so what is iceland getting ri . ht? , so what is iceland getting riuht? , ., ., right? in terms of health gaps and education right? in terms of health gaps and education gaps right? in terms of health gaps and education gaps they - right? in terms of health gaps and education gaps they are i and education gaps they are doing extremely well, just like other nordic countries but the reason this country has tended to essentially beat its own score every single year and continue to stay at the top having close 90% of its gender gap is because of the changes they have made in the workforce and that is why when it comes to the pay gap, labour force participation, participation in senior roles and weight comes to participation in technical roles, that country overall does very well and similarly when it comes to politics at parliamentary level at ministerial level and of course by having female heads of state along the way. it by having female heads of state along the way- along the way.
and i country or another, is it? no, and i think country or another, is it? no, and i think first country or another, is it? no, and i think first and country or another, is it? iirr, and i think first and foremost is the care infrastructure, thatis is the care infrastructure, that is what fundamentally has to change across most countries. even before the pandemic in 2019, out of the total number of hours are spent on unpaid work, ferment that was about 20% of their time. for women it was about 55% for men that was 20% of their time. for care responsibilities, because they are not shifting in home there needs to be much more care infrastructure provided and government needs to see it as an investment, the same way they see physical infrastructure as an investment.- infrastructure as an l investment.- that infrastructure as an - investment.- that is infrastructure as an investment. fiic that is working investment. ok. that is working towards the future industries that are going
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