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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Girlie pens, again? Why ordinary things go pink. (2012)
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How does Iceland, a country celebrated for its progress on women's rights, grapple with domestic violence cases surging nearly 40% over the past decade?
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Has Iceland found the antidote to toxic ‘girlboss’ feminism – concept of ‘konur eru konum bestar’ is everywhere, including the female-led coalition government
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Iceland's international reputation for gender equality comes with a striking caveat – new analysis shows about 40% of women have been sexually or physically assaulted, and many are grappling with PTSD
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The world's most feminist city – how Umeå in Sweden became an idyll for women
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Denmark's tough laws on begging hit Roma women with few other options – the Roma minority are heavily discriminated against across Europe
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Denmark leads the Women Peace and Security Index 2023/24, scoring more than three times higher than Afghanistan at the bottom of the scale
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Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
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The day women shut down Iceland
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How Urban Company built an empire of female Indian gig workers
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Across the whole of Europe, a lot of women are pregnant or have conceived children from sperm donors through Danish sperm banks
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More Swedish mothers are having babies after the age of forty-five than teenagers, new data from the Scandinavian country shows
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Beauty gap: How the cost of living crisis is ruining women’s confidence
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Eliza Reid: ‘The ancient Icelandic word 'sprakkar' means outstanding women. And they're all around us’.
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In the Afghanistan countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them
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Denmark's new consent law leaves sex workers out in the cold – they are becoming increasingly stigmatized within Danish society
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Women in Norway have the best quality of life according to the latest Women, Peace and Security Index
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South Korean women 'escape the corset' and reject their country's beauty ideals
11 votes