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Letter from Iceland
Letter from Iceland #7
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Letter from Iceland #7

The "áfram konur og kvár!" edition

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Alda Sigmundsdóttir
Oct 24, 2023
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Letter from Iceland #7
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Hello friends, happy women’s strike day!

Twenty-nine years ago, I had just moved back to Iceland after more than 20 years away. I was a 31-year-old single mother with a three-year old daughter. Her father was not in touch with her, hence she was my sole responsibility.

A few months after arriving I got my dream job, working as a journalist for an English…

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