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1 in 3 women around the world experience violence (source. World Health Organization).

58% of all women murdered in 2017 were killed by an intimate partner or a family member (source. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2018).

Around 650 million women across the globe were married before the age of 18 (source. Unicef, 2018).

Over 200 million women and girls in 30 countries have undergone female genital mutilation (source. Unicef, 2016).

71% of all human trafficking involves women and girls – mainly for sexual exploitation (source. UNODC, 2016).

Women and girls suffer the most during violent conflict due to inequality and discrimination. They are more at risk of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking during war. 1 in 5 female refugees and internally displaced people (someone who is forced to leave their home but remains in their country) have experienced sexual violence in countries affected by conflict (source. OCHA, 2016)

Iceland are beating the world at closing it’s gender gap and expect to have it closed by 2032 - how are they doing it?

Iceland are closing the gender gap and they aspire to have reached 100% by 20230. This facinating video explains some of the challenges that they have faced and have overcome. They are number 7 on the Gender Inequality Index, behind Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands and Finland. Despite this, Iceland is not without issues surrounding domestic violence and they explain in more detail here.

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