L7 The time line Iceland's Road to Gender Equality by 13洪辰昊 https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj cheng hao huang , min kai xu en-us 2021-06-04 05:46:46 UTC 2021-06-04 07:34:57 UTC hello@padlet.com October 24, 1975 fairy0979081758 https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584599086 90% of the female population participated in the "Women's Day Off" to protest against wage inequality and other gender-related social injustices. ]]> 2021-06-04 05:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584599086 1980 xuminkai41 https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584617161 An even bigger triumph was achieved when Iceland elected the world's first female president of a democratic county.

]]> 2021-06-04 06:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584617161 2005 xuminkai41 https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584625174 Women organized another strike and left work at 2:08 p.m.-the exact time at which they stopped being paid for equal work. ]]> 2021-06-04 06:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584625174 1976 fairy0979081758 https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584628834 That day , instead of going to work , cooking meals , looking after childen so go on. Icelandic women hoping for change started going on stike , the country fell into complete chaos.The protest paralyzed the entire  nation.]]> 2021-06-04 06:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584628834 2016 xuminkai41 https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584632481 Women in Iceland again finished work early, this time at 2:38 p.m. This was to remind people that the average women still earned just 86% of the salary usually given to men.]]> 2021-06-04 06:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584632481 2018 xuminkai41 https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584642580 It became the first country to legally demand that men and women be paid equally. The revolutionary new law required that companies with at least twenty-five employees obtain a certificate proving that they were following national equal pay policies; otherwise, they would face heavy fines. ]]> 2021-06-04 06:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/fairy0979081758/543anrrwgiwsslhj/wish/1584642580