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Seems odd to have a strike with 33% of the population in a democracy. If that many people support the changes, couldn’t they just vote for them? I can’t imagin
by akavi 3y ago
Seems odd to have a strike with 33% of the population in a democracy.
If that many people support the changes, couldn’t they just vote for them? I can’t imagine that fully 75% of the non-striking 66% would turn out to vote against whatever changes the strikers are proposing
- meheleventyone 3y agoThey do vote for them, as I understand things this strike is broadly because people do not think equality is progressing quickly enough, that the rate of violence and sexual violence against women is unacceptable (40%), support for non-binary and trans people and support for equality globally.
- saevarom 3y agoIt's not that simple. The political parties mostly support changes in this direction. Surely 33% of the population is not going to have the same views on the economy, taxes, welfare systems etc. even though they agree on this topic. Furthermore, Iceland has held the 1st position on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report for 14 consecutive years [1], so it's not like things are really bad compared to the rest of the world. This strike is primarily to draw attention to the fact that the rate of change has stalled, and that needs to change. [1] https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2023/in-full/benchmarking-gender-gaps-2023 https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-repor...