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The tiny island nation of Iceland has the world's smallest gap between men and women. Women in the country want you to know it's no gender equality 'fairyland.'
"It was incredible," Saga Líf Friðriksdóttir, the founder of Viking Women, an Icelandic women-only tour company, told Business Insider. "I had chills all over while standing there. It was a ...
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Women in Iceland want you to know it's not a gender equality utopia, despite what the statistics say
On a surprisingly sunny day in late October, an estimated 100,000 women and non-binary people — about a quarter of the country's population — gathered in the centers of cities, towns, and ...
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How Icelandic Women Really Feel About The New Equal Pay Law
Tanya Tarr is a behavioral scientist covering workplace wellbeing. Yet, how do Icelandic women feel about the impact of this new law? I decided to connect with them directly to get their reactions ...
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Why Scottish women and Icelanders are closely linked
It's easy to think that the Viking world ... and a woman. Written and narrated by Dr Janina Ramirez Animated by Dominika Ozynska Performances by Leikhópurinn X, Iceland Executive produced by ...
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Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’
At least three of them appear to belong to a trio of highly respected and wealthy Viking women. But don’t expect archeologists to find their bones—or any other human remains—in the estimated ...