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Rangá To Offer Free Menstrual Products On Scottish Days
The store Rangá will make menstrual products free on Scottish Days, Fréttablaðið reports. This decision is in reference to the bill Scottish Parliament passed last month, which stipulates that the state must provide free sanitary products to those who need them. Rangá…
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Parliament Rejects Proposal To Make Menstrual Products Free
Andrés Ingi Jónsson’s proposal to make menstrual products free was rejected by Parliament, 27 votes to 26, Vísir reports. The proposal would have sought to provide all students in secondary schools with access to menstrual products. This would have extended to low-income…
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Wrong Time To Abolish Pink Tax, Says Parliament
According to RÚV, the majority of the Economic and Business Committee of Parliament does not believe that it is the right time to abolish VAT on menstrual products, or the “pink tax” as it is often referred to. This comes following Scotland’s…
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Iceland Eliminates “Pink Tax”
Health care products that are specifically for people with uteruses have been taken down a tax bracket, effectively eliminating the “pink tax”, Vísir reports. The law, which was voted into approval last June, goes into effect now. As such, the VAT on…
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It’s About Time! Bill To Lower The ‘Pink Tax’ Passes In Alþingi
After three attempts, a bill to lower the ‘pink tax’ on women’s hygiene products and contraceptives was approved by Alþingi today, in what many regard as a significant step on the road to greater gender equality. With the advent of this new…
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Women’s Icelandic Football Team Jerseys Cost Twice As Much As Men’s
National team jerseys are now half off for men and children, but not for women. Stundin reports that the store Sports Direct is selling Icelandic national football team jerseys at a 50% discount, but not for all of them. Men’s and children’s…
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MP: Icelandic Consumers Subject To “Pink Tax”
Member of parliament, Björt Ólafsdóttir, wants to highlight the “pink tax” on Icelandic consumers, a phenomenon where products for women cost more than comparable products for men. Björt told Vísir that most people do not necessarily comparison shop between genders but that…