Gender Equality: Iceland has been the world’s most gender-equal country for four years in a row and “has closed almost 73% of its gender gap,” according to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report (GGR). The 135 countries surveyed in the report were rated on how successful they have been at eradicating gender-based inequalities in the areas of economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. The report indicates that there is still room for improvement in Iceland and other Nordic countries’ gender equity (for instance, “salary gaps between men and women are among the lowest in the world, although not non-existent”), but points out many ways in which the Nordics have successfully supported both genders in society: “abundant opportunities to rise to positions of leadership,” a balance of childcare labour responsibilities in the home, mandatory paternal leave, and social insurance funds.