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title: "Which country has become the first country in the world to make equal pay for men and women?"  
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published: 2018-03-11  
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# Which country has become the first country in the world to make equal pay for men and women?

Which [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15) has [become the first country](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30962/which-country-has-become-the-first-country-to-leave-international-criminal-court-icc) in the [world](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2334/what-would-occur-if-the-world-were-to-divide-in-half) to make equal pay for men and [women](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/300145/women-designers-leather-jackets)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya

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**Iceland** has become the **first** country in the world to make **equal pay** for men and women. The equal pay policy is now mandatory for companies in Iceland with **25 or more** employees. A law has been passed last year in this regard. The companies failing to abide by the new rules will be subject to fines. The law came into effect from **1st January 2018**. The law came into force when thousands of working women in Iceland left their work at **2:38 pm** to protest against this pay inequality in the year **2016**. The working women of the country claimed that they received less pay at their workplace for the same work that is being done by their male counterparts. To change this pay disparity the working women came together on the **International Women’s Day** in the year **2017**. This movement thus brought a change and now the country has legalized equal pay at the workplace. The **World Economic Forum** has ranked Iceland as the **top** country in the world in terms of **gender parity**.

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Iceland is a country in the **North Atlantic**. It is a **Nordic Island country** with a population of **350,710**. The capital of Iceland is **Reykjavik** which is the largest city in the country. Iceland covers an area of **102775 sq km (39,682 sq mi)**. With the total population and the amount of area covered, Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in **Europe**. The Government of Iceland has been formed by the **Unitary Parliamentary Republic** party. **Guoni Th. Johannesson** is the **President of Iceland**. The **Prime Minister of Iceland** is **Katrin Jakobsdottir**. The currency of Iceland is **Icelandic krona (ISK)**. The official language of the country is **Icelandic** which happens to be the national language as well. Iceland is ranked at the top on the **Global Peace Index**. In the year **2016**, the **United Nations Human Development Index** ranked Iceland as the **ninth** most developed country in the world.

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