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Alþingishúsið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈalˌθiɲcɪsˌhuːsɪθ], The Parliament House) is a classical 19th-century structure which stands by Austurvöllur in central Reykjavík, Iceland. It houses Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament. The building was designed by Ferdinand Meldahl and built using hewn Icelandic dolerite from 1880 to 1881. [1]
45.5% of the Icelandic formal workforce was women in 2010. In the 2000s, just under 80% of Icelandic women were in formal employment, the highest rate in the OECD (about 86% of men were in formal employment). [44] [45] Rates of mothers in work are also high, perhaps due to high childcare coverage and generous parental leave policies. [46]
The present parliament building, the Alþingishús, was built in 1881, made of hewn Icelandic stone. [7] The unicameral parliament has 63 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation. [8] The current speaker of the Althing is Birgir Ármannsson.
Schools, shops, banks and Iceland's famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation — including the prime minister — went on strike to push for an end to unequal ...
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It is expected to be the largest walkout by Icelandic women in almost 50 years, according to the strike’s official website. Close to 90% of Iceland’s female population went on strike on Oct ...
She became Iceland's first female prime minister and the world's first openly LGBT head of government. Forbes listed her among the 100 most powerful women in the world in 2009. [4] She was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for Reykjavík constituencies from 1978 to 2013, winning re-election on eight successive occasions. In ...
Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer (below) for “The Day Iceland Stood Still,” ahead of the film’s world premiere at Hot Docs on April 29. When Oct. 24, 1975 was declared ...