[…] On October 24, 1975, 50 years ago this month, 90 percent of all women in Iceland went on strike. Their purpose: to show the importance of women in the workplace. Their demands: Equal pay and equal rights. It is estimated that over 25,000 women came together in solidarity in downtown Reykjavík on that day, (pictured above) as they did again in 1985, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2018 and 2023, (pictured below) when 100,000 people made their way to downtown Reykjavík. …