In which country are women treated most equally?

I agree that Holland is the most equal. I have visited there several times, and, although, I did not live there, I noticed that people treated each other quite well. As a woman alone, even in the red light district of Amsterdam, I felt safe. I am concerned about the prostitution, hearing that some of those women are not working voluntarily, but working their way out of Russia, etc. It is good to know that the Dutch try hard to "free" these women, but their "pimps" come back for them. At least in Holland, even with prostitution, they try to free the women of the tyranny of a pimp, who is absolutely not necessary.

The Scandinavian countries have overall the best record on non-discrimination. But you will also find enlightened attitudes toward women in most of the western democracies.

It can be hard to make precise equivalences. Norway officially tolerates sex-workers, but they face considerable social disapproval (which they don't in Holland or the Czech Republic). On the other hand France has fairly developed notions along a 'different but equal' axis. The French attitude doesn't suit everybody - but it suits many people very well indeed.

I'd say Sweden and other nordic countries, some even say Tunisia. Definitely not France from my 12 years' experience living here -women are treated 100 times better in my native New Zealand even though conditions for women are still far from rosy with unequal salaries and domestic violence. It's a difficult question too coz being treated equally socially and in the work place and with rights etc not the same thing. Overall I'd say the nordic countries.

BEST countries to live to be a woman:

Measures of well-being include life expectancy, education, purchasing power and standard of living. Not surprisingly, the top 10 countries are among the world’s wealthiest:

* Iceland

* Norway

* Australia

* Canada

* Ireland

* Sweden

* Switzerland

* Japan

* Netherlands

* France

Source: UNDP Gender-related development index

I'd say developed countries that are part of the European Union are the most gender equal, perhaps because of treaties which enforce such things.

Any country where true, unfettered Lassez Faire Capitalism is allowed to flourish.

The fundamental error in the argument for "comparable worth" standards for determining "fair" pay in professions and occupations is that there is no objective basis for constructing "equity" salary scales. The only real basis of knowing what someone is worth on the market in a particular job is what the demanders are willing to pay that person for the services he or she can perform. Either market supply and demand determine wages or committees and commissions appointed by the political process will arbitrarily decide what each of us shall earn. Finally, state-subsidized childcare not only restricts the choices and options of parents but is a device for imposing the ideological agenda of feminist social engineers. The taxes to pay for such government-paid childcare necessarily reduce the income of individuals and couples and therefore narrow the financial opportunities of parents themselves in deciding how best to provide care for their children if both parents work outside the home.

But since the financial burden for such programs falls on all tax-paying households, even if the wife is staying home to care for her own children, the tax levels often force wives into the job market to help the family make ends meet. And this is what many of the radical feminists actually want: to destroy the traditional family and force women into the workplace, because these radical feminists think that is the only way many women will finally have their consciousness raised to a non-male-dominated higher plain.

Sweden, Norway, and Finland are generally accepted as the most gender-equal countries in the world.

Iceland is considered the most developed nation in the world and the most egalitarian. Not a coincidence the two are so strongly correlated...

Scandinavian countries, such as Finland and Norway

I would guess Holland. The legislative body is required to have a 33% (or close to it) representation from women ans I am sure that that makes the laws more female friendly.