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World Service,4 mins

What can Iceland teach the world about gender equality?

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Iceland has been the most gender equal country since 2009. Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir, a journalist based in Reykjavik, explains how the country achieved the status and why there’s still room for improvement. She begins by describing what it was like growing up in Iceland. (Image: Two motor mechanics focusing on work in Iceland, Credit: Getty Images.)

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