Why are women in ‘feminist paradise’ Iceland striking?
1 year, 2 months ago

Why are women in ‘feminist paradise’ Iceland striking?

Al Jazeera  

While Iceland is viewed as a great place to be a woman, many feel there is still room for improvement. Tens of thousands of Icelandic women, including the country’s female prime minister, are taking to the streets on Tuesday in a nationwide protest against gender inequality and sexual violence. Billed as the biggest women’s strike in decades, the walkout will see women drop all paid and unpaid work – including domestic tasks – for the day, waving banners reading “Kallarou þetta jafnretti?”. At least 25,000 women and non-binary people are expected to turn up at a rally in Reykjavík city centre, with thousands of women in sectors like fishing, teaching and healthcare joining strikes around the country. By 2010, the country scored another first, electing Johanna Sigurdardottir as its first female prime minister, who also happened to be the world’s first openly gay head of government.

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Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violence
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Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violence

Associated Press  

HUSAVIK, Iceland — Schools, shops, banks and Iceland’s famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation — including the prime minister — went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir said she would stay home as part of the strike — “kvennaverkfall” in Icelandic — …

Iceland PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir joins thousands of women on strike against unequal pay, gender-based violence
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Iceland PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir joins thousands of women on strike against unequal pay, gender-based violence

India TV News  

The Nordic nation of Iceland was almost completely shut on Tuesday as thousands of women went on strike to end unequal pay and gender-based violence. Tuesday's strike is considered as the biggest since Iceland's first such event on October 24, 1975, when 90% of women refused to work, clean or look after children, to voice anger at discrimination in the …

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