It's supposed to be the world's 'most gender-equal' country, but behind that title, a devastating problem remains in Iceland.
It's supposed to be the world's most "most gender-equal" country. But behind that title a devastating problem remains.
"If 40 per cent of all women in Iceland are survivors of physical and or sexual abuse, that's no feminist paradise."A national conversation about gender-based violence — an issue Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described as a "crisis" — is continuing in Australia.Breaking down the Nordic paradox Ms Harðardóttir now co-leads a not-for-profit organisation, Ofgar, which campaigns for legal and social reform for women in Iceland.
Yet, Nordic countries with strong legal and social empowerment frameworks for women appear to have rates of gendered violence above the European Union average. In Australia, about 39 per cent of women over the age of 15 have experienced violence, according to the not-for-profit Our Watch. The EU does track a series of "gender equality" indexes — including statistics on work, money, knowledge, time, power and health — and has identified violence as a future metric.
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