From Iceland — Third Of Icelanders Believe World Would Be Better With Women In Charge

Third Of Icelanders Believe World Would Be Better With Women In Charge

Published May 14, 2014

Andie Sophia Fontaine
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Natsha Nandabhiwat

About one-third of Icelanders believe the world would be a better place if women were in most positions of leadership.

MBL reports that, according to a new international Gallup poll, 31% of Icelanders believe the world would be better off if most leadership positions were occupied by women. At the same time, 6% said they believed the world would be worse off, while 41% did not think it would make a difference.

This differs slightly from the global average, where 34% said we would be better off with mostly female politicians, 17% said we would be worse off, and 41% believed it would make no difference.

Afghanistan was the country with the most equal proportions believing the world would be better, or worse, with mostly female politicians – only 1% of Afghans said it would make no difference. At the same time, Colombia was the most receptive to a female majority, with 62% of Colombians saying it would make the world a better place.

For the record, women comprise 25 of the Icelandic parliament’s 63 seats.

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