REYKJAVIK, IcelandREYKJAVIK, 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 ...

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 ...

Iceland has topped the WEF's gender gap index 14 years in a row. But women living there say it's no gender equality paradise. They're under-appreciated at work, violence is too high, and foreign-born ...

Eliza Reid, the first lady of Iceland, thinks the tiny island nation that is her adopted home has something to teach the world when it comes to gender equality. For the past 12 years, Iceland, with a ...

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