HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — 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 ...

It was eerily quiet on the suburban streets of Iceland on October 24, 2023. Schools weren’t open, swimming pools closed and several banks shut early. That was because the majority of Iceland’s women ...

From classrooms to corporate offices to household cleaning, women across Iceland walked away from work − both paid and unpaid − Tuesday to demand improvements to unequal pay and gender-based violence.

The prime minister joined other women in Iceland on a strike to call attention to the remaining inequalities in their society even though the country ranks highest globally in terms of gender parity.

Women and nonbinary people in Iceland, including the country's prime minister, went on strike Tuesday in protest of the country's gender pay gap. Organizers of the strike encouraged women and ...

Women across Iceland — including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir — went on strike Tuesday to protest against gender inequality and gender-based violence. Tens of thousands of Icelandic women and ...

Thousands of women across Iceland – including the prime minister – went on strike Tuesday as part of a campaign pushing for greater gender equality in the country. It marked the seventh time that ...

People across Iceland gather during the women's strike in Reykjavik, Iceland, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Arni Torfason) HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Schools, shops, banks and Iceland’s famous ...

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