Iceland is the best country to live in if you're a woman
Strip clubs are out. Parental leave is in. The glass ceiling has been shattered. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became Iceland's president and the first democratically elected female head of state in the world, in 1980. They just appointed Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir as prime minister - the first openly gay pm in the world who married her long time partner in June. [Same sex marriage is illegal in Australia]. 43% of parliament is female. Iceland has edged out Norway in the world economic forum's most recent global gender gap index [Australia ranks 20th] which is based on its labour force participation, the ability of its women to rise to positions of power, leadership in business, wage equality, levels of literacy and education, life expectancy, child mortality, maternity leave benefits and basic human rights, Iceland is officially the best place on earth to be a woman. A law is being passed that will shut down every strip club in the country, making it illegal for any busines...