Women in Iceland went on a 24-hour strike over gender inequality, including the prime minister, who said the fight for equal treatment was moving far too slowly at home and abroad.
Across the small island nation, schools and libraries were either closed or operated on limited hours as female staff stayed home, while hospitals said they would only handle emergency cases."Looking at the whole world, it could take 300 years to achieve gender equality," she told the Ras 1 public radio station.
Iceland is regarded as one of the world's most progressive countries in terms of gender equality and has topped the World Economic Forum's gender gap index 14 years in a row. 40% of Icelandic women experience gender-based and sexual violence in their lifetime, a University of Iceland study found.