Tens of thousands of women across Iceland — including the prime minister — are expected to participate in a one-day strike Tuesday in protest of the ongoing gender pay gap and gender-based violence.

LONDON — Iceland will be the first country in the world to make employers prove they offer equal pay regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or nationality, the Nordic nation's government said ...

As of next January, companies in Iceland must prove, with proper documentation carried out regularly, that they are paying gender equal wages. The country's biggest bank Landsbankinn, nationalised in ...