New research from expat insurance providers William Russell has revealed the countries around the world where female workers are most empowered, with Iceland ranking at the top. In order to score countries and rank them, the team looked at a number of factors to create the Female Empowerment Score; this included the gender pay gap, the proportion of women who achieve tertiary education, the length of paid maternity leave and female representation in government.
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