Gender equality affects everybody, everywhere.
In 2016 our planet Earth does not yet have a country which can claim to offer absolute gender equality. Although, some countries are more equal than others.
The Global Gender Gap report, first published in 2006, measures gender equality across 144 countries.
The United Nations Development Program also provides an annual gender inequality index ranking. Shedding light on the position of women in 155 countries. The top 10 countries are highlighted below.
There is not enough space in Iceland for 7 billion people...
Why does gender inequality exist? The 50 minute documentary below provides a degree of enlightenment to help answer this question.
Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews 'All That Stands In The Way' is a BBC documentary following the lives of four teenage girls in Jordan, Lesotho, Iceland & UK in an effort to understand the roots of gender inequality. There is no country in the world where men and women are equal.
Inequality in some nations can have a devastating effect on the lives of women. This poignant and powerful 3 minute video helps illuminate this point.
The girl effect is about leveraging the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves, their families, their communities, their countries and the world.