OF 774 MILLION ILLITERATE ADULTS WORLDWIDE
TWO THIRDS ARE WOMEN
United Nations, The World’s Women 2010
AN EDUCATED WOMAN
HAS FEWER AND HEALTHIER BABIES
The World Bank, Girls’ Education in the 21st Century
WOMEN PRODUCE 50% OF THE WORLD’S FOOD
YET ONLY OWN 1% OF THE FARMLAND
http://www.care.org/newsroom/specialreports/women/womens_facts.asp www.care.org/getinvolved/advocacy/pdfs/whyempowerwomen.pdf
WOMEN REPRESENT LESS THAN 18% OF ALL LEGISLATORS
WORLDWIDE
Equality in Politics: A Survey of Women and Men in Parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2008
EVERY 90 SECONDS
A WOMAN DIES IN CHILDBIRTH
Every Mother Counts, fact-sheet_10-things-to-know-everymothercounts_apr-2011.pdf
WORLDWIDE
OVER 1,000,000 GIRLS ARE TRAFFICKED EACH YEAR
Unicef, The State of the World’s Children, Special Edition, November 2009
IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
ONE IN SEVEN GIRLS GETS MARRIED BEFORE HER 15TH BIRTHDAY
Population Council. (2007). Supporting Married Girls: Calling Attention to a Neglected Group. Transitions to Adulthood, Population Brief 3: New York. Retrieved from http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/TABriefs/GFD_Brief-3_MarriedGirls.pdf
ONE IN THREE WOMEN
HAS BEEN BEATEN OR SEXUALLY ABUSED
UN Commission on the Status of Women, 2/28/00
