Iceland has been praised by many countries to be the place where women take charge. Below are a few statistics on gender equality in Iceland.

Women compose 66% of total university graduates

Some Icelandic men may see this rise in the number of women vying for university degrees as a affront to males in the sphere of gender equality. But the truth is that in Iceland, many males chose to drop out of universities by their own liberty in hopes in pursuit of their own entrepreneur aspirations.

Women achieved 48% of seats in Iceland’s parliament in 2016

An all-female political party – the Women’s Alliance – was established and by 1999, more than a third of MPs were women. (Iceland was the first country to have that many women in a single legislative body – compared to 19% of women in the US congress)

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But iceland is not perfect either: Icelandic women earn 14% less than men on average.

Income inequality and the gender wage gap is a symatic issue that our society has to overcome with the passage of time. Although there gender equality has been achieved in the educational sphere, there is still inequality in the workforce. Public perception and ideologies would have to be altered before concrete change can be seen.