The Importance Of Gender Equality In Iceland

Gender equality is a very important issue. Many think we have achieved gender equality but there is still a long way to go. In Iceland gender equality has come a long way and has a rich history in the battle for women´s rights and gender equality. We have so many strong women running businesses and female government officials to look up that improvements in Iceland keep on growing tremendously. Women have been getting more education and because of Iceland’s rich history and strong women, we have become the country with the best gender equality. Although there is a lot of place for improvements, Iceland is considered to be one of the best place for working women in the world because of they´re strong passion to end gender equality.

There is surely less uncertainty about gender equality in Iceland because of how much women’s rights have changed throughout the years. In the 19th century all children had to learn how to read but it was not until 1880 that it became mandatory for both girls and boys to learn how to write and calculate. Women´s talent

In 2015 Iceland had won the title the seventh year in a row as the best gender equality country. The parts that are looked at when judging the winner for that title are their health, education and government and parliament participation between men and women. It is true that Iceland is not perfect but it is suretenly on the right road like there are very few Icelandic women that are stay at home mothers or unemployed. Iceland was recently named the best country for working women. For the past six years, Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum’s gender gap index. Now almost 80% of Icelandic women work and almost half of board members of listed companies are now women with the help of the gender