In Iceland, female workers have been marking the gender pay gap by walking out on the 24 October for the last 11 years. The time at which they leave is decided each year by comparing their average hourly-rate with that of their male-counterparts – this year the difference meant that they left at 2.38pm.

Depressingly, the time they leave has only increased by half an hour since the initiative started – meaning that if salaries continue to increase at the same slow pace, it will be another 52 years before women in Iceland are paid the same as men.

Iceland’s pay gap matches the EU average at 16.7%, while the UK and Germany have a wider pay gap than almost every other country in the EU at 20.9% and 22.3% respectively, according to figures by Eurostat.

If you would like to take part in Stylist’s Equal Pay Day Campaign this Thursday, you can find out how to do so by visiting stylist.co.uk/equalpayday.

French workers leave work early in support of gender pay gap protest