1 country is best for women, and it's not ours 😞

Kellyanne Conway steps in it No Images? Click here       By Emily Peck No Country Has Full Gender Equality But... Iceland comes the closest. "For the last decade, the nation of roughly 350,000 people has topped the World Economic Forum’s annual gender gap report, which ranks countries’ progress toward gender equality across areas including economic participation, political representation, education and health," writes my colleague Laura Paddison.  The country's been ahead of the game for a while. It was the first to democratically elect a woman president in 1980. And its laws are miles ahead of ours: Iceland has strong paid parental leave (for men and women). The tiny nation just recently passed a revolutionary equal pay law that requires businesses to prove they pay men and women fairly. In the U.S., by contrast, if you learn you're being under-paid and your company does not do anything about it, your next step would be litigation. And that's a long, hard road. Some women can't even take discrimination claims to court because employers force them to agree to arbitrate disagreements. And we still don't have any paid parental leave at all. Though there is a lot of momentum behind passing some kind of policy. I wrote about some new (terrible) Republican ideas in this arena yesterday. Given all this, it's no surprise that U.S. is 51st on the Economic Forum's ranking, between Mexico and Peru. More disconcerting? Iceland may be the closest to equality, but it's not there yet. Happy women's history month!  Actually, now that I've said that. Not sure how I feel about "women's history month." Women represent half the world's population. To give us a single month out of 12 feels pretty insulting. No? READ MORE Before you go...You can follow me on Twitter @EmilyRPeck     Here's what else you need to know Here’s What Women Politicians Are Doing To Help Families Struggling With Child Care  Kellyanne Conway’s Hot Take On College Admission Scandal Backfires Spectacularly 2 Men Cleared Of Rape After Italian Court Ruled Woman ‘Too Masculine’ To Be Attacked     HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which explains how your data is used and shared. Learn More. The reality of being a woman — by the numbers. Like what you see? Share it with a friend. Did someone forward this email? Subscribe here. Can't get enough? Check out The Good Life. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe