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cover of episode 2.4 The day the women went on strike

2.4 The day the women went on strike

2022/10/5
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Visible Women with Caroline Criado Perez

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In October 1975, the women of Iceland took a 'day off', leading to national chaos. It highlighted the importance of women’s roles in the economy, of which unpaid care work - cooking, cleaning, caring for family - is a vital part. In this episode, Caroline asks whether the Covid pandemic could be the shock we need to finally fix perhaps the greatest gender data gap of all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy) for more information.