Submitted to UNECE September 2019 Iceland’s report on Beijing +25 Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) Government of Iceland Prime Minister’s Office 2 Table of contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5 About the report ................................................................................................................................... 7 Framework for the Icelandic gender equality policy and coordination mechanisms .................8 International conventions ............................................................................................................... 8 Legal Framework ........................................................................................................................... 8 A new Anti–Discrimination Legislation ........................................................................................... 10 State Administration general and coordinative responsibility ............................................................. 12 Prime Minister’s Office .................................................................................................................. 12 The Directorate of Equality ........................................................................................................... 12 The Gender Equality Council ....................................................................................................... 12 The Equality Complaints Committee ............................................................................................ 12 Gender Equality Officers ............................................................................................................... 13 The Gender Equality Forum and report on the status and development of gender equality ................................................................................................................................... 13 Ministerial Committee on Equality ................................................................................................ 13 The local authority’s equality committees .................................................................................... 14 Government Policies for Gender Equality ........................................................................................... 15 Plan of Action for Gender Equality .............................................................................................. 15 The Icelandic Gender Equality Fund ............................................................................................ 15 Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Responsive Budgeting ....................................................... 16 Gender Disaggregated Data ......................................................................................................... 17 SECTION ONE: Priorities, achievements, challenges and setbacks ................................................. 18 Equality in the labour market ....................................................................................................... 18 Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value ............................................................................................ 19 Equal Pay Standard and Legislation on Equal Pay Certification ............................................... 21 Work-family conciliation and efforts to increase the proportion of fathers taking paternity leave ...................................................................................................................................... 22 Women in Management ................................................................................................................ 23 Eliminating violence against women and girls ............................................................................. 24 Immigrants and integration ............................................................................................................ 27 Women living with disabilities ....................................................................................................... 29 Women with diverse sexual orientation and gender identities ................................................... 31 Priorities for the coming five years ................................................................................................... 32 Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development ................................................................................. 33 International actions ...................................................................................................................... 33 3 Eliminating Violence against women and girls ............................................................................ 35 Follow up on #MeToo ................................................................................................................... 36 Right to work and rights at work – Equal Pay ............................................................................ 38 Gender mainstreaming and gender responsive budgeting .......................................................... 39 UN Women’s HeForShe ................................................................................................................ 40 SECTION TWO: Progress across the 12 critical areas of concern .................................................. 41 Girls and STEM ............................................................................................................................ 41 Prevention of discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace...................................... 41 Promotion of the Equal Pay Legislation ...................................................................................... 43 Mechanism for women’s equal participation in decision-making bodies .................................... 44 Strengthening Parental Leave ....................................................................................................... 46 Awareness raising to encourage the participation of men and boys in care and domestic work ....................................................................................................................................... 47 SECTION THREE: Poverty eradication, social protection and social services ................................. 48 TINNA pilot project ........................................................................................................................ 48 The Icelandic Welfare Watch........................................................................................................ 48 The Nordic Welfare Watch ........................................................................................................... 48 Improving health services for women and girls – sexual and reproductive health and rights ...................................................................................................................................... 49 SECTION FOUR: Freedom from violence, stigma and stereotypes ................................................. 51 Intimate partner violence ............................................................................................................... 51 Other harmful practices ................................................................................................................. 51 Introduced or strengthened measures on violence ..................................................................... 53 Introduced or strengthen measures for survivors of violence ..................................................... 54 Barbershop ..................................................................................................................................... 55 Stígamót ......................................................................................................................................... 56 Sjúkást - Crazy Love .................................................................................................................... 57 Bandamenn - Allies ....................................................................................................................... 58 Breaking the Silence ..................................................................................................................... 58 Heimilisfriður – Domestic Peace ................................................................................................... 60 SAGA ............................................................................................................................................. 61 Public awareness raising and changing of attitudes and behaviours ........................................ 62 Introduced and strengthened legislation and regulatory provisions ............................................ 62 Legal reforms to combat discrimination and gender-bias in media ........................................... 63 Promoted the participation and leadership of women in the media .......................................... 64 SECTION FIVE: Participation and accountability in peaceful and inclusive societies .................... 65 Mechanism for women’s equal participation in decision-making bodies .................................... 65 The portrayal of women and gender-bias in the media ............................................................