The Icelandic women They are on strike for 24 hours. Its about second break since 1975, when the first feminist strike of history. It’s been 48 years since that.
So he 90% of women in Iceland did not go to work That day they did not even carry out their care duties. Nor will they do so today, whether they have paid jobs or not.
The protest is against wage gap, which is still 21%. Also against the gender violence. The called break seeks to make visible the third shift, care and cleaning work in homes.
Thus, the streets have woken up emptythe closed bank branches and transportation and public services with essential service.
The Icelandic Prime Minister has expressed in a radio interview that the fight for equality is going too slow. This afternoon they hope to return to the streets like almost 50 years ago.
Source: Lasexta
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