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The Icelandic women's strike fifty years on – despite closing the gender pay gap by 90%, the nation is ‘still no paradise’ for women, say campaigners

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Tags: iceland, history, 1970s, work, unions, rights.womens, equality.gender, equality.wage, politics, presidents, halla tomasdottir, society, activism.political, anniversaries, 1975 icelandic womens strike, author.chas newkey burden, source.theweek
https://theweek.com/politics/the-icelandic-womens-strike-50-years-on

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Title
The Icelandic women's strike 50 years on
Authors
Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK
Published
Oct 27 2025
Word count
244 words

3 comments

  1. [3]
    MortimerHoughton
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    I support the goal of women's equality, but it feels weird to me to say that Iceland is powered by two things, geothermal and women.

    I support the goal of women's equality, but it feels weird to me to say that Iceland is powered by two things, geothermal and women.

    5 votes
    1. [2]
      Promonk
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      The actual quote is even worse: I couldn't help but mentally picture hundreds of Icelandic women running their asses off in giant hamster wheels to power a foundry or something. The whole piece...

      The actual quote is even worse:

      The nation is now “powered by two sustainable energies: geothermal power and girl power”, said Tómasdóttir.

      I couldn't help but mentally picture hundreds of Icelandic women running their asses off in giant hamster wheels to power a foundry or something.

      The whole piece has a strange tone to it. "Still no paradise" is a weird phrase to even include in a piece of journalism, much less hang a headline on.

      4 votes
      1. adamlang
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        because this is not news it's propaganda. This doesn't mean good or bad just that it's not news. Real news doesn't have salacious editorialization in the middle of an article.

        because this is not news it's propaganda. This doesn't mean good or bad just that it's not news. Real news doesn't have salacious editorialization in the middle of an article.

        3 votes