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Iceland's prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, speaks to the media at a polling station in Reykjavik on Saturday. Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Iceland no longer has more female than male MPs after recount
The Guardian
Initial election result gave women 33 seats, but total was later revised down to 30. Iceland briefly celebrated electing a female-majority parliament on Sunday, before a recount produced a result just short of the landmark for gender parity in the...
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Photo: Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir/Facebook.
Friday, February 12, 2021
Iceland’s Parliament reschedules sessions, opens nursery to be a more family-friendly workplace
Iceland Review
A nursery, complete with a diaper change facility, has been opened at the first floor of Iceland’s Parliament building. Secretary-General of Alþingi Ragna Árnadóttir told Vísir that this is a good step towards making Parliament a more family-...
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Monday, June 22, 2020
Iceland’s Prime Minister praises female leaders for response to coronavirus
Metro
Iceland’s prime minister has indicated that female leaders have offered a better response to coronavirus across the world than some of their male counterparts. Katrín Jakobsdóttir said: ‘It’s a remarkable fact that a lot of female leaders have...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Iceland scandal over MPs' crude and sexist bar talk
BBC
There are calls for several Icelandic MPs to resign after they were recorded using crude language to describe female colleagues and a disabled activist. Icelanders were especially shocked that the MPs' targets included ex-MP Freyja Haraldsdottir, a...
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