Iceland elects Europe's first female majority parliament

[Diamond_Dog]

Iceland looks set to make history by becoming the first European country to elect a female majority to parliament.

According to projections based on the final election results, 33 of the 63 seats in the Althingi, or 52%, have been won by women.

This would mark an increase of nine seats from the last election in 2017.

No other European country has breached the 50% threshold, with Sweden coming closest at 47%, according to data from the Inter Parliamentary Union.

Unlike some other countries, Iceland does not have legal quotas on female representation in parliament, though some parties do require a minimum number of candidates be women.
The country has long been considered a leader in gender equality and was ranked the most gender-equal nation in the world for the 12th year running in a World Economic Forum report released in March.

It offers the same parental leave to both men and women, and its first law on equal pay for men and women dates back to 1961. It was also the first country in the world to elect a female president in 1980.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58698490

[Magoo48]

1. Yup,

When the rest of the world realizes societies governed by women stand a better chance of solving today’s problems, especially “endless wars and Climate Catastrophe”, humanity may have hope.

Tue formidable table of contents, lengthy index, and vast Glossary required for any would be comprehensive investigation into contemporary toxic-masculinity insures it won’t be written and wouldn’t be read or understood by many males.

[calimary]

3. Yep!

[DFW]

2. I can fully appreciate why

It would continue a nasty and maybe no-longer-deserved stereotype to detail my opinion why this should happen in Iceland, of all places, but having been there, let's just say I'm not surprised.