LONDON -- For most of us, Oct. 24 is just any other day. But, for the women of Iceland, Oct. 24 represents the most important day in the nation's fight for gender equality. SEE ALSO: Thousands of ...

Helga Lind Mar, Anti-harassment Activist Iceland is not a safe haven for women when you have gender based violence in such great proportion; you cannot look at a country as a safe haven.

The 33-year-old has been working for almost a year at Kvennaathvarfið, a women’s shelter in Iceland's capital Reykjavik that has provided refuge for survivors of domestic violence since 1982.