Aviâja Egede Lynge

From 2006, Lynge headed the department of further education at the University of Greenland, where she developed teaching diploma courses and a master's degree programme for Greenland's teachers. She has also taught social anthropology and has participated in educational reforms.^[3]

In 2015, she was appointed Spokesperson for the Rights of the Child in Greenland, who is also head of the National Advocacy for Children's Rights Center in Greenland (also translated as Greenlandic Children's Rights Institution), or MIO. She followed the inaugural spokesperson and head of MIO, Aaja Chemnitz, who served until 2015 at the organisation, which was established in 2012 by the Greenlandic Government. The appointments are usually for a three-year term,^[4][5] but in 2021, Lynge was appointed to remain in the position until 2025.^[6]

Two years later, she was appointed a board member of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA).^[7]

In 2020, she became a member of the General Assembly of the International Indigenous Women's Forum.^[8][3]

Lynge has been active in coordinating improvements in education for the indigenous inhabitants of Canada and Alaska. In 2013, she represented Arctic women at the World Conference for Indigenous Women in Lima, Peru.^[3]