2025 marks the 50 year anniversary of Kvennafrídagurinn– Iceland’s largest protest. About 90% of women in Iceland took the day off of both formal work and household labor. It called out a lack of representation (only 5% of parliament) and a wage gap (60% below male counterparts, at the time).
The protest brought society to a halt. Dads started bringing their kids to work, grocery stores sold out of sausages (a quick-cook meal) and more significantly Iceland passed equal pay and representation laws the following year, and has since typically scored among the highest when it comes to gender equity.