Social trust is high in the Nordic region – and there is a recipe for that
The Nordic countries are often regarded as the role-model region of the world when it comes to equality on different levels of society. Equal access t...
Female Staff of Hard Rock Café Made to Wear Dresses
Female staff of Hard Rock Café in downtown Reykjavík have been told that they need to wear dresses instead of shirts and trousers, like their male wor...
South of Forgiveness lecture excluded from Women of the World
London 2017 WOW – Women of the World festival celebrating the achievements of women and girls as well as looking at the obstacles they face acro...
Iceland prepares to bind equal pay in legislation
The Icelandic government has announced preparations to introduce a legislation requiring all employers with over twenty five employees, to provide pro...
#BeBoldForChange – International Women’s Day 2017
For International Women’s Day 2017 a new outreach has been made for people to exhilirate gender equality. #BeBoldForChange is a call “on the ma...
Miss Grand International pageant owner responds to beauty leaving the pageant
Mr. Nawat Itsaragrisil owner of the pageant Miss Grand International has issued a statement regarding recent events, where an Icelandic beauty, Arna Y...
Video – Vigdis Finnbogadottir and Of Monsters and Men singer Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir have a conversation about equal rights
As reported, on 24 October in 1975 the women of Iceland took a stand against lower pay and the low value placed on their work contribution in society ...
Women´s day off! Women assemble at Austurvollur today
Women are encouraged to leave their place of work at 2:38 pm today, 24 October, a day known in Iceland as Women´s Day Off [Kvennafrídagurinn] There wi...