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In Iceland women are paid about 18% less than their male counterparts, if working in the same job with the same level of experience; for comparison, the average European wage gap is 16.2%. [12] Excluding ranking, position, and hours worked, the average annual income for women is 28% less than men. [52]
The Icelandic Human Rights Centre (IHRC) noted that in 2006, up to 40% of women who seek refuge at the Women's Shelter in Reykjavik were immigrants. Previously, foreign women who left their spouses within three years after receiving residency permits lost their rights to residency, thus leading to cases in which women stayed in abusive ...
Feminism without trans women is no feminism at all." [8] On Women's Rights Day in Iceland in 2020, the Icelandic Women's Rights Association organised an event together with Trans Ísland that saw several different feminist organisations in the country discuss strategies to stop anti-trans sentiment from increasing its influence in Iceland. [7]
Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay, according to research released Friday.. Between 2020 and ...
Iceland Review is the oldest English-language magazine about Iceland, having originally been published in August 1963. [1] It also runs a news website which covers current events in Iceland. [ 2 ] Since 2009, the online version is offered in German as well.
It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of Iceland, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women. It was founded on January 29, 1961 [ 2 ] and its first chairman was Bogi Þorsteinsson , [ 3 ] but current chairman is Hannes S. Jónsson .
The Icelandic Met Office said: “Since the eruption began, about 320 earthquakes have been measured over the magma channels. “The largest earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.1, occurred at 23:25 ...
Hið íslenska kvenfélag was an Icelandic women's organization, founded in Reykjavík in 1894. [1] The purpose of the society was to work for the improvement in women's rights, and inform women of already existing rights and encourage them to use them. The society was founded by a group of educated and wealthy women after the king had turned ...