LONDON -- Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including the prime minister, participated in a walkout Tuesday to draw attention to the country's systematic gender pay gap and gender-based violence.

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 of Iceland went on strike Tuesday in protest of gender discrimination. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir joined women across the country in a national demonstration against pay ...

(Bloomberg) -- 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Schools, shops, ...