On Oct. 24, 1975, 90% of Iceland's women walked off the job to send a loud and clear message about their worth. Iceland is ...

Tómasdóttir is CEO of The B Team, a global collective of business and civil society leaders advocating for new norms of corporate leadership. In 2016, she finished second out of nine candidates in the ...

On paper, Iceland should be a haven for women. The high-income Nordic country has topped the World Economic Forum’s global ...

The Hindsight Film Festival is hosting a screening of “The Day Iceland Stood Still." The film highlights a gender equality protest that paralyzed a nation 50 years ago.

Tens of thousands of women across Iceland — including the prime minister — are expected to participate in a one-day strike Tuesday in protest of the ongoing gender pay gap and gender-based violence.

Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer (below) for “The Day Iceland Stood Still,” ahead of the film’s world premiere at Hot Docs on April 29. When Oct. 24, 1975 was declared as ...

It was eerily quiet on the suburban streets of Iceland on October 24, 2023. Schools weren’t open, swimming pools closed and several banks shut early. That was because the majority of Iceland’s women ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Freyja Steingrímsdóttir, the communications director for the Icelandic Federation of Public Workers. The union... Gender inequality protesters in Iceland refused to do ...

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Iceland's natural beauty captivates at every turn, from roaring waterfalls to beautiful black sand beaches, making it a popular backdrop for blockbusters. But beyond its stunning ...

Iceland is an island country located in the North Atlantic. Recently, Google Trends have shown an uptick in people searching about how to move to the country. A Facebook post claims Iceland is paying ...

There's no fairytale start for the hosts as Gemma Grainger's side complete a second-half turnaround in a game that had no shortage of talking points Another huge moment in this game as a host of Swiss ...

In Iceland, women and nonbinary people are back to work today - this after tens of thousands of people walked off the job in a one-day strike to protest gender inequality. The strikers refused to do ...