Nordic co-operation has been striving to improve gender equality for more than 30 years. The aim is to make policies on gender equality in the Region the best in the world and a model for other countries. The Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and the autonomous territories Greenland, Åland and the Faroe Islands – have made great progress on gender equality, but the Region still faces major challenges, such as human trafficking and a labour market divided on gender lines.