Hrafnhildur Snæfríðar- og Gunnarsdóttir holds a Master degree in Gender Studies and diplomas in sociology and social science research methods as well as a Bachelor degree in science in nursing. She is working in the Centre for Disability Studies and The Social Science Research Institute and participated in several studies that focus on the lives and experiences of disabled persons. One of these studies was a qualitative research about violence against women with disabilities, where the aim was to uncover and understand the multifarious and complicated violence disabled women face.