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November 21, 2023

Women hold the key to a livable world

Source: Time

Turns out few things work when women aren’t working.

Forty eight years ago, women in Iceland took the day off. Those of us who were around then remember October 24, 1975 as the day the country shut down. Government offices, businesses, and service providers either closed or operated below capacity. Households were in disarray. Grocery stores sold out of hot dogs because, suddenly, dinner duty fell to fathers.

Click here to read the full article published by the Time on 20 November 2023.

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Turns out few things work when women aren’t working.

Forty eight years ago, women in Iceland took the day off. Those of us who were around then remember October 24, 1975 as the day the country shut down. Government offices, businesses, and service providers either closed or operated below capacity. Households were in disarray. Grocery stores sold out of hot dogs because, suddenly, dinner duty fell to fathers.

Click here to read the full article published by the Time on 20 November 2023.

Image by Time

 

 

Region
Author
Halla Tómasdóttir
Focus areas