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- Oct 24, 202390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Iceland's Women, Prime Minister Included, Strike for a Full Day
- Women and non-binary people across Iceland went on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday 24 October 2023 over unequal pay and gender-based violence[1]
- Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir joined and did not come to work; she said equality could take 300 years to achieve worldwide[1]
- Schools and libraries closed or cut hours and hospitals handled only emergencies[1]
- Thousands rallied on Arnarhóll hill in central Reykjavík[3]
- It was the first full-day women's strike since 24 October 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women took the day off[2]
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- [1]90%abc.net.au/news/2023-10-25/icelandic-women-prime-minister-katrin-jakobsdottir/103017360abc.net.au· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Oct 24, 2023 ✓· 97% of score
ABC News (Reuters), posted 24 Oct 2023 UTC: "Icelandic women went on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday over gender inequality, including the prime minister".
- [2]75%Iceland Prime Minister joins nationwide women's strikejurist.org· Published Oct 26, 2023· 2% of score
Quotes the Foreign Ministry: the first full-day women's strike since 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women took the day off from work and domestic duties.[1]
- [3]85%Iceland's prime minister joins thousands of women on strikecnn.com· Published Oct 23, 2023· 2% of score
Thousands gathered on Arnarhóll in Reykjavík on Tuesday afternoon (RÚV); the strike, known as Kvennafrí or Women's Day Off, targeted wage discrimination and gender-based violence; President Gudni Johannesson called it the 7th strike since 1975.[1]
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