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Iceland Is Still The Best Place In The World To Be A Woman
For the 11th year in a row, Iceland is the country ranking first in the World Economic Forum’s Geneva Equality List. The list looks into 14 variables to measure equality, such as political participation, health, education, and employment to see how close…
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Women’s Day Off Sparks Controversy
On 24 October, thousands of women walked out of their jobs to protest sexual harassment, the persistent income gap, and other forms of gender-based discrimination. They gathered at Arnarhöll in central Reykjavík under the slogan of “Don’t Change Women, Change the World.”…
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Gender Wage Gap In Iceland Difficult To Measure
The gender wage gap in Iceland, when numerous extenuating elements are factored in, has decreased between 2008 and 2016, Kjarninn reports, having gone from 6.6% in 2008 to 4.5% today. This is a considerably smaller number than what has been reported in…
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Icelandic Women Will Effectively Work For Free From October 30 Onwards
Due to the gender wage gap, women across Europe will effectively be working without pay for a large portion of the year. In Iceland, that date begins on October 30. According to data compiled from Eurostat on the gender wage gap in…
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Gender Wage Gap: Growing In Some Sectors, Shrinking In Others
Iceland has a well-deserved reputation for being one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, not least of all when it comes to gender issues. This does not, however, mean everything is perfect. RÚV reports, according to data gathered by two…
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Mind The Gap: The Future Is Female
Being a woman in Iceland is pretty good: a female paradise in comparison to many other countries. But—and here’s the important part—it still isn’t as good as being a man in Iceland. As little as fifty years ago, just getting a stilettoed…
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In Response To Gender Wage Gap, Women In Iceland Leaving Work Today At 14:38
Women across Iceland will be leaving their workplaces at 14:38 today which, when the gender wage gap is factored in, is effectively the time in an 8-hour day when they stop being paid for their work. RÚV reports that there have been…
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Iceland’s Gender Wage Gap Shows Women “Work For Free” From November
A new pan-European poll from Expert Market measured the gender wage gap, to use as a scale for when women begin to effectively work without pay. According to the results, the gender wage gap in Iceland is 14%. As such, Icelandic women…
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Gender Wage Gap Increases In Financial Institutions
As the economy improved, the gender wage gap actually increased within Iceland’s financial institutions. Vísir reports that a survey of men’s and women’s salaries within Icelandic finance companies showed the gender wage gap grew between 2013 and 2016. In fact, in 34…
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Middle-Aged Men Top Income Earners In Iceland
The top income earners in Iceland are middle-aged men, according to data from Statistics Iceland. In fact, an income gap of about 28% was observed between middle-aged men and women. According to the findings, the average gross income across all genders and…
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Gender Wage Gap Decreases Slightly, Unevenly
The gender wage gap decreased slightly between 2013 and 2014, albeit unevenly across sectors. The financial sector showed the widest gap of all, at about 37%. According to data compiled by Statistics Iceland, the general gender wage gap in Iceland went from…
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Signs Gender Wage Gap Is Growing
The Union of Public Servants (SFR) has released a salary poll that shows the gender wage gap within their ranks is growing. Vísir reports that the unadjusted wage difference between men and women doing the same work within SFR is 21%. Men…
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Gender Wage Gap Increases
The gender wage gap increased by nearly 2% between 2012 and 2013, and is now at about 20%.According to new findings from Statistics Iceland, the wage difference between men and women in 2012 was 18.1%. In 2013, that gap had increased to 19.9%.The…