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| Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir |
"A new law in Iceland is requiring all companies to prove that their wage practices don't discriminate against women, in what is thought to be a global first in the effort to reduce gender pay gaps.
The law, which was passed with a large majority by parliament in June, took effect at the New Year. It seeks to erase a current pay gap between men and women of about 5.7 per cent that can't be explained by differing work hours, experience or education levels, as measured by Statistics Iceland.
While other countries, and the U.S. state of Minnesota, have equal-salary certificate policies, Iceland is believed to be the first to make it mandatory for both private and public firms.
The North Atlantic island nation, which has a population of about 330,000, wants to eradicate the gender pay gap by 2022. The country has ranked first on the World Economic Forum's global gender equality index for nine straight years and 38 per cent of its parliamentarians are female — above the global average — including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir."
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-ej
It's about time! When will the Goddesses in the US get the same law passed? They way they are taking a stand against the Patriarchy it's only a matter of time. Someday the scales will be tipped in the other direction and the Goddesses will be making more than men.
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Even in the USA Women are coming to dominate professional classes such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, pharmacists etc. The fastest growing job sectors are also dominated by Women. Female dominance of education is well established. In most major US cities younger Women are now out earning males. The future is already taking shape.
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