BBC 100 Women

Iceland: A Women's Paradise? (2024x7)

Air date: Dec 21, 2024

Iceland is often considered a great country to be a woman, as it tops world rankings when it comes to gender parity. Parental leave conditions for mothers and fathers are so good that nearly 90 per cent of working-age women have jobs. Almost half of the country's MPs are female, and a high number of women hold managerial and executive positions. But it is also a country with persistently high rates of gender-based violence. Is Iceland the gender equality paradise it is branded to be? BBC 100 Women explores what the country is doing right - and whether things are as good as they seem for women.