Why Iceland? The country has been a global trailblazer in the field of human rights, and the World Economic Forum has named it the most gender-equal country for 14 years in a row, with over 90% of the gender gap closed. The country has also made significant progress in LGBTQIA+ rights, scoring 71% on ILGA Europe's Rainbow map 2023.

Over three episodes, you will hear excerpts from our meetings with advocates focusing on three main issues in human rights work: gender equality, gender-based violence, and LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-gender movements.

The first episode covers the Icelandic organizations most closely working to achieve gender equality and contains interviews with representatives of the Human Rights and Democracy Office of the City Hall of Reykjavík, The Women's Counseling, the Directorate of Equality, and the Icelandic Women’s Rights Association (IWRA).

In the second episode we discuss gender-based violence with members of The Women’s Shelter Association, Stígamót, and The Icelandic Human Rights Centre (ICEHR), while the podcast concludes with a discussion on LGBTQIA+ rights and antgendermovements with representatives of Samtökin '78, Trans Ísland, and the Human Rights and Democracy Office of the City Hall of Reykjavík.

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Project implemented by the Equality and Human Rights action Centre (ACTEDO), in partnership with Samtokin 78, with the financial support of the Active Citizens Fund Romania, programme funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants 2014-2021. The content does not necessarily reflect the official position of the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021; for more information visit www.eeagrants.org.

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