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Amanpour

Honoring 'The Day Iceland Stood Still'

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

According to the World Economic Forum, we're still 123 years away from full equality for women. So it's critical to remember the moments history was made. On this day, 50 years ago, 90 percent of the women in Iceland went on strike. Their "women's day off" changed the country forever. It's now the subject of a new documentary called "The Day Iceland Stood Still." To mark this day, Christiane spoke to the film's director Pamela Hogan, and the President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir.  Also on today's show: author Gayle Young ("Update: Reporting from an Ancient Land"); author Cory Doctorow ("Enshittification")    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

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If women don't work, everything collapses. We are going to show them that we can stop

1:14.6

this society. 50 years ago, Iceland's women went on strike. It's now the most gender-equal

1:20.6

country on earth. A new documentary, the day Iceland stood still, tells that historic story.

1:26.6

And I speak to their president, Hatla Thomas Dottier,

1:30.3

and the film's director, Pamela Hogan.

1:32.3

Then...

1:33.3

They have cited that story as the catalyst for change.

1:36.3

Reporting from an ancient land,

1:38.3

the former CNN Cairo Bureau Chief Gail Young

1:41.3

on her memoir and her work exposing female genital mutilation in 1990s, Egypt. Also ahead, tech activist Corey Docterot talks to Haris Srinivasan about his latest book on the decline of the Internet and how to reform it.

2:37.7

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London. And today we focus on the amazing strides women have made over the past half century and the continuing struggle for the right to full equality. According to the World Economic Forum, we're still 123 years away from that. Women still earn 20% less than men on average, and recent UN reports show rollbacks in reproductive and legal rights. So it's critical to remember the

2:43.3

moments when history was made. On this day, 50 years ago, 90% of the women in Iceland went on strike.

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