The Recent Iceland Women’s Strike and its Precursors
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Mar 3, 2024
Thousands of women marched together, schools and libraries closed, and streets were crowded: this is an accurate depiction of Iceland on October \ 24th, 2023. Exactly 48 years after the “Women’s Day Off ” (or “Kvennafrí” in Icelandic) on October 24th, 1975, thousands of women across Iceland including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir — joined together in a strike to promote gender equality.
