The former political adviser to the home secretary of Iceland, she is head of policy and partnerships of the Women's Equality Party in the United Kingdom.
[2] Gunnarsdóttir worked initially as a journalist from 2003 to 2009, and as an assistant to Ögmundur Jónasson in the Ministry of Health.
[2] Gunnarsdóttir was appointed Assistant Attorney to Justice and Human Rights in September 2010.
During her term she researched the Icelandic criminal justice system and reviewed how sexual crimes are dealt with.
[3] In 2013 Gunnarsdóttir authored an article for The Guardian in which she advocated the porn shield imposed by Iceland as a means to reduce sexual violence in the country.