The strike was also a response to recent high-profile cases of gender-based violence in Iceland, including the heinous murder of a young woman,\u00a0Birna Brjansdottir, a fun-loving, 20-year-old sales assistant who worked at a department store in a shopping mall. She was murdered by her partner in January.<\/p>\n

The organizers of the strike hope that their message will prompt the government to take action to address these issues. Despite its reputation as a leader in gender equality, Iceland still faces challenges in achieving true equality, particularly when it comes to pay. Women in Iceland earn on average about 18% less than men, and the gender pay gap has remained stubbornly persistent in recent years. The strike is a powerful reminder that even in countries with strong legal protections for women, there is still work to be done to achieve true gender equality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, women in Iceland went on strike to protest unequal pay and gender-based violence. The strike in Iceland caused schools, shops, banks, and swimming pools to shut down, and public transport and hospitals all over Iceland were affected. The strike was organized by trade unions and called on women and nonbinary people to refuse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1440,1407],"ppma_author":[42],"class_list":{"0":"post-7588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens-rights","8":"tag-iceland","9":"tag-womens-rights"},"yoast_head":"\n