This special report for 100 Women asks: Is Iceland the best place in the world to be a woman? The country tops world rankings when it comes to gender parity: parental leave conditions are so good that nearly 90% of working-age women have jobs, and progressive teaching methods aim at reversing gender stereotypes.
But it is also a country with persistently high rates of gender-based violence: about 40% of women subjected to physical and sexual violence – significantly higher than the global average. Is Iceland the gender equality paradise it is branded to be?
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