welcome to bessastadir. is iceland a great place to be a woman?e opportunities in iceland to notjust lead as women, but to be authentically who we are. there's a step beyond just representation that i think we sometimes forget to talk about, where women are allowed to bring their true leadership and approach to the table and notjust be like men, which was very much the reality early in my career. so, i think we have actually reached levels in iceland where we have and are shifting culture. that shift is everywhere to see. iceland recently became the first country in the world to issue a gender bond of 50 million euros to provide affordable housing for women on low incomes and to improve parental leave even further. there is an equality representative in all schools and universities, and all names are gender neutral. so, is this really a feminist paradise? even if iceland has made all this progress in a short period of time, something that is much harder to eradicate in any society, really, is gender violence. i want to find out just how much of a

welcome to bessastadir. in all schools and universities, and all names are gender neutral.ade all this progress in a short period of time, something that is much harder to eradicate in any society, really, is gender violence. i want to find out just how much of a problem there is here. a quarter of icelandic women have experienced rape or attempted rape, and around 40% have been subjected to physical or sexual violence. i've come to a small port town just outside reykjavik to meet hulda. doorbell rings hi. hi, hulda. as a child, she was abused by her grandfather, but for years she was too scared to speak out. in 2017, she founded 0fgar, a feminist organisation. when you talk about or hear about iceland, everybody says, like, "this is the safest country in the world, "we are the happiest, women are the safest." we have been marketed as this feminist paradise, and which we are not. of course, we have less gun violence. of course, we have less gang violence. but at home, we are not any more safe than women anywhere else and in europe. why's...why do you think it's such a big i