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What the anti-woke backlash against liberal feminism misses about causes like the gender pay gap

This week, thousands of women across Iceland went on strike to demand greater gender equality. That’s right, Iceland: the country that has ranked highest in the world for gender equality for the past 14 years in a row.

The Conversation

Some call us ungrateful middle-class feminists – but this is why women went on strike in Iceland

I felt a deep need to join this unbelievable meeting of women and non-binary people. I am worried, I am tired and I am angry, writes activist María Hjálmtýsdóttir

The Guardian - UK

Up First briefing: Concerns over Israel's war strategy; long COVID origins

The U.S. has concerns violence in Israel and Gaza could spread in the region. Scientists are one step closer to understanding what causes long COVID.

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Women, including PM Katrin Jakobsdottir, go on strike in Iceland, the world’s most gender equal society

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 gender parity.

The Times of India

Women and nonbinary Icelanders go on a 24-hour strike to protest the gender pay gap

According to organizers of the strike, women make 21% less than men on average. Immigrant women and women who work in sanitation and with children have some of the lowest wages in the country.

WEKU

Iceland PM joins crowd of 100,000 for full-day women’s strike

Katrín Jakobsdóttir says she wants nation to achieve full gender equality by 2030 as over a quarter of population attend event in capital

The Guardian - UK

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Why are women in ‘feminist paradise’ Iceland striking?

While Iceland is viewed as a great place to be a woman, many feel there is still room for improvement.

Al Jazeera

Iceland's Prime Minister joins first women's strike in 48 years over gender pay gap

ICELAND’s prime minister and tens of thousands of women across the nation have gone on strike for the first time in almost half a century calling…

The National (Scotland)

Iceland's PM Katrin Jakobsdottir goes on strike over gender pay gap

Tuesday’s protest will involve women and non-binary people stopping paid and unpaid labour

Evening Standard

Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap – as it happened

Tens of thousands of women and non-binary people across Iceland, including prime minister, stopped work

The Guardian - UK

Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence

Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence

The Independent UK

‘Power of the masses’: the day Iceland’s women went on strike and changed history

1975 strike was a pivotal moment for the country – but 48 years later, Icelanders today protest at gender inequality

The Guardian - UK

Iceland PM to take part in first women’s strike in almost 50 years: ‘Women’s Day Off’

‘Workers from all major industries are taking part: healthcare workers, teachers, service workers, finance workers, care workers, energy workers,’ chair of Icelandic Federation for Public Workers says

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The Guardian - UK

Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap

PM will take part in stoppage by women and non-binary people calling for pay equality and action on gender-based violence

The Guardian - UK

Moments of magic and bliss: Chris Burkard’s ocean photography

Outdoor and surf photographer Chris Burkard has explored the seven seas capturing their diversity and dynamic beauty. His work especially in the colder regions find the dymanic beauty of our ocean and a source of inspiration deserving of our respect and stewardship

The National (Scotland)

Craig Murray: I was detained under terror laws after Palestine protest

FORMER diplomat Craig Murray has told how he was detained under draconian anti-terror laws after attending a pro-Palestine protest.

The Independent UK

Police probe after British schoolgirl assaulted on school trip to Iceland

Exclusive: Viral video shows Black teenager being slapped in the face and chased by a white woman

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Evening Standard

London school reports tour guide for slapping Black student on Iceland trip

The tour guide and student had been staying at the same hotel when the incident unfolded

The Guardian - UK

‘Can we save the wild salmon of Iceland?’: Björk releases ‘lost’ song to fight fish farming

The Icelandic singer discusses her collaboration with Rosalía and how artists pick up on the environmental emergency

France 24

Tide turns against whalers in Iceland after video emerges of whale’s tortured death

The company that has a monopoly on commercial whaling in Iceland has come under fire in the wake of two brutal killings captured on camera this summer – the first showing a whale in agony for a full 30 minutes before dying, another showing the slaughter of a pregnant female.…

The Hindu

Euro 2024 qualifiers | Belgium, France, Portugal become first teams to qualify

France & Portugal qualify for Euro 2021 with perfect records; Mbappé & Ronaldo score twice each; Belgium also clinch berth; Greece, Netherlands, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Bosnia, Iceland, Sweden, Azerbaijan also in contention.

The Guardian - UK

‘We can carry on for ever’: meet Iceland’s last whale hunter

For Kristján Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick’s obsessive hero Ahab are ‘an honour’. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

The Guardian - UK

Ward Knútur Townes: Unanswered review – a captivating English-Canadian-Icelandic union

Born out of lockdown, the affinity between singer-songwriters Lucy Ward, Adyn Townes and Svavar Knútur bears fruit on an album of alluring melancholy

The Guardian - UK

Björk and Rosalía team up to campaign against industrial fish farming

The Icelandic and Spanish singers create their first collaboration together as Björk alleges large-scale farming has had a ‘devastating effect on wildlife’ in her country

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