It was eerily quiet on the suburban streets of Iceland on October 24, 2023. Schools weren’t open, swimming pools closed and several banks shut early. That was because the majority of Iceland’s women ...

In 1975, Britain and Iceland were embroiled in the third ‘Cod War,’ a bitter feud over fishing rights. Journalists from ...

The Nordic island nation’s radical education method is challenging gender-driven societal norms. But could it work outside ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iceland is announcing a U.N. conference on women and gender equality — and only men and boys are invited. The country’s foreign affairs minister told the U.N. General Assembly of ...

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Iceland's natural beauty captivates at every turn, from roaring waterfalls to beautiful black sand beaches, making it a popular backdrop for blockbusters. But beyond its stunning ...

Tómasdóttir is CEO of The B Team, a global collective of business and civil society leaders advocating for new norms of corporate leadership. In 2016, she finished second out of nine candidates in the ...

Iceland has been ranked first in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index for the ninth year in a row. But what is their secret to this success in the gender struggle? A look at the history ...

Iceland has made it very difficult to pay women less than men. Employers in the Nordic country now have to prove that they pay men and women in the same jobs equally. If they fail to do so, they risk ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — An Icelandic woman took her fight over stalled domestic violence complaints to Strasbourg, France, where Europe’s top human rights court found that delays and ...

Iceland is an island country located in the North Atlantic. Recently, Google Trends have shown an uptick in people searching about how to move to the country. A Facebook post claims Iceland is paying ...

Former Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, promoted a new index measuring women’s well-being worldwide. Iceland is the best ...