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Iceland PM Joins Women's Strike Demanding End To Pay Parity, Gender-Based Violence

Jakobsdóttir said that she would stay home as part of the women’s strike — “kvennaverkfal” in Icelandic — and expected other women in her Cabinet would do the same.

New Delhi: Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir on Tuesday joined thousands of other women in a strike against the gender pay gap and gender-based violence.

According to the Associated Press, Icelanders awoke to all-male newscaster teams announcing shutdowns across the island nation: schools closed, public transport delayed, hospitals understaffed, hotel rooms uncleaned.

Jakobsdóttir said that she would stay home as part of the women’s strike — “kvennaverkfal” in Icelandic — and expected other women in her Cabinet would do the same.

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