LONDON -- Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including the prime minister, participated in a walkout Tuesday to draw attention to the country's systematic gender pay gap and gender-based violence.

From classrooms to corporate offices to household cleaning, women across Iceland walked away from work − both paid and unpaid − Tuesday to demand improvements to unequal pay and gender-based violence.

(Bloomberg) -- The prime minister joined other women in Iceland on a strike to call attention to the remaining inequalities in their society even though the country ranks highest globally in terms of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Schools, shops, ...

Women across Iceland – including the prime minister – will go on strike Tuesday as part of a campaign pushing for greater gender equality in the country. This will be the seventh time that women in ...

Every national leadership position in Iceland – including president, prime minister, bishop and police chief – is now held by a woman, but there’s still “work to be done”, said President Halla ...