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Iceland’s Gender Equality Protest

Despite the highest ranking in Global Gender Gap Report, women in Iceland are protesting inequality, with even the Prime Minister participating.

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Why in News:

  • Iceland has been ranked first in the World Economic Forum’s global gender gap rankings for 14 consecutive years.
  • Despite the ranking, women in Iceland are protesting inequality, with even the Prime Minister participating.

Details of the Protest:

  • It is named “Kallarðu þetta jafnrétti?” (You call this equality?).
  • Women are refusing to engage in any work, both paid and unpaid.
  • The strike aims to address women’s underpayment and gender-based violence, highlighting both as manifestations of seeing women as lesser beings.