Icelandic women's strike, 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women went on strike (picture)

[IcyPeas]

Icelandic women's strike, 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women went on strike to show the undervalued indispensable work of women #WomensArt

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More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Icelandic_women%27s_strike

[DURHAM D]

1. I'm in. nt

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

2. That's a beautiful thing.

❤️

[Maru Kitteh]

3. I would do this is a flipping heartbeat.

Would love to see it done even for just ONE day. One.

[ariadne0614]

4. I've been waiting for a sign! n/t

[Tree Lady]

5. Aren't women now running the country?

Interesting...

[FreeState]

8. Still work to do but best in the world

Iceland has had a woman as either president or prime minister for 20 of the last 36 years. In the 2016 parliamentary election covering 63 seats, 30 women were elected, increasing the number of females in the Alþingi to over 47%.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Iceland#Government

Iceland enjoys the smallest overall gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum ranking Global Gender Gap Report, a position it has held since 2009. In 2020 Iceland had a 12.2% gap, as measured across four categories: health, education, economic participation and opportunity, and political advancement. The pay gap between women and men is decreasing at a rate which would lead to parity in 2068.[11] Women earn about 72% of men's salaries on average, and are still subject to domestic and sexual violence.[6] Women in Iceland do not necessary fare better than other countries in professional fields: for example Iceland's percentage of women medical doctors is one of the lowest within the OECD (only Japan, Korea, Luxembourg and the US have less women doctors).[12]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Iceland#Government

[empedocles]

6. 90% will send a message

[iluvtennis]

7. Right On! n/t

[H2Oart]

9. Well

Well, ladies of the USA, who care about their fellow women workers, rich or poor, any race, any age…..you need solidarity like this

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. Wasn't there a similar "strike" of women somewhere in South America withholding any sex...

until their demands were recognized?

[niyad]

11. KNR. Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights And Issues?

Thanks in advance.

[IcyPeas]

12. Will do niyad.