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Yesterday was the
time that women in Iceland have gone on
. It was the first
action in nearly 50 years. The
strike was in 1975, when 90 per cent of women did not go to work and did not do housework. The following year, Iceland passed an equal pay
. In 1980, Iceland became the first country in Europe to elect a woman as
of state. According to the World Economic Forum, Iceland has had the smallest gender
of any country for 14 years in a row. Despite this, Ms Jakobsdottir, said there is still a long
to go. She wants women's pay to be equal to men's pay. She also wants a reduction in gender-based
. Ms Jakobsdottir said this was a "
" for her government to tackle.
