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Don’t Change Women, Change the World Declaration of Women in Iceland on the Women’s Day Off, October 24, 2018. Women’s stories of harassment, violence and discrimination in the workplace that have been shared through social media under the hashtag #MeToo highlight the fact that income inequality is not the only injustice women face in the […]
Áfram stelpur Lag: Gunnar Edander Texti: Dagný Kristjánsdóttir og Kristján Jónsson Í augsýn er nú frelsi, og fyrr það mátti vera, ný fylkja konur liði og frelsismerki bera. Stundin er runnin upp. Tökumst allar hönd í hönd og höldum fast á málum þó ýmsir vilji aftur á bak en aðrir standa í stað, tökum við […]
Kvennafrí 2018 – WOMEN’S STRIKE Women are encouraged to leave work at 2:55 p.m. on Wednesday October 24th, 2018 to protest income inequality and sexual harassment and violence in the workplace. Our demand is Don’t Change Women, Change the World! In recent months, stories of harassment, violence and injustice women suffer in the workplace have […]
We demand immediate change! Don’t Change Women, Change the World! Click here for information how to organize a protest in your hometown!
Women work for free after kl. 2:55 p.m. in Iceland! According to the newest figures from Iceland Statistics, the average wages of women in Iceland are only 74% of the average wages of men. Women are therefore paid 26% less on average than men. Therefore, women have earned their wages after only 5 hours and […]
Kvennafrí 1975 Video by Hrafnhildi Gunnarsdóttur. RÚV. Kvennafrí 2010 Video by Halla Kristín Eiríksdóttir. Music by Grýlurnar. Kvennafrí 2016 Video by Lea Ævarsdóttir. Tónlist by Mammút.
Women in Iceland walked out of their jobs on October 24th 2018 at 2:55 p.m. to protest income inequality, sexual harassment and violence in the workplace. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the first woman to serve as prime minister in Iceland and the first openly lesbian elected head of government in the world, addressed women in Reykjavík. Our […]
Women in Iceland have walked out of their jobs sixtimes in the last 48 years to protest the gender pay gap. On October 24th, 1975, women all over Iceland left work to demonstrate the importance of women’s contribution to society. This day was popularly called “kvennafrí”, or Women’s Day Off. In 1985, 25,000 women left […]
Dear Women! Early this September, various women’s and labor organizations in Reykjavík got together and decided to call for a Kvennafrí demonstration – a women’s day off on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018! The official slogan of the Kvennafrí 2018 protest is: “Breytum ekki konum, breytum samfélaginu” or “Stop Changing Women, Change Society”. We need all […]
Don’t Change Women, Change the World! We have had enough! Let’s walk out to protest gender income inequality and violence and harassment in the workplace at 2:55 p.m. on October 24th, 2018.
