Women in Iceland could vote, get an education and run for public office by the 1970s. But they were still hugely underrepresented in the Parliament, only making up 0-5% of politicians. As a result, a ...

Iceland is marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark "Women's Day Off" strike, a protest that helped launch a global movement for gender equality, with another women's strike. On October 24, 1975, ...

She spoke as Icelanders went on strike last week to mark the 50th anniversary of the “Kvennafrí” (“women’s day off”), which ...