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.

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of women left work at 2:38 p.m. in Iceland on Monday to protest the gender pay gap in the country. In Iceland, women earn 14 to 18% less than men, which means on an average eight hour work ...

It’s set to be a quiet day in Iceland, as thousands of women and non-binary people will down tools. The full-day strike is expected to bring the country to a standstill, with many public sector ...

FC Bayern Women captain Glódís Viggósdóttir has been named Iceland’s Women’s Footballer of the Year for the fourth time in a ...

HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — 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 ...

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Iceland’s prime minister and women across the volcanic island nation went on strike Tuesday to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said she ...

HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland's prime minister and women across the volcanic island nation went on strike Tuesday to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Icelanders awoke to all ...