Lawyers' Association (1): 12–13.
  2. ↑ "Gunhild Vehusheia ny leder i Norges kvinnelobby". Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Merete Landsend. "Pass deg for kvinnefellene". Dagbladet.
  4. ↑ Holm-Nilsen, Sverre (7 July 2022). "Avslørte bordell i Oslo sentrum". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Slår alarm om vestkantkultur: Ressurssterke familier importerer billig hushjelp". Dagens Næringsliv.
  6. ↑ Nina Selbo Torset. "For vanskelig å etterforske au pair-saker". Aftenposten.
  7. ↑ Landsstyret, Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
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