On 24 October 2023, 48 years after the first all-day Icelandic women’s strike of 1975, a new one took place, in order to draw attention to the gender pay gap and violence against women. 100,000 people were estimated to have taken part in the strike, which culminated in a mass demonstration in Reykjavík. Among the participants was Iceland’s prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who set a goal of achieving “full gender equality” in the country by 2030.
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