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  Afghanistan ranks as one of the least favorable countries on gender inequality index and literacy rate for women. Women face widespread discrimination and abuse and are shown little to no respect from their male counterparts because they are seen as inferior. Research shows that "80 percent of all suicides are committed by women, making Afghanistan one of the few places in the world where rates are higher among women" (TIME, p, 12). Afghan girls are susceptible to being sold into early marriages where they are inevitably pushed into an endless cycle of domestic violence, poverty and are given little to no freedom by their husbands.  The National Action Plan for Women of Afghanistan (NAPWA) is one of the major steps that will be take towards reaching the gender equality SDG in Afghanistan. They prepared, finalized and lobbied "the first law in the history of Afghanistan that clearly  describes more than 22 actions against women as crimes and orders the perpetrators ...

  In my previous blogs we have seen a trend of countries who are behind the rest of the world with poor gender equality. Today we will be talking about the county that leads the rest of the world when it comes to gender equality, Iceland. "Iceland was the frontrunner according to the Global Gap Index of the World Economic Forum in 2017" (Iceland.is, p. 1). People in Iceland take pride in ranking at the top and inspire to continue to work towards complete equality and power of men and women.  How Was Iceland able to close their gender gap? Traditionally in Iceland men would be away from their family at sea which by default left women in the position of power. Women had to take on roles that men traditionally had like hunting, building and farming. Women also managed finances of the household, ran farms and could be wealthy landowners in widowhood. The notion of the 'strong woman" was created and lingered throughout the ages, "women were priestesses, oracles, poet...

Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world and gender inequality is one of the biggest reasons they are so behind the rest of the world. Women make up 49% of Nigeria's population and "account for more than 70% of those in extreme poverty" (New Africa, 2019, p. 1). Gender inequality is the centrality of most issues in Nigeria and recognizing it is the most effectient way to achieving progress in Nigeria.  Nigeria tends to hold great faith in tradition and religious leader instead of judges and laws and these believes and traditions tend to not value women. Nigeria still adopts alot of outdated mentalities about what the role of a woman is supposed to be. Almost "7 in 10 women are unbanked, with more than half of them financially excluded" (New Africa, 2019, p. 6).  Even thought girls in Nigeria are mostly uneducated they have proven to be very smart with 50.23% of candidates who got 5 credits inclusive of English and Mathematic being girls even though girls only...