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    Iceland hosts first major international #MeToo conference

    Three-day gathering will explore why movement gained traction and effect it has had
    by Kate Connolly Sep 17, 2019 3 minutes
    Iceland’s prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, is hosting the conference in Reykjavik. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    The first major international conference exploring the #MeToo movement is taking place in Reykjavik on Tuesday, hosted by the Icelandic prime minister, who said she hoped it would contribute to “relegating sexual harassment to history”.

    The three-day gathering will explore why the movement first gained traction, and the effect it has had across different countries and sectors. Women with disabilities, care workers and migrant women whose voices have not typically been heard since the movement began as a hashtag in October 2017 will be

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