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I on a whale watching tour in North-Iceland.

by Regina1965

According to a research Newsweek made Iceland is the best place in the world for a woman to live in.

We got 100 out of 100 for justice.
90,5 for health.
96,7 for education.
88 for economics.
92.8 for politics.

We had a gay female Prime Minister for 4 years (2009-2013) and we had the first woman president in the world, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir who was our president from 1980-1996.

There are ca 2.000 more men in Iceland than women - men: 161.227 and women: 158.909 in 2010.

But even if women have it good in Iceland there still is the difference in salaries... when is that going to change, and honestlly what is that about!!??

Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/global-gender-gap-report_n_1070466.html

Review Helpfulness: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Updated May 4, 2013
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GentleSpirit May 3, 2013 at 5:50 PM

are there more women than men?
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  Regina1965 May 4, 2013 at 1:00 AM
  
  Ca 2000 more men. So it is not by force of number that we got equality.
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  GentleSpirit May 4, 2013 at 5:17 AM
  
  excellent!