Women Go on Strike in the World’s Most Gender Equal Society (1)

The prime minister joined other women in Iceland on a strike to call attention to the remaining inequalities in their society even though the country ranks highest globally in terms of gender parity.

The protest, in which women are encouraged to stop working for a full day, is intended to highlight challenges including a gender pay gap, the uneven burden of unpaid work within the home and violence that still afflicts women disproportionately.

Women gather for a demonstration during a women’s strike in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Tuesday, Oct. 24.

Photographer: Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir/Bloomberg

The day has echoes back to 1975, when 90% of the island’s female workforce first walked out of their jobs and handed children to their ...